15-Minute Chocolate Cake
- 1 pound chocolate with a cocoa-solids content of at least 70 percent
- 2 1/2 sticks unsalted butter
- 6 eggs, preferably organic
- Preheat oven to 425.
- Generously grease a 10-inch springform cake pan and line with baking parchment.
- Break the chocolate into pieces and melt with the butter in a bowl over simmering water.
- In a separate bowl over simmering water, beat the eggs until they start to thicken.
- Remove from heat and beat about 4 or 5 more minutes.
- Fold half the eggs into the melted chocolate, then fold in the remainder.
- Pour the batter into the pan and cover with buttered foil.
- Place in a bain-marie of very hot water.
- It is essential, if the cake is to cook evenly, that the water comes halfway up the side of the cake pan.
- Bake for five minutes, remove the foil and bake for 10 minutes longer until just set.
- Remove from the water and cool in the pan.
- Unmold when completely cool.
chocolate, butter, eggs
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/6971 (may not work)