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FLOURLESS CHOCOLATE CAKE

7/7/2008

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    I feel as though I'm not as adventurous as I used to be in my baking.  I was always trying new recipes.  But over the years you find things that are just so good, you have no reason to search for anything else.  That's how I feel about this flourless chocolate cake. It's easy, it goes together quickly and it tastes delicious.  It's not the most attractive cake.  The base is always a bit uneven.  But with a good sifting of cocoa powder you notice it less, and after you take a bite you don't care at all. 

Yesterday I served the cake with freshly-whipped cream and organic raspberries, but I also like it with raspberry or mango sorbet. It would be delicious in a pool of creme anglaise, but eaten on it's own, unadorned, is just fine too. 

                                  FLOURLESS CHOCOLATE CAKE
                                              (from Gourmet Magazine)

4 ounces fine-quality bittersweet chocolate
1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter
3/4 cup sugar
3 large eggs (at room temperature)
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder, plus additional for sprinkling

1.  PREHEAT the oven to 375 degrees and butter an 8-inch round baking pan.  Line bottom with a round of wax paper and butter paper.
2.  Chop chocolate into small pieces.  In a double boiler melt chocolate with butter, stirring, until smooth.  Remove top of the double boiler and whisk sugar into chocolate mixture.  Add eggs and whisk well.  Sift 1/2 cup cocoa powder over chocolate mixture and whisk just until combined.  Pour batter into pan and bake in middle of oven 25 minutes, or until top has formed a thin crust.  Cool cake in pan on rack 5 minutes and invert onto a serving plate.
3.  Dust cake with additional cocoa powder and serve with sorbet or whipped cream, if desired.
4.  Cake keeps, after being cooled completely, in an air-tight container, 1 week.

5 Comments
Merisi link
7/7/2008 08:04:25 am

Really amazing recipe!

Flourless meant using almond flour instead of conventional wheat flour (like in Julia Child's excellent Reine De Saba cake, from "Mastering the Art of French Cooking"). Now I know better, thank you! :-)

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bleeding espresso link
7/14/2008 10:36:46 pm

Mmm...looks great! I've made gluten-free chocolate coconut muffins using coconut flour, but nothing flourless yet. I'll definitely give this one a go :)

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sassy link
3/23/2009 02:42:03 pm

this looks great...I love the pictures. I have yet to try a flourless cake, I will use your recipe. :)

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Diane
3/24/2009 07:24:08 am

Hi! its looks great Oh! I have a question I want to time it just right so when my mother gets home its still be warm so how long does it take to do everything and I am planning to make it in a muffin pan therefore I would have to shorten the baking time right? Sorry, for all the questions I'm a noob

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Fluffy Chocolate Cake for Birthday link
3/25/2015 06:53:24 pm

It's look like good and amazing recipes, we can try at our home. Maybe aou kids like it so much

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