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Flourless Chocolate Cake

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Prep: 0 min Cook: 0 min Servings: 8 Difficulty: medium

Categories: Dessert, Baked

Tags: easy, recipes for cake, recipes using butter, recipes using chocolate, recipes using egg, recipes using granulated sugar, recipes using vanilla

Source: Wikibooks contributors (https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook%3AFlourless_Chocolate_Cake)

Adapted: Imported and reformatted by HowManyCookies from the cited Wikibooks revision.

Source revision: https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook%3AFlourless%20Chocolate%20Cake&oldid=4610154

License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) · Wikibooks contributors

Ingredients

  • ½ cup (120 g) white granulated sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • ¾ cup (150 g) unsalted butter
  • ¾ cup (150 g) chocolate (suitable for melting)

Directions

  1. Melt the chocolate and butter in a bowl set above another pan of simmering water (or use a double boiler).
  2. Lightly whisk chocolate mix until smooth, then remove from heat and allow to cool, whilst still stirring.
  3. Beat eggs and sugar in a bowl until the mixture is creamy.
  4. Gradually mix in the melted chocolate along with any other variants (see below).
  5. Pour mixture into mould (baking tray or 8 individual moulds).
  6. Cover moulds with aluminium foil and place the moulds in a deeper baking tray.
  7. Pour boiling water into the deep baking tray at a depth that is half that of the moulds.
  8. Bake for approximately 30 minutes in a preheated oven at gas mark 2 (300°F or 150°C). Insert a skewer to check if ready: if skewer comes out clean, then it is ready.
  9. Remove from oven and allow to cool at room temperature.
  10. Cool for approximately 10 hours in a fridge.
  11. Remove from mould, place on a plate and garnish.

Notes

The cake can be made to set without refrigeration, by the addition of ½ tsp (3.7 g) guar gum or ¼ tsp (1.9 g) xanthan gum, dispersed in the chocolate mixture.

Try adding 1 tablespoon (15 ml) of dark rum, ½ tablespoon (7.5 ml) vanilla extract, and/or ⅓ cup (90 ml) of strong brewed coffee into the final mixing process for extra flavour.

Whipped cream, chocolate, and/or a dusting of icing sugar are all suitable garnishes.

Try various baking pans and moulds for different shaped cakes.