Flourless Chocolate Cake

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Cook Time:
1 hr 30 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
10 to 12 servings

Times:

Prep: 20 min
Inactive Prep: 1 hr 30 min
Cook: 1 hr 30 min
Total:: 3 hr 20 min

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Ingredients

12 ounces semisweet or bittersweet chocolate, chopped
12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter
1/4 teaspoon fine salt
6 large eggs, room temperature
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
Confectioners' sugar and/or cocoa powder, for dusting

Directions

Serving suggestion: Really Vanilly Whipped Cream, recipe follows, or ice cream

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Butter and flour a 9 by 2-inch spring form pan.

Put the chocolate, butter, and salt in a large microwave safe bowl. Melt in the microwave on 75 percent power for 2 minutes. Stir and microwave again until completely melted, about 2 minutes more. Alternatively, put the chocolate and butter in a heatproof bowl. Bring a saucepan filled with an inch or so of water to a very slow simmer; set the bowl on the pan without touching the water. Stir occasionally until melted.

Beat the eggs and sugar with a standing or handheld mixer until light and thickened, about 8 to 10 minutes. Fold the melted chocolate into the whipped eggs until evenly combined.

Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out wet but not gooey, about 1 hour and 25 minutes. Remove cake from the oven and cool on a rack.

When ready to serve remove ring from spring form mold. Dust cake with confectioners' sugar or cocoa powder. Serve with whipped cream or ice cream if desired.

Really Vanilly Whipped cream:

1 cup (1/2 pint) heavy or whipping cream
2 teaspoons pure vanilla paste or extract
2 teaspoons confectioners' sugar

Beat the cream and vanilla in a chilled non-reactive bowl with a whisk or an electric mixer just until they hold a loose peak. (Lift the beater from the cream and look at the shape of the peak at the end of the whisk; it should hold a lazy curve.) Sift the sugar over the cream and continue to beat just until it holds a soft peak. Take care not to over beat the cream or it will be look curdy. Serve, or refrigerate covered for up to 4 hours.

Yield: 2 1/2 cups, about 10 servings

Notes

We tested several versions of this kind of cake, and this was our favorite. Because there is no flour in the cake you can expect a crispy, crackly top and a pudding-like center. (The photo is a very pretty example, but most of ours cracked. You can expect your to as well.)

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recipe Flourless Chocolate Cake
wendy aventura, FL 07-15-2009
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Alternatives
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

In the alternative, I have made this in individual cupcake pans. The negatives noted in other reviews enhance this cake when... presented with a little mini cake. You can also serve this with warm chocolate syrup, similar to a lava cake. I think this is a great recipe, and have received rave reviews from my friends, family and colleagues.Read more
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holly goleta, CA 04-10-2009
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Not at all what I had hoped
Rated: 2 stars out of 5

I have done my share of baking, and something does not sit right with this recipe. I read the reviews before making this... dessert for a party, but I wanted to try it anyway. I figured everyone else must have just done something wrong. After baking this cake I realized I was the one who was wrong. The top was almost like meringue, which would have been fine on it's own, but underneath was a big air pocket with a gooey cake below. The taste of the cake was rich and chocolaty, but it wasn't a cake but more like a warm, thick pudding. I'm glad I decided to slice a piece before the party tomorrow, because I would have been embarrassed to serve this to my friends. Since I'm now out of eggs and chocolate, I'll be making a simple fruit salad with cream. Don't waste your time or good chocolate on this one. Read more
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Muriel Rockford, IL 02-02-2009
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Recipe should be removed from network!!
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

I have baked for over 50 years and have had few failures. This has to be the worst excuse for a Flourless Cake Recipe! It... should not stay on the website one more day. In reading other reviews, I concur! It had a hard crust, baked too long, never takes 4 minutes to melt chocolate, beating eggs for 10 minutes would eventually deflate them. With all the choices available, why present a choice that is such a disaster!! Your website is better than this. Eliminate it!!Read more
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Anonymous 06-26-2008
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Rated: 3 stars out of 5

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Jessica Lake Oswego, OR 04-26-2008
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Disgusting!
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

This was gross. I had the same problem as others, the top was thick and hard and the inside was gooey and eggy. I will not... make this recipe again. Ick!Read more
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Anonymous 03-02-2008
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Terrible
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

I bake almost every day. This recipe was terrible. The first time I made I figured I must have forgotten a step or... ingredient, so the second time I read and reread the recipe, and it still came out terrible. The top became a piece of chocolate drywall, and the bottom shrunk and turned into chocolate mud. I wasted very expensive chocolate in this recipe. Very disappointing.Read more