cake - Flourless Chocolate Cake

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Ingredients

  • 1 cup chopped bittersweet chocolate
  • 1 cup chopped unsalted butter
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup finely chopped toasted walnuts
  • 8 eggs, beaten
  • vanilla ice cream
  • strawberry or raspberry purée

Preparation

Step 1

1 Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease an 8-inch springform pan then dust with confectioners’ sugar.

2 In a saucepan, melt chocolate with butter until smooth.

3 Remove from heat and add sugar and nuts. Blend well.

4 In the mixer, beat eggs until thick. Fold in chocolate mixture.

5 Pour into prepared pan and bake until set.

6 Cool cake in pan then cover and chill for at least 4 hours.

7 To serve, remove cake from pan and top with strawberry or raspberry purée. Slice into wedges and serve topped with vanilla ice cream.


TIP: Since chocolate is the star ingredient of this cake, be sure to use good quality chocolate, preferably Belgian chocolate with at least 62 percent cocoa mass.