Flourless Chocolate Cake

By Hklbrries

"I'm a chocoholic. A few years ago, I had a flourless chocolate souffle cake at a restaurant and thought, this is the best thing I've ever eaten in my entire life.

I went home and found a similar recipe online. It looked easy, but when I made it for a party it came out of the oven a brown, sunken-in, not-very-appetizing thing. Everyone else brought along beautiful frosted cakes and fancy desserts - and there sat my lump of brown nothingness. But once people tried it, it was gone in seconds.

Since then, I've made one every single year. And each time someone says, "Okay, what's this?" and then, "Oh my God! What is this?!"

Ingredients

• 7 ounces really good (45 - 50% cocoa) semisweet chocolate
• 3/4 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar, divided
• 4 eggs, separated

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 300 F. Melt chocolate and butter in a double boiler. Stir together half the sugar and four yolks; add to melted chocolate concoction.

Using an electric mixer, beat the egg whites; slowly add remaining 1/2 cup sugar until stiff peaks form. Fold mixture into chocolate. Pour into a greased 9-inch cake pan.

Bake 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out with just a few crumbs on it. Cool 30 minutes before removing from pan. Dust with powdered sugar.

Nutrition Information:
Per serving
270 calories
18 g fat
100 mg cholesterol
105 mg sodium
26 g carbohydrates
3 g protein