Flourless Chocolate Cake
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Our recipe for Flourless Chocolate Cake includes a spectacular chocolate ganache sauce. This gluten-free recipe is simply wonderful, perfect when paired with berries and ice cream.
Flourless Chocolate Cake
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Author: Epicurus.com Kitchens
Recipe type: Baked Goods
Cuisine: American
Serves: 12
Ingredients
- 1 pound unsalted butter
- 1 Cup brown sugar
- 2 ounces espresso, freshly brewed
- 16 ounces semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
- 4 ounces unsweetened chocolate, coarsely chopped
- 8 eggs, lightly beaten
- 1/4 Cup heavy cream
- 2 Tablespoons corn syrup
Instructions
- Combine butter, brown sugar and espresso in a saucepan. Heat to a boil; boil until sugar dissolves.
- Place 12 oz. semisweet chocolate and 4 oz. unsweetened chocolate in a heatproof bowl; pour butter mixture over chocolate; whisk until smooth. Cool slightly; whisk in eggs.
- Pour batter into 9-inch cake pan lined with buttered parchment. Place pan into roasting pan; fill pan halfway with water.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for 1 hour or until center is set. Remove cake pan from water and chill, covered, for 8 hours.
- To serve, loosen cake by running a sharp knife around edge of pan; invert onto plate.
- To make glaze, place 4 oz. semisweet chocolate in heatproof bowl. Boil cream and corn syrup together; pour cream mixture over chocolate. Whisk until smooth. Pour glaze over cake.
Notes
Garnish with raspberries and a scoop of lemon sorbet or vanilla ice cream.
