Flourless Chocolate Cake
Flourless chocolate cake is a type of baked chocolate confection. Without flour to provide structure, it is dense and rich. It requires baking and then refrigeration to set.
30 min · serves 8
Ingredients
- ½ cup (120 g) white granulated sugar
- 4 eggs
- ¾ cup (150 g) unsalted butter
- ¾ cup (150 g) chocolate (suitable for melting)
Steps
- Melt the chocolate and butter in a bowl set above another pan of simmering water (or use a double boiler).
- Lightly whisk chocolate mix until smooth, then remove from heat and allow to cool, whilst still stirring.
- Beat eggs and sugar in a bowl until the mixture is creamy.
- Gradually mix in the melted chocolate along with any other variants (see below).
- Pour mixture into mould (baking tray or 8 individual moulds).
- Cover moulds with aluminium foil and place the moulds in a deeper baking tray.
- Pour boiling water into the deep baking tray at a depth that is half that of the moulds.
- 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.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool at room temperature.
- Cool for approximately 10 hours in a fridge.
- Remove from mould, place on a plate and garnish.
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Adapted from “Flourless Chocolate Cake” in the Wikibooks Cookbook by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Reformatted for this site; this page's recipe text is shared under the same license.