Dessert & Baked Goods › Flourless Chocolate Cake

• 10 oz high quality bittersweet chocolate
• 5 oz room temperature butter
• 7 eggs separated
• 10 tbsp sugar
• vegetable oil and extra sugar for cake mold
• 5 tbsp sugar
• 1/4 tsp salt

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Add bittersweet chocolate and butter in a mixing bowl
3. Place bowl on a bain marie (water bath) which will slowly melt the chocolate and butter. Stir occasionally
4. Crack eggs, placing the yolks and whites into separate bowls
5. Pour sugar into bowl with egg yolks
6. Whip the egg yolk mixture
7. Spray cake mold with vegetable oil and coat with sugar
8. Whip egg whites, add in some sugar and then salt
9. Increase speed and gradually add the rest of the sugar
10. Add 1/3 of egg yolks to the chocolate, stirring and folding it helping lighten the mixture
11. Add and fold rest of the egg yolks
12. Add 1/3 of egg whites to chocolate, stir and fold
13. Add and fold rest of egg whites
14. Once mixed, pour batter into cake mold
15. Bake in preheated 350 degree oven for 45 minutes. Rotate cake midway through baking
16. Plate and serve

Notes

1. You can use a hand blender to whip the egg yolks and whites
2. You can use a removable bottom cake pan in place of pastry ring