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Flourless Chocolate Cake
Ingredients
- -6 tablespoons unsalted butter, plus more for pan
- -8 ounces bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, finely chopped
- -6 large eggs, separated
- -1/2 cup granulated sugar
- -Confectioners' sugar, for dusting
- -9 inch pan
- -Sweetened whipped cream, for serving
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Directions
- 1.Preheat the oven to 275 degrees with the rack in the center. Butter the bottom and sides of a 9-inch springform pan. Set aside.
- 2.Place butter and chocolate in a large heatproof bowl and microwave in 30-second increments, stirring each time, until completely melted.
- 3.Let cool slightly. Whisk in egg yolks.
- 4.In a large bowl, beat egg whites until soft peaks form. Gradually add granulated sugar, and continue beating until glossy stiff peaks form.
- 5. Whisk 1/4 of the egg whites into the chocolate mixture; then gently fold in remaining egg whites.
- 6.Pour batter into the prepared pan, and smooth the top with a rubber spatula. Bake until the cake pulls away from the sides of the pan and is set in the center, 45 to 50 minutes.
- 7. Cool completely on a wire rack; remove sides of pan. Serve at room temperature, dusted with confectioners' sugar. Serve with whipped cream, if desired.
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