Flourless Chocolate Lime Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 6 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped (1 cup)
• 5/8 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 6 eggs
• 1 1/4 cups superfine sugar
• 1 cup almond meal
• 4 teaspoons unsweetened cocoa powder, sifted
• 1 lime, zest and juice

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 f, line bottom of a 9 inch springform pan with parchment paper and butter or spray sides of pan.
• 2 melt chocolate and butter together either in double boiler or in microwave 30 seconds at a time until melted. set aside to cool slightly.
• 3 beat eggs and sugar together until triple in volume, pale and mousselike.
• 4 mix almond meal with cocoa powder. gently fold into egg mixture. follow with chocolate mixture, then lime zest and juice.
• 5 pour into prepared pan. bake 40-45 minutes. will be just firm on top but have a bit of wobble underneath.
• 6 cool in pan on a wire rack. when slightly cool, drape a clean kitchen towel over cake to stop from getting too crusty (some cracking/cratering is to be expected).
• 7 when completely cool, loosen edges from pan, release springform edge, remove. dust with confectioner's sugar if desired.