Chocolate Nemesis

Total Time: 46 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 1 min

Ingredients

• 1 cup unsalted butter, save wrappers for greasing
• 12 ounces bittersweet chocolate, 70% cacao, coarsly chopped
• 5 large eggs
• 1 cup sugar
• 7 tablespoons water

Recipe

• 1 melt chocolate with butter in a large bowl oven a pot of simmering water. remove from heat when the chocolate is just smooth.
• 2 while chocolate is melting beat the eggs with 1/3 cup of the sugar until tripled in volume. about 5 minutes.
• 3 heat remaining sugar in a small sauce pan with the water. stir into the chocolate mixture until combined. let cool for 10 minutes.
• 4 add chocolate to egg mixture a little at a time while beating on medium speed. beat just until combined.
• 5 pour batter into a 10 inch cake pan lined with parchment paper that has been greased with the butter wrapper.
• 6 place pan in a larger pan and fill with enough very hot water to come about half way up the pan.
• 7 bake at 300 for about 1 hour or until cake s just set.
• 8 cool in the water bath for about 2 hours then run a thin knife around the edges of the cake before serving.