Fallen Chocolate Torte

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 8 ounces callebaut bittersweet chocolate
• 1/2 lb margarine (my favorite soy margarine is willow run)
• 8 egg yolks
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 5 egg whites
• 1/3 cup sugar

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350°f.
• 2 prepare a 9-inch springform pan with parchment paper.
• 3 slowly melt the margarine and chocolate. cool back to room temperature.
• 4 beat egg yolks and first amount of sugar until thick and soft yellow. add the chocolate mixture slowly, and blend.
• 5 in a clean mixing bowl beat egg whites and remaining sugar until stiff (i add the sugar while the beater is going, nice and slowly).
• 6 fold the whites into the rest in three stages. pour into the pan and bake 50 minutes (give or take 10).
• 7 let cool a few minutes, run a knife around the cake to loosen it, and cool the rest of the way. it falls, but i love the way the cracked top looks under powdered sugar.
• 8 serve cracked side up, or flip it and glaze it with ganache for a more formal cake.