Chocolate Truffle Cake

Total Time: 37 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 lb semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped (preferable imported)
• 10 tablespoons unsalted butter (1 1/4 sticks)
• 5 eggs, separated, room temperature
• 3 cups whipping cream
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• grated chocolate, for garnish

Recipe

• 1 melt chocolate and butter in double boiler over gently simmering water; stir until smooth.
• 2 pour into large bowl; cool slightly.
• 3 preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• 4 generously butter 9-inch springform pan.
• 5 beat yolks to blend; stir in chocolate mixture.
• 6 beat whites to stiff peaks.
• 7 gentley fold 1/4 of whites into chocolate mixture to loosen; fold in remaining whites.
• 8 pour batter into prepared pan.
• 9 bake 12 minutes;do not overbake (cake will be loose).
• 10 cool completely in pan.
• 11 just before serving, beat cream,sugar and vanilla to stiff peaks.
• 12 spoon over cake in pan, smoothing top.
• 13 remove from springform, sprinkle with grated chocolate and serve.