Chocolate Flourless Cake

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 7 ounces best bittersweet chocolate
• 7/8 cup unsalted butter
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 5 eggs, whites and yolks separated
• 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 pinch salt

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 melt chocolate and cool.
• 3 melt butter.
• 4 in a bowl, combine melted chocolate and butter.
• 5 beat in the sugar and egg yolks.
• 6 whisk in the vanilla, and cocoa powder and salt.
• 7 beat egg whites until a soft to heavy peaks.
• 8 fold in the stiffly beaten egg whites a little at a time.
• 9 pour into a greased buttered 10 inch spring form pan.
• 10 bake for 25 minutes.
• 11 remove from oven.
• 12 remove rim and press down while warm for a denser cake (i did not do this).
• 13 serve warm or cold with some devon pouring cream, or stencil a design with powdered sugar.