Recipes: Flourless Chocolate Cake

Flourless Chocolate Cake

3/4 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
1/2 cup water
18 ounces (510 Gram) bittersweet dark chocolate
1 cup (227 gram) butter
6 eggs

Preheat oven to 300F (148C) degrees.
Generously grease a 10” round springform pan and set aside *.
In a small saucepan over medium heat, whisk together the sugar, salt and water.
Simmer, stirring frequently, until completely clear and the sugar is dissolved.
Remove from the heat and set aside.

In a glass bowl over a pan of simmering water (or in a microwave at 50% power for 20 second intervals),
melt the chocolate.
Pour the melted chocolate into a large bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer.

Cut the butter into 1 inch pieces and slowly beat the butter into the melted chocolate one piece at a time.
Pour the hot sugar and water mixture into the chocolate.
Beat to combine.

Slowly add the eggs, one at a time, beating thoroughly after each egg is added to the mixture.

Pour the batter into the well-greased springform pan.
Prepare a pan (oondpan) larger than the springform pan and set
the springform inside it.
Pour about 4 cups of boiling water into the bigger pan, or enough water to fill the pan about halfway up
the sides of the springform pan.

Carefully set the pans in the oven and bake the cake in the water bath.
Bake at 300F or 148C degrees for 45-48 minutes.
The center of the cake will still look wet when it is finished baking.
Chill the cake overnight in the pan.
Remove the springform ring prior to serving.

Slice into very thin pieces and serve topped with fresh whipped cream or fresh berries. Enjoy!