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Flourless Chocolate Cake

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Flourless Chocolate Cake

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup white sugar
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • (1 ounce) squaresbittersweet chocolate
  • cup unsalted butter
  • large eggs

Instructions

  1. Gather all ingredients. Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease a 10 inch round cake pan; set aside. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
  2. Combine sugar, water, and salt in a small saucepan over medium heat. Stir until completely dissolved; set aside. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
  3. Melt bittersweet chocolate in a microwave safe glass or ceramic bowl in 15 second intervals, stirring after each interval, 1 to 3 minutes. Pour chocolate into the bowl of an electric mixer. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
  4. Cut butter into pieces; beat butter, one piece at a time, into chocolate until combined. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
  5. Beat in hot sugar water. Slowly beat in eggs, one at a time. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
  6. Pour batter into the prepared cake pan. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
  7. Have a pan larger than the cake pan ready; put the cake pan in the larger pan and fill the larger pan with boiling water halfway up the sides of the cake pan. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
  8. Bake cake in the water bath in the preheated oven for 45 minutes. The center will still look wet. Place cake in the refrigerator until thoroughly chilled, 8 hours to overnight. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
  9. To unmold, dip the bottom of the cake pan in hot water for 10 seconds and invert onto a serving plate. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
  10. Serve and enjoy! Morgan Glaze / Food Stylist: Emily Nabors Hall / Prop Stylist: Josh Hoggle

Tips

Yes, this flourless chocolate cake is considered gluten-free. However, it's important to note that some ingredients may not be processed in gluten-free facilities — so it's always best to check with the manufacturer if the package isn't labeled "gluten-free." Yes, this flourless chocolate cake is considered gluten-free. However, it's important to note that some ingredients may not be processed in gluten-free facilities — so it's always best to check with the manufacturer if the package isn't labeled "gluten-free."