Thursday, November 30, 2006
Chocolate Truffle Cake
This is your basic flourless chocolate cake. That is, if you can say "basic" about anything as rich, delicious and chocolate-y as this dessert!
Ingredients
3 cups (18 oz) semisweet chocolate chips
2 sticks (1 cup) unsalted butter
6 large eggs, at room temperature
Serves 18 Active: 15 min/Total: 55 min plus 3 hr chilling
This flourless cake is dense, rich and deeply chocolaty.
1. Heat oven to 425°F. Coat an 8 x 3-in. cake pan with nonstick spray. Line bottom with wax paper; spray paper. Have a larger roasting pan ready.
2. Melt chips and butter together; stir until well blended.
3. Beat eggs in a large bowl with mixer on high 7 minutes, or until tripled and soft peaks form. Fold in chocolate mixture until blended. Pour into cake pan.
4. Place large pan in oven; place cake pan inside. Pour boiling water into roasting pan to come halfway up sides of cake pan. Cover cake pan loosely with foil; bake 40 minutes. (Cake looks soft but sets when cold.)
5. Cool cake in pan on a wire rack. Cover and refrigerate 3 hours, or until firm. Invert on serving platter; shake down sharply to release cake. Peel off paper.
6. If desired, lay five 3/4-in.-wide strips of paper 3/4 in. apart on cake. Sift cocoa between strips; carefully lift paper. Repeat in opposite direction, this time sifting on confectioners’ sugar.
Recipe courtesy of 1-2-3 Desserts
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2 comments:
I am going to try to make this cake tomorrow (Dec. 3) as an Advent treat. My children are going to love this! I will get back to you with results!
This sounds, and looks, divine! Definitely on my 'to make' list now.
Blessings,
Jenny in Australia
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/PassThePestoPlease/
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