We saw this recipe on Modern Mrs. Darcy, and it looked so easy, we decided to give it a try! It makes a very, very dark and dense chocolate cake, so if you prefer milk chocolate, you probably won’t like this.
But if you love a fudgy dark chocolate, then you will love it!
To start, heat your oven to 375° F. Then butter a cake pan, cut a parchment paper circle, place the circle inside the pan, and butter the circle.
Then chop up your chocolate. We used Ghirardelli dark.
Next, melt the chocolate in a double boiler (we use a bowl over a gently simmering pan of water) and stir in the butter until it melts.
Off the heat, stir in the sugar and then let the chocolate cool a bit.
Once it’s cooled down a bit, add the eggs one at a time.
Then add in the tablespoon of flour.
Now you can pour your batter into the prepared pan.
Ready to bake!
Bake for 25 minutes and then let the cake cool in the pan on a rack for 10 minutes.
The cake will fall quite a bit as it cools, which is fine. Remove from the pan and let it finish cooling off.
After our cake was cooled completely, we dusted it with powdered sugar.
The original recipe says this gets better with age, but we ate ours in 24 hours, so we haven’t tried that out.
Maybe next time!
Almost Flourless Chocolate Cake
7 ounces quality dark chocolate
7 ounces unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
1 1/3 cup granulated sugar
5 large eggs
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
Heat oven to 375°F.
Butter a 9-inch cake pan, and place a circle of parchment inside pan. Butter parchment.
Chop chocolate; melt in a double boiler. Stir in butter until melted. Remove from heat and stir in sugar. Cool slightly.
Mix in eggs, one a a time, beat will after each addition. Stir in flour.
Bake for 25-30 minutes or until cake is set and top is crackly looking. Let cool in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes, then invert onto a cooling rack and invert once more so the crackly side is on top.
Cool completely before serving. Dust with powdered sugar if desired.
(There’s a printable version over at Food 52 if you’re interested.)