Author Notes
This luscious chocolate cake is made without flour, resulting in a rich truffle-like torte. The key to its intensity and flavor lies in the quality of the few ingredients. Choose a high quality dark chocolate (I prefer Lindt 70%) and use a European-style butter, such as Plugra or Lurpak. The brightness and acidity of the raspberry coulis balances the richness of the cake, while cooling whipped cream smooths out the flavors, allowing you to come back for more. —TasteFood
Ingredients
- For the cake:
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1 cup
unsalted butter, cut in pieces
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12 ounces
dark (70-72%) chocolate, broken in pieces
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1 cup
granulated sugar
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6
large eggs
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2 teaspoons
vanilla extract
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Raspberry Coulis (recipe below)
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Whipped cream
- For the Raspberry Coulis:
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16 ounces
frozen raspberries
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1/2 cup
granulated sugar
Directions
- For the cake:
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Preheat oven to 350 F. Butter a 9" springform pan. Line with parchment paper. Butter parchment paper. Dust pan with high quality unsweetened cocoa powder.
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Melt butter and chocolate in a double boiler over simmering water, stirring until smooth. Remove from heat and cool to lukewarm.
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Whisk sugar and eggs together in a large bowl. Stir in vanilla extract. Add chocolate and stir to combine well.
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Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake until set and top begins to crack, about 45 minutes. (The center will still be moist.) Cool pan completely on rack. Remove pan side.
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Transfer cake to serving plate. Dust with sifted icing/confectioners sugar. Serve with raspberry coulis and whipped cream.
- For the Raspberry Coulis:
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Stir frozen raspberries and sugar in pan over medium-low heat until raspberries thaw and sugar dissolves. Remove from heat.
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Pass raspberries through fine-meshed sieve to separate seeds from coulis. Discard seeds.
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