Flourless Chocolate Cake

Name: Flourless Chocolate Cake
Yield: 1 cake
Ingredients: 170 g Semisweet chocolate chips; 113 g Unsalted butter; 149 g Granulated sugar; 0.25 tsp Table salt; 1 tsp Espresso powder; 1 tsp Vanilla Extract; 3 each Eggs; 42 g Dutch-process cocoa; 170 g Semisweet chocolate chips; 113 g Heavy cream

Rich chocolate flavour with a smooth ganache glaze.

1 hour 38 minutes1 cake

Ingredients

Ingredients for1 cake
Ingredient	Amount
Cake
Semisweet chocolate chips	170 g
Unsalted butterAt room temperature.	113 g
Granulated sugar	149 g
Table salt	0.25 tsp
Espresso powderRange: 1–2. Optional.	1 tsp
Vanilla ExtractOptional.	1 tsp
EggsLarge.	3 each
Dutch-process cocoa	42 g
Ganache
Semisweet chocolate chips	170 g
Heavy cream	113 g

Method

1
Line and grease a 20cm round pan; heat the oven to 190°C/375°F. Melt the first chocolate portion with butter.
2
Stir in sugar, salt and optional flavourings. Mix in eggs, followed by cocoa. Transfer to the pan.
3
Bake about 25 minutes, until the centre reaches 93°C/200°F. Rest 5 minutes, turn out and cool.
4
Pour hot cream over the remaining chocolate, wait 5 minutes, then stir smooth. Glaze the cooled cake and allow several hours to set.