If there’s one cake we think everyone actually needs, this is it. Rich, gooey and soul-satisfying, flourless chocolate cake is what you need to celebrate your best friend’s birthday. It’s the cake you need to make a bad day better, and when you need to impress a guest—it's just the thing. It will never be too fancy or too casual. After all, it’s the little black dress of cakes. You can dress it up to suit your tastes or the occasion—how about raspberries and cream, or salted caramel and ice cream?—and you can never go wrong serving it up with a dusting of powdered sugar on top. Keep this cake recipe close—it’ll never let you down.
Flourless Chocolate Cake
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 2 hr 0 min
- Servings 12
- Ingredients 8
Ingredients
- 12 oz bittersweet baking chocolate, chopped (three 4-oz bars)
- 3/4 cup butter, cut in pieces
- 1 cup sugar
- 6 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 cup Hershey's natural cocoa or Hershey's Special Dark cocoa
- 1 teaspoon espresso powder
- Sweetened whipped cream, if desired
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 375°F. Line bottom of 9-inch round cake pan with cooking parchment paper; spray with cooking spray.
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Step2In 2-quart saucepan, melt chocolate and butter over low heat, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; pour into large bowl. Stir in sugar until blended. Stir in eggs, 1 at a time; stir in vanilla. Stir in cocoa and espresso powder until well blended. Pour into pan.
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Step3Bake 26 to 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Run knife around side of pan to loosen cake. Place cooling rack upside down over cake. Turn upside down carefully so cake is on rack; remove pan. Turn upside down onto another rack, and flip cake right side up. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
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Step4When ready to serve, place cake right side up on serving platter. Using sharp knife, cut into wedges, cleaning knife blade after each cut. Serve with whipping cream. Store loosely covered in refrigerator.
Nutrition
410
Calories
29g
Total Fat
8g
Protein
27g
Total Carbohydrate
17g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 410
- Calories from Fat
- 270
- Total Fat
- 29g
- 45%
- Saturated Fat
- 18g
- 88%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 125mg
- 41%
- Sodium
- 130mg
- 5%
- Potassium
- 330mg
- 9%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 27g
- 9%
- Dietary Fiber
- 6g
- 24%
- Sugars
- 17g
- Protein
- 8g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 10%
- 10%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 4%
- 4%
- Iron
- 30%
- 30%
Exchanges:
1 1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 5 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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