Flourless Chocolate Cake With Marzipan And Raspberries Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 10-inch cake pan.
• Melt chocolate chips and butter over a double boiler. Let cool slightly and fold in eggs. Pour batter into the prepared pan. Place pan in a deep roasting pan and pour in enough boiling water to come 1 inch up the sides of the cake pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 45 minutes. Let cool 10 minutes and cover with a paper towel.
• Turn cake out of pan upside-down onto a cake plate.
• Combine raspberries, water, and sugar in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer and cook until sauce has thickened and reduced, 5 to 7 minutes. Strain sauce and let cool 10 minutes before serving with the cake.

Steps:

• Cake Directions:.
• Pre-heat oven to 325 degrees.
• Butter 9 inch spring foam pan.
• Wrap foil around bottom and 2 inches up on the outsides of pan.
• Combine 1 cup of butter and the semisweet chocolate in top of double boiler.
• Melt over simmering water. Stir until smooth. Remove from water.
• Whisk sugar and eggs in a large bowl to blend.
• Mix in flour.
• Stir in warm chocolate mix.
• Pour batter into pan.
• Repeat previous steps to make second cake.
• pour enough boiling water into pan to come 1/2 inch up the side of the cake.
• Bake cakes until top is firm and toothpick comes out with some crumbs, roughly 1 hour.
• Top bottom cake with layer of marzipan.
• Place second cake on top of first cake and top with the glaze. allow to cool until glaze makes a hard shell.
• Glaze cooking directions:.
• Boil coffee liqueur, frangelico, and rum in a sauce pan until reduced to 1/4 cup about 2 minutes.
• Reduce heat to low and add chocolate, cream and butter.
• Stir until chocolate and mix is smooth.
• Cool until mix thickens but is still pourable about 45 minutes.
• Serve with fresh raspberries on the side and on top.

Steps:

• Melt butter and chocolate in a medium heat-proof bowl over a saucepan of simmering water; remove from heat. Beat eggs, sugar and salt with a hand mixer in a medium bowl until sugar dissolves. Beat egg mixture into chocolate until smooth. Beat in flour or matzo meal until just combined. (Batter can be made a day ahead; return to room temperature an hour or so before baking.)
• Before serving dinner, adjust oven rack to middle position; heat oven to 450 degrees. Line a standard-size muffin tin (1/2 cup capacity) with 8 extra-large muffin papers (papers should extend above cups to facilitate removal). Spray muffin papers with vegetable cooking spray. Divide batter among muffin cups.
• Bake until batter puffs but center is not set, 8 to 10 minutes. Carefully lift cakes from tin and set on a work surface. Pull papers away from cakes and transfer cakes to dessert plates.
• Top each with sugared raspberries and serve immediately.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a 10-inch cake pan with oil.
• Combine chocolate, butter, and sugar in a double boiler over simmering water; cook, stirring frequently and scraping down the sides with a rubber spatula, until melted and smooth, about 5 minutes.
• Pour chocolate mixture into the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment; beat on low speed until cooled, about 5 minutes. Increase speed to medium; beat in eggs one at a time. Add water and vanilla extract; beat on low speed until blended. Pour into the prepared pan.
• Place cake pan inside a large baking dish. Pour enough water into the baking dish to come halfway up the sides of the cake pan.
• Bake cake in the preheated oven until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Allow cake to cool in the water bath, about 1 hour. Transfer to the refrigerator; chill until firm, 8 hours to overnight.

Steps:

• FOR SAUCE:
• Working in batches, puree raspberries and syrup in processor. Strain puree into medium bowl. Chill. (Can be made 2 days ahead. Keep chilled.)
• FOR CAKE:
• Preheat oven to 350 °F. Line bottom of 9-inch-diameter cake pan with 2-inch-high sides with parchment. Place all chocolate in large bowl. Bring butter, espresso and sugar to boil in medium saucepan, stirring to dissolve sugar. Add to chocolate; whisk until smooth. Cool slightly. Whisk in eggs.
• Pour batter into prepared pan. Place cake pan in roasting pan. Pour enough hot water into roasting pan to come halfway up sides of cake pan. Bake until center of cake is set and tester inserted into center comes out with a few moist crumbs attached, about 1 hour. Remove pan from water. Chill cake overnight.
• Cut around pan sides to loosen cake. Using oven mitts as aid, hold pan bottom over low heat for 15 seconds, warming slightly to release cake. Place platter over pan. Hold pan and platter together tightly and invert. Lift off cake pan; peel off parchment.
• Serve with sauce and fresh berries.