The Ultimate Flourless Chocolate Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Position a rack in the center of the oven and preheat to temperature to 350 degrees F.
• Butter the bottom and sides of a deep 9 inch round springform pan.
• Line the bottom of the pan with a round of parchment paper and butter the paper.
• In a food processor fitted with the metal blade, process the chocolates, sugar, and coffee 15-20 seconds until finely ground.
• With the motor of the food processor running, pour the boiling water through the feed tube.
• Process 10-15 seconds, until the chocolate is completely melted.
• Scrape down sides of bowl with spatula.
• Add butter and eggs and vanilla and then process about 5 seconds until the mixture is smooth and creamy.
• Scrape chocolate batter into prepared pan and smooth top.
• Bake 55-60 minutes until edges are puffy and center is just set.
• Cool on wire rack for 30 minutes.
• Cover and refrigerate for at least 3 hours.
• Make raspberry sauce with frozen raspberries and sugar in a saucepan over medium heat.
• Cook until sugar is dissolved and berries are just soft. {Don't boil}
• Strain mixture and stir in raspberry liqueur.
• Remove cake from pan by running a thin knife blade around cake to loosen from pan.
• Invert cake onto a plate and peal off paper.
• Refrigerate cake while preparing whipped cream.
• Whip cream with sugar and vanilla to stiff peaks.
• To serve drizzle some raspberry coulis on each plate; cut thin slice of cake and place on plate.
• Garnish slices of cake with a dollop of whipped cream and fresh raspberries.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Generously butter the bottom and sides of an 8-inch springform pan, or press a large sheet of foil into the bottom and up the sides of an 8-inch round cake pan, smoothing the sides, and generously butter the foil.
• Bring a few inches of water in a large saucepan to a simmer over medium heat. Set a large heatproof bowl over the saucepan and add the chocolate. When the chips look soft and melty, stir gently until smooth. Turn off the heat, and add the butter to the bowl. Stir gently until melted and smooth. Add the cocoa powder and stir until smooth, then take the bowl off the saucepan.
• Stir in the granulated sugar until incorporated, then add the eggs, one at a time, and beat well after each addition. Stir in the vanilla, then scrape the batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top.
• Bake until crackly and dry on top, and a toothpick inserted 2 inches from the edge comes out clean, 40 to 50 minutes. A toothpick inserted in the center should come out with some crumbs attached.
• Cool in the pan on a rack, then remove the sides of the springform pan or lift the cake out of the cake pan using the foil overhang. You can slice and serve warm or at room temperature. Or, to cut very neat slices, freeze the cooled cake until firm. Slice and warm up in the microwave or oven, if preferred. Serve the cake with whipped cream or ice cream, if you'd like. The cake can be wrapped and kept at room temperature for up to 3 days, in the refrigerator for up to 1 week or in the freezer for up to 1 month.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F and butter the inside of a spring-form pan. Melt the chocolate and butter in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat; stirring frequently until smooth. Stir in the sugar, cocoa powder and salt until all of the lumps are gone. Remove from the heat and let cool for a few minutes.
• Meanwhile, beat the egg whites in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until they form stiff peaks, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Stir the egg yolks into the cooled chocolate mixture, then stir in about a quarter of the whipped egg whites. Scrape this lightened chocolate mixture into the remaining whipped egg whites and gently fold until mostly combined (it's ok if there are some streaks of egg white). Pour into the prepared pan and bake until the center of the cake no longer wiggles, 40 to 45 minutes. Let cool completely in the pan, on a wire rack (the cake will deflate slightly). Unlock the pan and dust the top of the cake with some cocoa powder. Cut into slices and serve with whipped cream.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease one 10 inch round cake pan and set aside.
• In a small saucepan over medium heat combine the water, salt and sugar. Stir until completely dissolved and set aside.
• Either in the top half of a double boiler or in a microwave oven melt the bittersweet chocolate. Pour the chocolate into the bowl of an electric mixer.
• Cut the butter into pieces and beat the butter into the chocolate, 1 piece at a time. Beat in the hot sugar-water. Slowly beat in the eggs, one at a time.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Have a pan larger than the cake pan ready, put the cake pan in the larger pan and fill the pan with boiling water halfway up the sides of the cake pan.
• Bake cake in the water bath at 300 degrees F (150 degrees C) for 45 minutes. The center will still look wet. Chill cake overnight in the pan. To unmold, dip the bottom of the cake pan in hot water for 10 seconds and invert onto a serving plate.

Steps:

• 1. Adjust oven rack to lower-middle position and heat oven to 325 degrees. Line bottom of 8-inch springform pan with parchment paper and grease pan sides. Cover pan underneath and along sides with heavy duty aluminum foil. Set pan in a large roasting pan. Bring kettle of water to a boil. 2. Melt chocolate and butter (adding coffee or liqueur if using) in a large heatproof bowl set over pan of almost simmering water, until smooth and very warm (about 115 degrees on an instant read thermometer) , stirring once or twice. Don't use microwave...it burns the chocolate. 3. Meanwhile, in a large bowl, beat eggs with a handheld mixer at high speed until volume doubles to approximately 1 quart, about 5 minutes. Alternately, beat in bowl of electric mixer fitted with wire whip attachment at medium speed to achieve the same result, about 5 minutes. 4. Fold 1/3 of egg into chocolate mixture using a large rubber spatula until only a few streaks of egg are visible; fold in half of remaining eggs, then last of remaining egg foam, until mixture is totally homogenous. 5. Scrape batter into prepared springform pan and smooth surface with rubber spatula. Set roasting pan on oven rack and pour enough boiling water to come about halfway up side of springform pan. Bake until cake has risen slightly, edges are just beginning to set, a thin glazed crust (like a brownie) has formed on the surface, and an instant-read thermometer, inserted halway through center of cake, registers 140 degrees, 22 to 25 minutes. 6. Remove cake from water bath and set on a wire rack; cool to room temperature. Cover and refrigerate overnight to mellow (can be covered and refrigerated for up to 4 days). 7. About 30 minutes before serving, remove springform pan sides, invert cake on sheet of waxed paper, peel off parchment pan liner, and turn cake right side up on serving platter. Sieve light sprinkling of confectioners' sugar or unsweetened cocoa over cake to decorate, if desired.