Flourless Chocolate Candy Cakes Food

FLOURLESS CHOCOLATE CANDY CAKES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F. Spray 8 (7-oz) ramekins with cooking spray. Set aside.
• In large microwavable bowl, microwave butter, candy drops and chocolate chips on High in 30-second increments, stirring after each, until completely melted. Cool slightly.
• While chocolate is cooling, in another large bowl, beat egg whites with electric mixer on high speed until stiff peaks form. Gradually add sugar, beating until glossy.
• With whisk, beat egg yolks one at a time into chocolate mixture. Add half of beaten egg whites; fold in with rubber spatula until combined. Carefully fold in remaining half of beaten egg whites. Spoon mixture evenly into ramekins.
• Bake 35 to 45 minutes or until cakes pull away from sides of ramekins. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.

FLOURLESS CHOCOLATE CAKES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Butter and flour a 10-inch round cake pan.
• Combine the butter and chocolate and melt in a double boiler over barely simmering water. Whisk together the egg yolks, salt, and all but 3 tablespoons of the sugar. Stir the melted chocolate into the egg yolks until thoroughly combined.
• With an electric mixer, on medium speed, beat the egg whites until soft peaks form. Gradually beat in the remaining sugar and continue to whip until the egg whites are stiff, but not dry,
• Carefully fold the chocolate mixture into the egg whites. Pour into the prepared pan. Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Turn out onto a rack immediately. As the cake cools, the center will sink and crack - do not worry.
• Dust the cake with powdered sugar or decorate the top with melted chocolate and serve with unsweetened whipped cream.

FLOURLESS CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Combine chocolates and butter in top of a double boiler. Melt over hot (but not boiling) water, stirring often. Remove top from heat and stir until smooth. Set aside to cool to room temperature.
• Meanwhile, in a small pan, combine the 1 cup sugar and 1/2 cup water. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring to dissolve sugar. Boil 4 minutes without stirring. Set aside to cool to room temperature, about 1 1/2 hours (sugar may crystallize on surface--don't worry if it does).
• Preheat oven to 350* F. Butter and flour a 9x2 inch round cake pan. Line bottom with parchment paper; butter and flour paper. Start heating some water, such as in a kettle, so it is quite hot but not boiling.
• When chocolate and syrup have cooled, beat eggs and the 1/3 cup sugar in large mixing bowl at high speed for 10 minutes or until tripled in volume and eggs form ribbons when beaters are lifted.
• Slowly pour in syrup, beating constantly at high speed and taking care not to pour over beaters (which will fling syrup around in a sticky mess).
• Fold in chocolate mixture until blended. Pour cake batter into prepared pan.
• Place pan in a shallow baking pan, large enough for the cake pan to sit level on bottom and about 1 1/2 or 2 inches deep. Pour hot water around the cake pan to 1 inch depth, taking care not to splash water into the cake.
• Place the bain marie with the cake into the oven and bake at 350 for 1 hour 15 minutes. The toothpick test will not work; the cake should be moist with a slight crust on top.
• Remove the cake from the bain marie. Cool in the pan to room temperature (about 3 hours). During cooling, the cake will settle and crack.
• Cover and refrigerate overnight, or at least 8 hours.
• To serve, run a warm knife around inside of pan several times to loosen cake. Gently heat bottom by placing in hot water for 1-2 minutes. Dry off to keep from dripping onto cake. Place a baking sheet over top of pan, invert, and rap sharply on counter to remove cake from pan. The cake can be quite difficult to remove, so you may need to repeat these steps a few times before you are successful.
• Peel off paper and invert onto a serving platter, so top side is once again up. Cover and refrigerate; remove from refrigerator 30 minutes before serving and let sit at room temperature.
• Garnish with a dusting of sifted confectioner's sugar before slicing. The cake is very rich, so cut into sliver portions to serve.

FLOURLESS CHOCOLATE CAKE

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.

FLOURLESS CHOCOLATE CAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. Spray 12 3-inch ramekins or tins with non-stick cooking spray and "flour" them with cocoa powder discarding any excess. Over a double boiler, combine chocolate, sugar and half the cream and melt until smooth, stirring occasionally. Cool slightly.
• In the bowl of a standing electric mixer, fitted with a paddle attachment, beat the mascarpone cheese and the remaining cream until smooth. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Pour in the chocolate mixture and beat until smooth. Divide the batter among the prepared ramekins, filling them almost to the very top, as the batter will not rise too much.
• Bake for 30 minutes until almost completely set when you jiggle the ramekin. Cool slightly and carefully turn the cakes out of the ramekins.
• For Wine Glaze:
• Combine dessert wine and 3 Tbsp. sugar in small sauce pan. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer until larger bubbles form, stirring occasionally with spoon to monitor thickness. Set aside to cool. Turn the warm cakes out into the center of the plates sift powdered sugar on top, and drizzle cakes and plates with squiggles of dessert wine syrup. Serve hot.

FLOURLESS CHOCOLATE CAKE (WITH STEVIA)

Steps:

• Melt chocolate and spread in double boiler or in microwave.
• Allow to slightly cool.
• Beat yolks and 1 tsp stevia until smooth, stir in vanilla and lemon juice then blend in chocolate mixture.
• Blend egg whites in large mixer bowl until peaks are formed. Gradually add 1/2 tsp stevia, beat until stiff peaks form.
• Stir 1°C whites into chocolate mixture and then fold in remaining whites.
• Pour into 10-12" pan, greased, floured, wax paper lined.
• Bake at 250 for 2 1/2 hours, allow to completely cool before serving.

FLOURLESS CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Butter a 23cm springform cake tin and line the base with baking parchment.
• Melt the butter and chocolate in a medium heatproof bowl in the microwave or over a pan of gently simmering water. Mix the coffee powder with 2 tbsp hot water until dissolved. Stir the coffee into the chocolate and set aside to cool slightly.
• Whisk the egg whites in a large bowl for 2 mins with an electric whisk until soft peaks form. In another large bowl, whisk both the sugars, the vanilla and egg yolks for 5-8 mins, or until pale and fluffy. Sift the cocoa powder into the egg yolk mixture and mix gently to combine.
• Stir the cooled chocolate into the egg yolk mixture, then gently fold through the egg whites until smooth. Transfer to the tin and bake for 1hr-1hr 20 mins, or until a skewer inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool, remove from the tin and serve with fresh berries, if you like.