Flourless Chocolate Fudge Cake Food

FLOURLESS CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Line 9-inch springform pan with parchment and lightly grease.
• In medium saucepan on medium-low, melt butter and chocolate, stirring until combined.
• Remove from heat and cool slightly, 5 minutes. Add sugar and mix to combine. Whisk in eggs 1 at a time until fully incorporated, then stir in almond extract and cocoa powder until smooth.
• Pour batter into prepared pan and bake until just set in center, 25 to 28 minutes. Cool cake in pan on wire rack 10 minutes, then remove from pan and let cool completely.
• Dust with cocoa and serve with whipped cream if desired.

FLOURLESS FUDGE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Butter the bottom and sides of a 9-inch springform pan. Line bottom with a round of parchment paper; butter parchment. Dust paper and sides of pan with cocoa powder, tapping out excess.
• In a heatproof bowl set over (not in) a pan of simmering water, melt chocolate and butter, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat; stir in liqueur. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer on high speed, beat egg yolks with 2 tablespoons granulated sugar until pale and doubled in volume, about 6 minutes. Stir in chocolate mixture.
• In another bowl, with mixer on high speed, beat egg whites until soft peaks form; gradually add remaining granulated sugar until medium-stiff peaks form. Whisk half the whites into chocolate mixture, then gently fold in remaining half.
• Pour batter into prepared pan; bake until cake pulls away from sides of pan and center is just set, 45 to 50 minutes. On a wire rack, cool completely in pan. Cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate at least 4 hours or up to overnight. To serve, run a metal spatula around edge of pan, and unmold cake; dust with confectioners' sugar.

KAHLUA FLOURLESS FUDGE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300°F.
• Grease and flour a 10-inch springform pan.
• Place egg whites and sugar in a mixer and whip into firm peaks.
• Meanwhile, melt butter over medium heat.
• When melted, add chocolate, stirring occasionally until smooth.
• Quickly add vanilla extract, espresso, Kahlua, and chocolate butter mixture to the egg white mixture, gently folding until smooth.
• Pour into prepared cake pan and bake on center rack for 40 minutes.
• Remove from oven.
• Wait 5 minutes and press sides down so the top of the cake is even.
• Cool and refrigerate for 4 hours or until set.
• Remove cake from pan and cut with a hot knife into 8 pieces.
• Serve with fresh berries and vanilla ice cream if desired.

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.

CHOCOLATE ESPRESSO CAKE (FLOURLESS)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F; line bottom of 9" springform pan with non-stick foil or parchment paper, and wrap outside of pan with a layer of heavy-duty aluminim foil.
• Place chocolate in large bowl; set aside, In medium saucepan bring butter, sugar, and espresso to a boil, stirring to dissolve sugar; once melted and blended, add to chocolate, whisking until smooth; cool slightly.
• Lightly beat eggs together; whisk in some of chocolate mixture, then add egg mixture into remainder of chocolate mixture, whisking until smooth.
• Pour batter into springform pan, place pan in a large roasting pan, pouring enough hot water to come halfway up the sides of the pan.
• Bake for approximately one hour, or until a cake tester comes out with a few moist crumbs attached; remove cake from pan and chill overnight.
• Cut around sides of pan with butter knife to loosen cake.

FLOURLESS CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Butter a 10-inch springform pan, line bottom with a round of parchment or wax paper, and butter paper.
• melt chocolate with butter in a medium metal bowl set over a saucepan of barely simmering water, stirring until smooth.
• Remove bowl from heat and whisk in sugar.
• Add eggs one at a time, whisking well after each addition.
• Sift cocoa powder over chocolate and whisk until just combined.
• Pour batter into pan.
• Bake until top has formed a thin crust and a wooden pick inserted in center of cake comes out with moist crumbs adhering, 35-40 minutes.
• cool cake in pan on a rack for 10 minutes, then remove side of pan.
• invert cake onto a plate and reinvert onto rack to cool completely.
• dust cake with cocoa powder before serving.

FLOURLESS CACAO FUDGE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 160°C (320°F). Lightly grease a 22cm springform cake tin and line with non-stick baking paper. Place the butter and cacao in a saucepan over low heat and stir until smooth. Place the eggs and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat until doubled in volume. Add the cacao mixture and almond meal and gently fold to combine. Pour into the tin and bake for 35-40 minutes or until just set. Allow to cool in the tin. Turn out and dust with extra cacao to serve.