Flourless Chocolate Cake Recipe King Arthur Flour

Flourless Chocolate Cake is Susan’s favorite, it’s what she requests every year for her Birthday cake. It’s amazingly dense, rich and decadent. Every bite is packed with intense bittersweet chocolate flavor.

I used the following ingredients for the Flourless Chocolate Cake:bittersweet chocolate chips, unsalted butter, granulated sugar, salt, espresso powder, vanilla extract, eggs and Dutch-process cocoa.

The first thing that I did was to prepare an 8-inch round cake pan. I sprayedit with Bak-klene ZT which is a mixture of non-stick spray and flour. Then, I placeda parchment round in the bottom and sprayed the parchment. I suspect something like Baker’s Joy would work just as well.

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I placed the chocolate chips and butter in a microwave-safe bowl, and heated it on 60% power for about 2 minutes. After two minutes, the butter was melted and the chocolate had started to melt. Using a silicon spatula, I stirred the mixture until the butter and chocolate were well combined. Then I added the sugar, salt, espresso powder, and vanilla to the chocolate/butter mixture, and stirred well to combine. I added the eggs and beat the mixture on medium speed until it was smooth. Finally, I added the cocoa powder and mixed with the silicon spatula just until it was incorporated.

Per the King Arthur recipe, the cake should register at least 200° F with an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center. After 23 minutes, the temperature registered 202° F, so it was time to take it out of the oven and let the cake begin cooling.

After about 5 minutes of cooling, I loosened the edges of the cake with a knife, and turned it onto a wire rack to cool completely. The cake came out perfectly!

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Once the cake had cooled completely, Susan began her magic. She made the ganache by heating the heavy cream in the microwave until it was hot. She then poured it over the chocolate chips and stirred the mixture until the chocolate had melted and was completely smooth. When the ganache was ready, Susan spooned it over the cake, spreading it to cover the sides.

Unfortunately, the ganache had to set for several hours before we could dig into the cake. Oh my, the wait was totally worth it – absolutelydecadent. Yum!

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Calories: 399 kcal Carbohydrates: 43 g Protein: 4 g Fat: 24 g Saturated Fat: 14 g Cholesterol: 87 mg Sodium: 99 mg Potassium: 80 mg Fiber: 2 g Sugar: 38 g Vitamin A: 605 IU Vitamin C: 0.2 mg Calcium: 71 mg Iron: 1.2 mgWe know it’s a major Jewish holiday. We’re pretty sure it’s a happy one. We think it goes on for a few days.

Start with “no flour.” OUCH. How many baked goods can YOU think of that don’t include flour? A fruit-filled meringue pavlova is one. Lemon soufflé is another. And then there’s…. hmmm…

You can find recipes using matzoh meal in place of flour. Or variations on the meringue theme, incorporating chocolate chips, nuts, and other tasty add-ins.

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And then there are the recipes where ground nuts stand in for the flour (which works in a low-flour, high-sugar, high-fat, high-egg recipe, such as brownies). But most sound a little forced. Like, too bad we can’t use flour, but we’ll substitute x-y-z instead and it’ll be pretty good.

At the end of the day, there’s one flourless dessert that was born to be flourless. A special treat that doesn’t require compromise, doesn’t need the “almost as good as” label. And that’s Flourless Chocolate Cake.

Chocolate, sugar, eggs, and butter. Salt and – if your Passover dietary laws allow it – vanilla and espresso powder. These simple ingredients create magic together, the alchemy of eggs and sugar providing structure, the vanilla and espresso and salt adding flavor, and the chocolate lending its own special qualities: a bit of structure, sumptuous mouth-feel, and the undefined yet intensely compelling quality we all love: CHOCOLATE.

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Serve this dense, rich, flourless/unleavened cake at Passover, where it’s the perfect finale to the Seder. But don’t relegate it to once-a-year status. Although it doesn’t have King Arthur Flour’s favorite ingredient, it’s still one of our favorite desserts.

Put 1 cup (170g) semisweet or bittersweet chocolate chips and 8 tablespoons (113g) unsalted butter in a microwave-safe bowl, and heat until the butter is melted and the chips are soft. Stir until the chips melt, reheating briefly if necessary. You can also do this over a burner set at very low heat. Transfer the melted chocolate/butter to a mixing bowl.

Espresso enhances chocolate's flavor much as vanilla does; using 1 teaspoon will simply enhance the flavor, while 2 teaspoons will lend a hint of mocha to the cake.

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Grease an 8” round cake pan, and line it with parchment. Cut it to size by laying the pan atop the parchment, drawing a circle around it with a marking pen, then cutting it out. Lay the parchment in the pan, and grease the parchment.

This cake is actually a bit over-baked; I should have lowered the temperature a couple of minutes, because I was using a darker (dark gray) pan.

A toothpick inserted into the center of the cake should come out with moist crumbs clinging to it; again, this is slightly over-baked, as evidenced by the paucity of crumbs.

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Cool the cake in the pan for 5 minutes, then loosen the edges with a table knife or nylon spreader, and turn it out onto a serving plate. The top will now be on the bottom; that's fine. Also, the edges may crumble a bit, which is also fine.

Allow the cake to cool completely before glazing. When ready to glaze, slip strips of parchment under the edges of the cake, to catch any drips.

To make the icing/ganache, heat 1 cup (170g) semisweet or bittersweet chocolate chips and 1/2 cup (113g) heavy cream together until the cream is steaming. Remove from the heat, and stir until the mixture comes together.

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Spread the ganache to the edges of the cake, encouraging it to drip down the sides. It doesn't need much encouragement once you push it to the edge.

Once the ganache sets, gently pull away the strips of parchment; you'll be happy at how neat and clean your plate looks.

For cleanest slicing, use a sharp knife dipped in hot water and wiped dry. Repeat dipping knife in hot water and wiping dry for each slice.

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If you're celebrating Passover, I hope you enjoy a lovely family celebration. If not – well, go ahead and enjoy this cake anyway!

PJ Hamel grew up in New England, graduated from Brown University, and was an award-winning Maine journalist (favorite topics: sports and food) before joining King Arthur Flour in 1990. Hired to write the newly launched Baker’s Catalogue, PJ became the small but growing company’s sixth employee.    ...

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