Flourless Chocolate Cake
This flourless chocolate cake with homemade caramel sauce is INSANELY
good!!! It's so rich and delicious that once your friends try it they will be
banging down your door for more!!!!
Ingredients
Flourless Chocolate Cake½ c water
2 tbsp brewed strong coffee
¼ tsp salt
¾ c sugar
2¼ c semisweet chocolate chips
1 c unsalted butter, cut into pieces
6 eggs
Homemade Caramel Sauce
1 c brown sugar, tightly packed
4 tbsp butter
½ c heavy whipping cream
1½ tbsp vanilla
¼ tsp salt
Instructions
1. preheat oven to 300 degrees2. grease a 10" spring form cake pan
3. wrap the bottom of the pan is LOTS of foil to prevent water from seeping in as it cooks
4. place a saucepan over med heat and combine water, coffee, sugar and salt
5. stir until sugar and salt are dissolved then set aside
6. melt the chocolate in either a microwave or double boiler
7. add chocolate to the large bowl of a stand mixer or use an electric mixer
8. beat chocolate and slowly add the butter one piece at a time while beating with mixer
9. once all butter is added slowly add the water/coffee mixture
10. beat in eggs one at a time
11. pour the chocolate mixture into the greased cake pan
12. place cake pan into a larger roasting pan
13. pour boiling water up the sides of the pan, about half way up
14. place in the oven an bake for 45 min.
15. remove from heat and chill in the fridge overnight
16. before serving, dip bottom of pan in warm water (with foil still in tact)
17. remove sides of pan and with a sharp knife or carefully separate bottom of cake from cake pan
18. drizzle plate with caramel sauce
19. lay piece of cake on top and drizzle with more caramel sauce
20. (can also dust cake with powdered sugar to decorate)
Homemade Caramel Sauce
1. combine brown sugar, butter and cream in a saucepan over med heat
2. stir for 5 min then remove from heat and add the vanilla and salt
3. add back onto the heat and cook an additional 12 min
4. remove from heat and pour into a heat proof container
5. store in the fridge