Post by Chris in NM on Jan 30, 2008 9:29:39 GMT -6
Flourless Chocolate Cake w/ Raspberry Sauce
Cake:
7 oz. semisweet baking chocolate, broken into pieces – I used deep dark bittersweet chips
12 tbl. butter
5 eggs, separated
1 tsp. vanilla – I used raspberry extract
1/3 c. sugar
2 tbl. unsweetened cocoa powder
1/8 tsp. salt
Raspberry Sauce:
1 pkg. – 12 oz. – frozen unsweetened raspberries, thawed
1/3 to ½ c. sugar
Additional cocoa powder for garnish – I didn’t use
For the cake, preheat oven to 350º F. Grease 9-inch springform pan. (I used cupcake pans with paper inserts). Heat chocolate and butter in med. saucepan over low heat until melted, stirring frequently. Remove from heat, whisk in egg yolks and vanilla. Blend in sugar, 2 tbl. cocoa and salt. Beat egg whites to soft peaks in large bowl. Stir about ¼ of egg whites into chocolate mixture. Fold chocolate mixture into remaining egg whites. Spread batter evenly in prepared pan. Bake about 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean and edge of cake begins to pull away from side of pan. Cool cake in pan on wire rack 2 – 3 minutes; carefully loosen edge of cake with sharp knife and remove side of pan. Cool cake completely. Cover and refrigerate overnight or up to 3 days, or wrap well and freeze up to 3 months. For sauce, blend raspberries in blender or food processor until smooth. Strain sauce and discard seeds and stir in sugar to taste.
Ganache
½ c. semi sweet or dark chocolate chips
2 tbl. butter – no substitutes
2 tbl. light corn syrup
Heat all ingredients over medium heat until chocolate is melted. Spread over top of cake, allowing some to drizzle down the side.
Spread the ganache on top first, then just at serving time spoon some raspberry sauce on top.
NOW: I have used the springform pan, but this time I used cupcake pans with paper thingies. After the cupcakes were cooled a bit, I spread a bit of ganache on top. It will harden quickly. When you serve the cake/cupcakes, just spoon a bit of the raspberry sauce on top.
Cake:
7 oz. semisweet baking chocolate, broken into pieces – I used deep dark bittersweet chips
12 tbl. butter
5 eggs, separated
1 tsp. vanilla – I used raspberry extract
1/3 c. sugar
2 tbl. unsweetened cocoa powder
1/8 tsp. salt
Raspberry Sauce:
1 pkg. – 12 oz. – frozen unsweetened raspberries, thawed
1/3 to ½ c. sugar
Additional cocoa powder for garnish – I didn’t use
For the cake, preheat oven to 350º F. Grease 9-inch springform pan. (I used cupcake pans with paper inserts). Heat chocolate and butter in med. saucepan over low heat until melted, stirring frequently. Remove from heat, whisk in egg yolks and vanilla. Blend in sugar, 2 tbl. cocoa and salt. Beat egg whites to soft peaks in large bowl. Stir about ¼ of egg whites into chocolate mixture. Fold chocolate mixture into remaining egg whites. Spread batter evenly in prepared pan. Bake about 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean and edge of cake begins to pull away from side of pan. Cool cake in pan on wire rack 2 – 3 minutes; carefully loosen edge of cake with sharp knife and remove side of pan. Cool cake completely. Cover and refrigerate overnight or up to 3 days, or wrap well and freeze up to 3 months. For sauce, blend raspberries in blender or food processor until smooth. Strain sauce and discard seeds and stir in sugar to taste.
Ganache
½ c. semi sweet or dark chocolate chips
2 tbl. butter – no substitutes
2 tbl. light corn syrup
Heat all ingredients over medium heat until chocolate is melted. Spread over top of cake, allowing some to drizzle down the side.
Spread the ganache on top first, then just at serving time spoon some raspberry sauce on top.
NOW: I have used the springform pan, but this time I used cupcake pans with paper thingies. After the cupcakes were cooled a bit, I spread a bit of ganache on top. It will harden quickly. When you serve the cake/cupcakes, just spoon a bit of the raspberry sauce on top.