"All I really need is love, but a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt." -- Charles M. Schulz
FLOURLESS CHOCOLATE CAKE. My sweet friend, Barb, brought this cake to our Saturday morning circuit class recently when we were celebrating several birthdays, and it was rewarded with total silence followed by small moans of pleasure (both of which are extremely unusual during that class). Let's just say it was a huge hit. (By the way, if you attend an exercise class where SNACK isn't a regular and richly anticipated part of the festivities, you may be rolling with the wrong crowd. Take this cake to your next session and prepare to be the most popular kid in the class, county, and possibly solar system.)
FLOURLESS CHOCOLATE CAKE. My sweet friend, Barb, brought this cake to our Saturday morning circuit class recently when we were celebrating several birthdays, and it was rewarded with total silence followed by small moans of pleasure (both of which are extremely unusual during that class). Let's just say it was a huge hit. (By the way, if you attend an exercise class where SNACK isn't a regular and richly anticipated part of the festivities, you may be rolling with the wrong crowd. Take this cake to your next session and prepare to be the most popular kid in the class, county, and possibly solar system.)
1 cup of butter
1/4 cup of heavy cream
8 oz. of chopped bittersweet chocolate (or chocolate chips)
5 large eggs
1 cup of sugar
1/4 cup of cocoa
Heat oven to 350 degrees.
In a medium saucepan, melt butter with heavy cream. Add bittersweet chocolate and stir until smooth and creamy. Remove from heat.
In a bowl, whisk together eggs, sugar, and cocoa until completely blended. Stir into the warmed chocolate mixture until smooth.
Pour into a buttered pie pan that has been dusted with cocoa powder.
Bake for 35-40 minutes. It really puffs up so be sure to test for doneness in the middle.
Serve topped with whipped cream.
Listen for the silence and then the little moans of pleasure.
(If you make this, be sure to let me hear from you! See the instructions for leaving a comment in red at the end of the articles.)
5 comments:
Sounds great! I'll give it a try...
I can not wait to try this. I am just sorry I was not there for the class.
Linda
Linda, I'm sorry you weren't there for that class too because it made the exercises that preceded the cake ALMOST worth it! Now I guess you'll just have to make the cake and bring it with you to another class. Let me know when so I can spread the word -- we are fools for SNACK!
Okay, you definitely have my attention! But just because it has no flour, doesn't mean it's low calorie - LOL!
My daughter and I share the same love for chocolate. Before I went into labor before her birth, I polished off about four or five brownies that I felt compelled to bake...now she has the same "give me the chocolate and no one will get hurt" mentality as her mother!
I will definitely forward the recipe to her as well as trying it myself.
RedCat, my mother and I certainly share your "like mother, like daughter" bond, prticularly when it comes to food. I'd say we're all in good company! Be sure to let me know what you think of the cake. Thanks!
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