Flourless Chocolate Cake

Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 45 min
Servings: 16
Yield: 16 servings

Description

This decadent flourless chocolate cake is easy to make for a rich, fudgy, and naturally gluten-free dessert that's perfect for any special occasion.

Ingredients

3/4 cup white sugar
1/2 cup water
1/4 teaspoon salt
18 (1 ounce) squares bittersweet chocolate
1 cup unsalted butter
6 eggs

Directions

1 Gather all ingredients. Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease a 10-inch round cake pan; set aside.
2 Combine sugar, water, and salt in a small saucepan over medium heat. Stir until completely dissolved; set aside.
3 Melt bittersweet chocolate in a microwave-safe glass or ceramic bowl in 15-second intervals, stirring after each interval, 1 to 3 minutes. Pour chocolate into the bowl of an electric mixer.
4 Cut butter into pieces; beat butter, one piece at a time, into chocolate until combined.
5 Beat in hot sugar water. Slowly beat in eggs, one at a time.
6 Pour batter into the prepared cake pan.
7 Have a pan larger than the cake pan ready; put the cake pan in the larger pan and fill the larger pan with boiling water halfway up the sides of the cake pan.
8 Bake cake in the water bath in the preheated oven for 45 minutes. The center will still look wet. Place cake in the refrigerator until thoroughly chilled, 8 hours to overnight.
9 To unmold, dip the bottom of the cake pan in hot water for 10 seconds and invert onto a serving plate.
10 Serve and enjoy!