Flourless Chocolate Cake with Caramel Sauce Recipe
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 This recipe for Flourless Chocolate Cake with Caramel Sauce, by Christy Froehlich, is from Family "Favorites" Cookbook,
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Contributor: Christy Froehlich
Added: Tuesday, February 13, 2007
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Ingredients: CAKE
1 Cup (2 Sticks) butter, cut into pieces
8 oz semisweet chocolate chips (about 1 1/2 cups)
1 1/4 cups sugar
1 cup sifted unsweetened cocoa powder
6 large eggs
CARAMEL SAUCE
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/4 cup water
1 1/2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
1 cup whipping cream
2 Tablespoons (1/4 stick) unsalted butter
Vanilla Ice Cream
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Directions:FOR CAKE: Preheat oven to 350º. Butter 10" springfoam pan and line bottom with waxed paper.
Stir butter and chocolate in heavy large saucepan over low heat until melted.
Mix sugar and cocoa in large bowl. Add eggs; whisk until well blended. Whisk in chocolate-butter mixture. Pour batter into prepared pan.
Bake until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 45 minutes.
Cool cake completely in pan on rack. Run knife around pan sides to loosen cake. Release pan sides.
Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate.
FOR CARAMEL SAUCE:
Stir sugar, water, and lemon juice in heavy medium saucepan over low heat until sugar dissolves.
Increase heat; boil without stirring until syrup is deep amber color, about 7 minutes. Remove from heat.
Add in cream (mixture will bubble vigorously).
Return to low heat; stir until any bits of caramel dissolve.
Add butter; whisk until smooth. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and chill.)
Cut cake into wedges. If desired, arrange wedges on baking sheet and rewarm in 350º oven for 10 minutes.
Re-warm caramel sauce over medium-low heat, stirring often.
Place 1 cake wedge on each plate and drizzle with warm caramel sauce.
Serve with vanilla ice cream. |
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Notes: This cake is great if you are entertaining anyone that eats gluten-free!
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