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Flourless Chocolate Cake - A favorite of Diane and Jenny Recipe

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Ingredients:  
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Cake:
8 (1 ounce) squares semisweet chocolate chopped
½ cup butter
¾ cup white sugar
3 eggs beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla

Ganache:
8 oz semisweet chocolate squares, broken in half
¾ cup heavy cream
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons sugar
Directions:
Directions:
Preheat oven to 300º. Grease 8" round pan. Line bottom with parchment paper, then butter and dust with cocoa powder.
In the top of a double boiler over lightly simmering water, melt chocolate and butter. Or you can melt in the microwave instead. Remove from heat and stir in sugar, eggs and vanilla. Pour into the prepared pan.
Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely. Store covered in the refrigerator.
For ganache, place chocolate in stainless steel bowl. Heat cream, butter and sugar over medium-high heat. Bring to a boil. Pour over chocolate. Let stand for 5 minutes or so. Whisk until smooth. Remove cake from refrigerator. Use a spatula to spread some ganache on sides of cake. Pour remaining ganache over top of cake and smooth top and sides of cake. Refrigerate for 30 minutes. Can garnish with chocolate curls or mint leaves with raspberries or strawberries.
Note: I had about a half cup of ganache left over so you could probably get by with a half-recipe of the ganache.

 

 

 

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