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
- ¾ cup white sugar
- ½ cup water
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 18 (1 ounce) squares bittersweet chocolate
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 6 large eggs
Instructions
- 1Gather all ingredients. Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease a 10-inch round cake pan; set aside.
- 2Combine sugar, water, and salt in a small saucepan over medium heat. Stir until completely dissolved; set aside.
- 3Melt 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.
- 4Cut butter into pieces; beat butter, one piece at a time, into chocolate until combined.
- 5Beat in hot sugar water. Slowly beat in eggs, one at a time.
- 6Pour batter into the prepared cake pan.
- 7Have 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.
- 8Bake 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.
- 9To unmold, dip the bottom of the cake pan in hot water for 10 seconds and invert onto a serving plate.
- 10Serve and enjoy!