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The Ultimate Chocolate Cake

3.5/5 rating (18 votes)
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Bake Time: 30-40 minutes
  • Serves: 8
  • Complexity: very easy
The Ultimate Chocolate Cake

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Ingredients

  • 5 eggs
  • 10 oz of dark chocolate - best quality you can find
  • 5 oz of butter
  • 1/2 cup of sugar

Directions

  1. Melt the chocolate and butter on medium heat in a 'bain-marie' placing the container with chocolate on top of a pan with boiling water.

  2. Beat the 5 eggs and sugar on high speed until the mixture becomes white and thick.

  3. Fold the melted chocolate within the eggs mixture. Mix well.

  4. Butter the baking pan and fill it up with the batter.

  5. Pre-heat your oven to 350F degrees. Bake the cake in the center rack for 30-40 minutes or until done. To check the that cake is baked, insert a toothpick in the center, it should come out clean.

  6. Serving: Decorate with powdered sugar. Serve cold with fruit and whipped cream. Enjoy!

  7. Conserving: Wrap the cake in foil and freeze for up to 2 weeks. Just unwrap and thraw at room temperature before serving.

Comments (12)

  • XYZ
    XYZ
    03 March 2011 at 05:28 |

    The recipe looks vry simple..great...Can we use candy(kisses) instead of dark chocolate???

  • Sarah
    Sarah
    22 August 2011 at 16:57 |

    Hey i tried your recipe and it tasted delicious it was so easy to make

  • wajo
    wajo
    09 October 2011 at 16:38 |

    what do you mean with oz ?

    • Alia
      Alia
      01 November 2011 at 03:00 |

      1 oz (ounce) = 28.3495231 grams

  • Jill
    Jill
    15 January 2012 at 17:00 |

    I've ran into this recipe online while looking for a good chocolate cake. And it was the best I've ever found! Since then I've been trying a lot of your recipies, and all I can say is thank you for the easy, yet extremely delicious things you put online. My family and myself are huge fans! Greetings from Belgium

  • Shama
    Shama
    23 January 2012 at 08:38 |

    Hi , just wanted to know . You havent used any flour to make this cake . Is it right or is there a mistake .

    • Alia
      Alia
      25 January 2012 at 03:43 |

      correct - no flour! this is a flourless chocolate cake. :-)

  • Yappy
    Yappy
    21 February 2012 at 08:42 |

    Beautiful recipes. I would like to print one of them for my Mum. How do I do it without all the commentaries. I have tried to select and print selection but it does not print the picture. Many thanks.

    • Alia
      Alia
      26 February 2012 at 16:23 |

      I dont have this feature in the website, something I should add. You can copy-paste the recipe in a word doc and print it.

  • Melissa
    Melissa
    28 February 2012 at 17:12 |

    Alia Can i also Instead of dark chocolate use milk or white chocolate because i don't like dark :(

    • Alia
      Alia
      01 March 2012 at 06:34 |

      you can, but you will have to change the amount of sugar. Milk chocolate is much sweeter than dark, so you have to reduce the sugar in the recipe.

  • liza
    liza
    26 July 2012 at 20:26 |

    alia........................, this cake is really taty .........i love it ..thanks for introducing this recipe........................

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