3-Ingredient Flourless Chocolate Cake

3-Ingredient Flourless Chocolate Cake -- decadent, delicious, and made with just eggs, butter and chocolate! gimmesomeoven.com #glutenfree #chocolate

INGREDIENTS:

• 8 large eggs, cold
• 1 lb. dark, semisweet or bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
• 16 Tbsp. (2 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into 16 pieces
• optional toppings: powdered sugar and/or berries

DIRECTIONS:

1. Adjust an oven rack to the lower-middle position and heat the oven to 325°F. Line the bottom of an 8-inch springform pan with parchment paper or waxed paper and grease the sides of the pan. (Be sure to grease the sides really well!) Wrap the outside of the pan with 2 sheets of heavy-duty aluminum foil and set it in a large roasting pan, or any pan that’s larger than the springform. Bring a kettle or pot of water to boil.
2. In a stand mixer using the whisk attachment, beat the eggs at high speed until the volume doubles. This usually takes about 5 minutes.
3. Meanwhile, melt the chocolate and butter together. You can either do this in a double boiler on the stove (by placing the chocolate and butter in a large heatproof bowl, set over a pan of almost-simmering water, and stirring until melted and smooth). Or you can do this in the microwave (by heating the chocolate and butter in a microwave-safe bowl in 30-second intervals, stirring in between, until the chocolate and butter are melted and smooth). Then fold about a third of the beaten eggs into the chocolate mixture using a large rubber spatula until only a few streaks of egg are visible. Fold in half of the remaining egg foam, and then the last half of the foam, until the mixture is totally homogenous.

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