Chocolate Fudge Cake

A truly decadent layered flourless chocolate cake.

The batter is very easy to put together and uses the technique of pouring boiling sugar syrup over the butter and chocolate to melt them. Egg yolks and whipped egg whites are then added. Though the preparation time is short, one has to allow quite a bit of time for baking and cooling. The recipe said the cake will keep for 4 days so I actually baked this the night before it was needed.

The cake has 2 distinct layers as a result of baking in stages: the bottom layer is like a soft fudge, the top layer is creamy and almost mousse-like. My pan was slightly larger than the recommended size but even so, my baking times were still longer…I never did see actual crumbs on the skewer I used to test for doneness, the cake just became less wet as it baked!

It goes without saying that a good quality chocolate is required but I would also recommend using one that you enjoy eating out of hand because that’s what the cake will taste like.

The recipe says it serves 6-8…..mine served 12.