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Flourless Chocolate Cake with Bittersweet Chocolate & Raspberry Glaze

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This Flourless Chocolate Cake with Bittersweet Chocolate & Raspberry Glaze is rich, decadent, and delicious! Happy Valentine’s Day!

Flourless Chocolate Cake with Bittersweet Chocolate Raspberry Glaze

If you look closely enough, I mean get your pretty little nose all squished up to that screen (go ahead, I’ll wait……), you will see one plate with two forks; one glass with two straws.

That, my friends, is how romance is done.

And Flourless Chocolate Cake with Bittersweet Chocolate & Raspberry Glaze doesn’t hurt either.

Flourless Chocolate Cake with Bittersweet Chocolate Raspberry Glaze

I’m not sure there’s anything else I could make that would make my guy happier… Well, there is always pizza…but you know what I’m saying….

Dom is kind of a sucker for chocolate, and when I can make a dessert that is this intensely rich, decadent and gluten-free – Jack. Pot. Bing. O. Cha. Ching.

Flourless Chocolate Cake with Bittersweet Chocolate Raspberry Glaze

The thing that makes a flourless cake so special, beyond its extreme flavor, you ask? The soufflé-like quality that it possesses.

It rises then falls as it cools – making it possible for you to run, dance, skip and jump in the kitchen as it bakes. No worries about it falling…it will fall by design. So go ahead – get your workout in.

And this glaze? Certainly chocolate alone would be to die for, but because it’s Valentine’s Day, I thought – let’s get fancy. I added seedless raspberry jam to the melted chocolate and heavy cream to create a glaze so special that it just might bring a tear to Dom’s eye.

Okay, my eye, but I could see him getting misty, too.

Flourless Chocolate Cake with Bittersweet Chocolate Raspberry Glaze

For an elegant finish, a ring around the cake of fresh berries will create beautiful texture and stunning color!

Here’s to a sweet treat that is special enough for you and your favorite Valentine!

 

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MORE EXCITING RECIPES FOR VALENTINE’S DAY:

Chocolate Panna Cotta with Raspberry Compote

Roasted Strawberry & Chocolate Hazelnut Panini

Rumchata French Toast with Warm Berry Compote

 

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Flourless Chocolate Cake with Bittersweet Chocolate Raspberry Glaze

Flourless Chocolate Cake with Bittersweet Chocolate & Raspberry Glaze

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  • Author: Ciao Chow Bambina
  • Category: Dessert
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This Flourless Chocolate Cake with Bittersweet Chocolate & Raspberry Glaze is rich, decadent, and delicious! Happy Valentine’s Day!

Ingredients

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  • 10 oz. bittersweet chocolate, chopped
  • 3/4 cup unsalted butter, cut into pieces
  • 3 Tbsp. vanilla extract
  • 5 large eggs, room temperature
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup heavy cream
  • 6 Tbsp. seedless raspberry jam
  • 8 oz. bittersweet chocolate, chopped
  • 1 pint fresh raspberries

Instructions

  1. Position a rack in the middle of an oven and preheat to 350 degrees.
  2. Butter a springform pan 9″ wide by 3″ deep.
  3. Line the bottom with a piece of parchment paper cut to fit precisely.
  4. In a heavy saucepan over medium-low heat, combine the 10 oz. of chocolate and butter.
  5. Heat, stirring, until the mixture is smooth.
  6. Remove from the heat and let cool.
  7. Whisk in the vanilla.
  8. In a large bowl, combine the eggs and sugar.
  9. Using an electric hand mixer set on medium-high speed, beat until the mixture lightens and triples in volume, about 6 minutes.
  10. Pour the chocolate mixture over the egg mixture.
  11. Using a rubber spatula, gently fold them together.
  12. Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
  13. Bake until the top forms a crust and cracks. A toothpick inserted into the center should come out with some wet batter attached, about 45 minutes.
  14. Transfer to a rack.
  15. Immediately run a knife around the pan sides to loosen the cake; it will fall in the center.
  16. Press down on the edges to even the top.
  17. Let cool.
  18. Release the pan sides and remove.
  19. Trim off any crumbly edges.
  20. Invert a flat plate over the cake and invert them together. Set aside.
  21. In a medium-sized, heavy saucepan over medium heat, combine the heavy cream and raspberry jam.
  22. Bring to a simmer, then reduce the heat to low.
  23. Add the 8 oz. of chocolate and whisk until melted and smooth, about 1 minute.
  24. Remove from the heat and let stand until lukewarm, about 10 minutes. The glaze should be thick but still pourable. Set aside.
  25. Returning to the cake, lift off the pan bottom and peel off the parchment.
  26. Tuck strips of waxed (or parchment) paper under the edges of the cake and pour lukewarm glaze over the cake top.
  27. Using an icing spatula, coax glaze down the sides.
  28. When the glaze stops dripping, remove the paper.
  29. Press raspberries onto the sides of the freshly glazed cake.
  30. Refrigerate until the glaze sets, about 1 hour.
  31. Serve immediately, or cover with a cake dome and refrigerate for up to 1 week.
  32. Serve cold or at room temperature.

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  1. I think raspberries and chocolate were made for each other. I love how gorgeous this cake is and the fact that it’s flourless is amazing! Beautiful pictures too, I could eat a slice of this right now 🙂 Pinned!

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    • I’m trying to think if I’ve ever met anyone who doesn’t like chocolate…this may be a first! Well, I understand…but please do yourself the favor of making it for you and the kids…it’s pretty delish! Thanks, Andrea! 🙂

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  3. That chocolate frosting looks out of this world delicious! I love how thick it is! There is just something so wrong about not eating chocolate for Valentine’s Day and I think this cake will be perfect 🙂

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  7. “Love is in the air….” (That’s me singing…!) I can’t think of a more romantic cake than this and I love that it is so simple, just a handful of ingredients. You have such class Annie!

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  9. Haha that is totally how romance is done! Except my chocoholic husband won’t even need that plate and would enjoy this gorgeous cake straight from the pan 😉 Love this flourless cake! It looks sinfully delicious and decadent! Drooling over that gorgeous ganache and those pretty strawberries! So perfect for Valentine’s Day!

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  15. Annie, I LOVE flourless chocolate cake!!! this one is stunning!!! and love the chocolate raspberry glaze. . this is perfection for Valentine’s Day. . I need to have this! you think it’s ok to have 3 desserts on valentine’s day? 😛

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  20. Oh Annie, I’m in love…..with your cake that is! Ha. This is the exact recipe I was looking for to make for my daughters Birthday on Feb. 17th!! She’s my Valentines Day Baby (and trust me it’s true love). You nailed it right down to the raspberries, exactly what I was looking for! Wanted it to be a flourless cake, love that chocolate topping. (How will I fit into my bathing suit for spring break now, Ha!) Cannot wait to make this for her, she will love it!!

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