Yield: 12 slices
Ingredients
- Unsalted butter
- 13 ounces (370 g) bittersweet chocolate
- .625 cups (150 ml) water
- 6 ounces (170 g) granulated sugar
- 1/2 pound 1 ounces (255 g) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 6 eggs
- 3 ounces (85 g) sugar
- 1 1/2 cups (360 ml) heavy cream
- 1 tablespoons (15 g) granulated sugar
- Milk Chocolate shavings
Instructions
- Butter and line one 10 inches (25 cm) cake pan.
- Break the chocolate into small pieces and cut the butter into pieces (about 1 inch by 1-inch squares).
- Put the water and 6 ounces (170 g) sugar in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Remove the pan from the heat. Add the chocolate pieces and stir until the chocolate is melted and incorporated. Add the butter, in chunks, and stir until melted. Set aside to cool.
- Whip the eggs with the 3 ounces (85 g) sugar at high speed for about 3 minutes. The mixer should be light and fluffy. Do not over whip to stiff peaks. Fold the cooled to room temperature melted chocolate into the egg mixture.
- Put the batter in the prepared pan. Place the pan in a water bath.
- Bake at 350°F (175°C) for 40 minutes or until the top is firm. Refrigerate the cake until the chocolate is set (at least 2 hours – overnight is best).
- Remove the cake from the pan by warming the outside of the pan on a burner, and invert the cake pan onto a final serving platter. Peel the circle of baking paper off the top of the cake.
- Whip the cream with 1 tablespoons (15 g) sugar until just under stiff peaks. Place the whipped cream in a pastry bag with a large tip of your choice. Starting at the center of the cake pipe the whipped cream in a circle with each circle touching the last one, covering the top of the cake.
- Sprinkle chocolate shavings over the top and garnish as you wish.
Important note: this is a very delicate cake – cut the cake using a thin knife dipped in hot water, after every single cut clean the knife off and run under warm water again (the cake is sticky and tender and will fall apart if sliced at room temperature or with a knife that’s not cleaned between each slice).