Bitter Chocolate Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• sugar
• 1 cup butter
• 12 ounces bittersweet chocolate, best quality
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 4 extra-large eggs
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• lightly sweetened whipped cream

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 320f.
• 2 butter a 9 inch springform pan.
• 3 sprinkle bottom and sides with sugar.
• 4 tap out excess.
• 5 wrap foil around bottom and 2 inches up around outside of pan.
• 6 combine butter and chocolate and melt, stirring until smooth.
• 7 whisk eggs and sugar in a large bowl to blend.
• 8 mix in flour.
• 9 stir in warm chocolate and pour into pan.
• 10 set springform pan into a larger baking pan and pour enough boiling water in baking pan to come ½ inch up sides of cake.
• 11 bake until top is firm and toothpick inserted in center come out with a few moist crumbs attached, about 1 hour.
• 12 remove from water and cool completely.
• 13 transfer to platter; release pan sides.
• 14 serve with whipped cream.
• 15 (a few choice raspberries wouldn’t be totally out of place here either.).