Ingredients

  • sugar
  • 1 cup unsalted butter
  • 6 oz. semisweet chocolate, chopped
  • 3 oz. unsweetened chocolate, chopped
  • 1 1/4 cups sugar
  • 4 extra large eggs
  • 1 tbl. flour
  • whip cream

Directions

Preheat oven to 325. Butter a 9 inch springform pan. Sprinkle bottom and sides with sugar. Tap out excess. Wrap foil around bottom and 2 inches up outsides of pan. Combine 1 cup butter and both chocolates in top of double boiler. Melt over simmering water, stirring until smooth. Remove from over water. Whisk sugar and eggs in large bowl to blend. Mix in flour. Stir in warm chocolate mixture. Pour batter into prepared pan. Place cake in large baking pan. Pour enough boiling water into baking pan to come 1/2 inch up sides of cake. Bake cake until top is firm and toothpick inserted into center comes out with some moist crumbs attahed, about 1 hour. Remove cake from water and cool completely on rack. Transfer cake to platter, release pan sides. Cut into wedges and serve with whipped cream



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Submitted 6/13/05.
Source: my files
Submitted By: Sheila Nelson
nednelson@msn.com
Bitter Chocolate Cake