?ADAM'S "FRIEND"'S FLOURLESS CHOCOLATE CAKE WITH CHOCOLATE GLAZE

?ADAM'S

Yield 8 pieces

Number Of Ingredients 10

Cake:
12 oz. bittersweet chocolate, copped
3/4 c. (1-1/2 stick) unsalted butter
6 large eggs, separated
12 tbsp. sugar
2 tsp. vanilla extract
Glaze:
1/2 c. whipping cream
1/2 c. dark corn syrup
9 oz. bittersweet chocolate

Steps:

1. Preheat oven to 350'. 2. Butter 9" springform pan, line with buttered waxpaper. Wrap outside of pan with foil. 3. Stir chocolate with butter in heavy saucepan until melted and smooth. Remove from heat. Cool to lukewarm, stirring often. 4. Use electric mixer, beat egg yolks and 6 tbsp. sugar in large bowl until mixture is very thick and pale, ~3 mins. 5. Fold lukewarm chocolate mixture into egg mixture, then fold in vanilla extract. 6. In large bowl, beat egg whites until soft peaks form. 7. Gradually add remaining 6 tbsp. sugar, beating until medium peaks form. 8. Fold whites into chocolate mixture in 3 partitions. 9. Pour batter into prepared pan. 10. Bake until top is puffed and cracked, and tested inserted into center comes out with some moist crumbs attached, ~50 mins. 11. Cook cake on pan in rack (cake will fall). 12. Gently press down, using small knife cut around sides to loosen cake. Remove pansides. Invert cake, peel off parchment.