CHOCOLATE DECADENCE

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Yield Serves 10 to 12

Number Of Ingredients 10

For batter:
12 ounce semisweet chocolate, chopped
1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter
4 large eggs
1/2 cup sugar
For sauce:
10-ounce package frozen unsweetened raspberries, thawed
1/4 cup sugar
Accompaniment:
unsweetened whipped cream

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter a 9- by 2-inch round cake pan and line bottom with a round of wax paper. Butter paper and dust pan with flour, knocking out excess.
  • Make batter:
  • Melt chocolate and butter in a metal bowl set over a saucepan of simmering water, whisking until smooth.
  • Cool slightly.
  • Beat together eggs and sugar with an electric mixer until pale yellow, thick, and a ribbon forms when beaters are lifted, about 4 minutes with a standing mixer or 8 minutes with a handheld. Fold one fourth of egg mixture into chocolate mixture to lighten, then gently fold in remaining egg mixture.
  • Pour batter into cake pan and rap pan sharply on counter to eliminate air bubbles. Put cake pan in a hot water bath and place in middle of oven. Bake 45 minutes (top will be set, but a tester will not come out clean).
  • Remove cake from water bath and cool completely in pan on a rack. Run a thin knife around edge of cake and chill, covered, at least 4 hours and up to 12.
  • Make sauce:
  • Purée raspberries with sugar in a food processor or blender, then force through a fine sieve into a bowl. Chill until ready to serve.
  • Remove cake from pan:
  • Put cake pan directly on a burner at very low heat. Move pan around on burner to warm bottom, about 30 seconds, then shake pan to loosen cake. Invert cake onto a rack. Remove wax paper and invert cake onto a serving plate.
  • Bring cake to room temperature. Serve with sauce and whipped cream.

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