FLOURLESS CHOCOLATE CAKE WITH MARZIPAN AND RASPBERRIES

Flourless Chocolate Cake With Marzipan and Raspberries image

Provided by fuzzypugs

Categories Dessert

Time 1h15m

Yield 1 cake, 16 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 13

1 cup unsalted butter
6 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
1 1/4 cups sugar
4 extra large eggs
1 tablespoon flour
1/2 cup coffee liqueur
1/4 cup Frangelico
2 tablespoons dark rum
12 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped
1/4 cup whipping cream
1/4 cup unsalted butter
1/2 cup marzipan
12 ounces frozen raspberries, thawed

Steps:

Cake Directions:.
Pre-heat oven to 325 degrees.
Butter 9 inch spring foam pan.
Wrap foil around bottom and 2 inches up on the outsides of pan.
Combine 1 cup of butter and the semisweet chocolate in top of double boiler.
Melt over simmering water. Stir until smooth. Remove from water.
Whisk sugar and eggs in a large bowl to blend.
Mix in flour.
Stir in warm chocolate mix.
Pour batter into pan.
Repeat previous steps to make second cake.
pour enough boiling water into pan to come 1/2 inch up the side of the cake.
Bake cakes until top is firm and toothpick comes out with some crumbs, roughly 1 hour.
Top bottom cake with layer of marzipan.
Place second cake on top of first cake and top with the glaze. allow to cool until glaze makes a hard shell.
Glaze cooking directions:.
Boil coffee liqueur, frangelico, and rum in a sauce pan until reduced to 1/4 cup about 2 minutes.
Reduce heat to low and add chocolate, cream and butter.
Stir until chocolate and mix is smooth.
Cool until mix thickens but is still pourable about 45 minutes.
Serve with fresh raspberries on the side and on top.