The recipe yields 6 cakes, which should probably be cut into eight slices each. In my world, each cake would be cut into 3 slices each if I had my way. (Luckily most chocolate cakes are pre-portioned).
I love chocolate. That said, this cake is the quintessential flourless chocolate cake- chocolate, butter, eggs and sugar. It is completely unadulterated by other flavors, ingredients or decoration. I make flourless chocolate cake year round: in the summer, I serve it with lightly whipped, unsweetened whipped cream and raspberries. In the winter, it is perfect with powdered sugar, a bit of spiced whipped cream, and a nice shot of espresso.
When I was growing up, my favorite restaurant had the most amazing dessert selection. (They doubled as a wedding cake bakery). I would go there for special occasions- birthdays, anniversaries, graduation, prom, etc- and order the same thing every time. The layered, flourless chocolate cake is rich beyond belief: four layers of flourless chocolate cake, sandwiched with dark chocolate ganache. I would savor it, knowing I’d have to wait until the next big event to have another slice.
After I moved away from Seattle, my best friend (who had frequently witnessed me devouring the cake), would bring me a piece every time he visited. The cake was unbeatable. The week that I moved to Las Vegas, a whole flourless chocolate cake, packed in a refrigerated box, arrived on my doorstep as a housewarming gift.
This cake is special to me: both for the fond memories created by the events surrounding it, and the gifts of friendship that brought it to me. Plus, I just love chocolate.
I love chocolate. That said, this cake is the quintessential flourless chocolate cake- chocolate, butter, eggs and sugar. It is completely unadulterated by other flavors, ingredients or decoration. I make flourless chocolate cake year round: in the summer, I serve it with lightly whipped, unsweetened whipped cream and raspberries. In the winter, it is perfect with powdered sugar, a bit of spiced whipped cream, and a nice shot of espresso.
When I was growing up, my favorite restaurant had the most amazing dessert selection. (They doubled as a wedding cake bakery). I would go there for special occasions- birthdays, anniversaries, graduation, prom, etc- and order the same thing every time. The layered, flourless chocolate cake is rich beyond belief: four layers of flourless chocolate cake, sandwiched with dark chocolate ganache. I would savor it, knowing I’d have to wait until the next big event to have another slice.
After I moved away from Seattle, my best friend (who had frequently witnessed me devouring the cake), would bring me a piece every time he visited. The cake was unbeatable. The week that I moved to Las Vegas, a whole flourless chocolate cake, packed in a refrigerated box, arrived on my doorstep as a housewarming gift.
This cake is special to me: both for the fond memories created by the events surrounding it, and the gifts of friendship that brought it to me. Plus, I just love chocolate.
-Josie
Josie's Chocolate Cake, adapted
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Hi Josie
the cake looks marvelous..do post in the recipe too sometime.
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Swati
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