Tom Kerridge’s flourless dark chocolate cake is so simple that once you’ve made it, it will become your ‘go to’ chocolate cake every time you need a special treat. Cooked at a low temperature and left to set as it cools, it will then stay perfectly soft and moist in a tin for several days. We expect nothing less from the Bake Off: Crème de la Crème presenter!
Ingredients
- 250g butter, diced, plus extra for greasing
- 375g dark chocolate (70 per cent cocoa solids), broken into small pieces
- 7 eggs, plus 1 extra egg yolk
- 375g caster sugar
- To serve
- :
- whipped cream or crème fraîche
- raspberries
- toasted nuts
- grated chocolate (optional)
Method
Preheat the oven to 140C, gas 1. Lightly grease a 23cm springform cake tin with butter and line the base and sides with non-stick baking parchment.
Put the butter and chocolate into a large heatproof bowl and place over a saucepan of barely simmering water, making sure the bottom of the bowl is not touching the water. Allow to melt, then stir until smooth. Remove the bowl from the heat and cool slightly.
Using a freestanding mixer fitted with the whisk, or an electric hand mixer and bowl, whisk the eggs, egg yolk and sugar together until the mixture is light, fluffy and increased in volume. Carefully pour in the melted mixture and fold gently with a spatula to combine, trying not to knock out any air.
Pour the cake mixture into the prepared tin. Bake for about 40-45 minutes until set. It will soufflé up a little and a crust will form on the top. Remove from the oven and leave to cool in the tin – the cake will settle and sink down in the centre.
Once it’s cooled, press down and flatten the surface a little with a palette knife – this helps to give it a lovely, soft and gooey texture. Release the sides of the tin and peel away the parchment from the sides of the cake.
Invert a serving plate over the top of the cake and turn both over to release the cake onto the plate. Remove the tin base and the baking parchment.
Either serve the cake just as it is, with cream or crème fraîche, or finish with any combination of whipped cream, raspberries, toasted nuts and grated chocolate.
Top tip for making Tom Kerridge’s flourless chocolate cake
Serve this cake with strawberries or blueberries as an alternative to raspberries
