Flourless Double Chocolate Cake
SO much to love about this Flourless Double Chocolate Cake: Decadent, intense chocolate flavor, and absolutely irresistible!!
A flourless chocolate cake is always my first choice when I’m asked to bring a dessert to a party. Who doesn’t love chocolate? Or an easy dessert that doesn’t involve piping frosting or rolling pie crust?
Flourless Double Chocolate Cake
I love the ease of recipes like a One Bowl Chocolate Cake as well as this Flourless Double Chocolate Cake from the King Arthur Flour website. The latter intrigued me due to the addition of Dutch-process cocoa.
Double chocolate? Double intensity. This was our Easter dessert this year, along with the traditional fudge lamb, of course.
Tips for Making This Flourless Chocolate Cake
I have to admit, this is a cake for you die-hard chocoholics only. I usually substitute semi-sweet for bitter-sweet chocolate to scale down the chocolate intensity in recipes as I did with this cake. But the addition of the rich, dark Dutch-process cocoa brought back that uber dark chocolate taste.
- If you love dark chocolate, go ahead and use bittersweet chocolate in this recipe.
- I used chocolate chips in this recipe, but chocolate bars melt more smoothly if you’re making this cake for a special occasion. It will make your ganache even more luscious!
- Bill and the boys devoured their slices, but mine needed a big mound of sweetened whipped cream to tone down the richness. Katie, who prefers milk and white chocolate, took one whiff and sliced some fudge off our fudge lamb instead.
- This is a recipe for the true dark chocolate lovers in your life, a dark chocolate cake topped with a glossy ganache. Go ahead and dip some fresh strawberries in any leftover ganache. You will make someone very happy!
More Chocolate Cake Recipes You’ll Love:
- Chocolate Poke Cake from Scratch from Spend with Pennies
- Chocolate Fudge Layer Cake
- Best Ever German Chocolate Cake from A Dash of Sanity
- Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake
- Cold Chocolate Snacking Cake from Barefeet in the Kitchen
- Princeville Hotel’s Flourless Chocolate Torte
- More Chocolate Recipes
And if you’re a newer baker, check out my Best Baking Tips!
You Might Need:
- Small Offset Spatula
- Round Cake Pan, 8 inch
- 10 Piece Nesting Glass Mixing Bowl Set
- Parchment Paper Liners for 8-inch diameter cake pans
Flourless Double Chocolate Cake Recipe
One layer, flourless and absolutely decadent!
Ingredients
Cake:
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup (8 tablespoons) butter
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoons espresso powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 cup Dutch process cocoa powder, sifted
For glaze:
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375°. Grease an 8" round cake pan, place a parchment round in the bottom of pan and grease the paper. Set aside.
- Put the chocolate and butter in a large microwave-safe bowl, and stop and stir at 30 second intervals till the butter and chips are melted.Stir until the chips melt and the mixture is smooth.
- Stir in the sugar, salt, espresso powder, and vanilla.
- Add the eggs, beating briefly until smooth. Add the cocoa powder, and mix just to combine.
- Scrape batter into prepared pan and smooth top with offset spatula.
- Bake the cake for 25 minutes. Top will look crusted over.
- Remove cake from the oven, and cool for 5 minutes.
- Loosen cake from pan around the perimeter with a knife or thin metal spatula. Flip cake onto serving platter and remove parchment.
- To make the glaze: Place chocolate and cream in microwave safe bowl. Stop and stir at 30 second intervals till chocolate is almost completely melted. Let sit a minute or so and whisk till smooth.
- Carefully pour and spread glaze over top of cake. Allow to set for a couple hours before serving.
Notes
For less calories, cut this cake into 12 slices instead of 8.
Recipe adapted from the KAF website.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
8Serving Size:
1 sliceAmount Per Serving: Calories: 381Total Fat: 21gSaturated Fat: 12gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 87mgSodium: 102mgCarbohydrates: 50gFiber: 4gSugar: 43gProtein: 6g
Skinny Tip
I’m starting a new series of Skinny Tips. How I keep slim is one of my most frequent inquiries. I’ll feature tips on some of my upcoming blog posts.
Tip #4: Share or give away your dessert leftovers. Divvy up those calories! Get them out of sight (freezing works, too). That’s what I did with this cake…Tom and his roommates got a large wedge!
59 Comments on “Flourless Double Chocolate Cake”
Gosh, Lizzy, with some exceptions, I am not a die hard chocolate person, but somehow you manage to lure me in. 🙂
This sounds wonderful esp. since my chocolate cake these days have a very doughy, floury taste. Btw how much is 1 cup chocochips in grams? I ask because i have a huge bar of dark chocolate in the fridge and I plan on making this tomorrow for my nephew.
It’s approximately 170 gms. Hope your nephew enjoys!
The chocoholic in me is begging for this cake right now!!
What a stunning dessert, Liz! Pinning this on my Recipes to Try board, as well as Delicious Desserts.
oh wow, I am drooling over here, looks wonderful. I am printing your post right now 🙂
Michael
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This cake has stolen my heart, delicious recipe 😀
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
OK searched the fudge lamb…phew. But I did see a fudge recipe with meat in it recently!
I am a die-hard chocoholic and i think the bitter sweet chips would be my first choice. Looks delish and dense. fudge lamb?
Oh, you can’t make it too chocolate rich for me…but, I still love a good dollop of whipped cream on a lot of desserts, and this one definitely! This cake is perfect for me!!
I agree with your skinny tip…I too taste it, of course, then give away or freeze leftovers (and still give the frozen leftovers away when I can!)!
You are a dessert queen, Liz. This chocolate cake looks amazing!
I like dark chocolate now and again it makes a nice change, this cake look so good. I too give away most of my baking keeping it in the house is far to dangerous 😀 like you said put temptation out of the way!
I am the only true dark chocolate lover in my life so I guess this one would be mine all mine!
This cake looks so moist and rich that the only thing that I would love to do is to eat the entire cake by myself. Totally your fault, Liz!
You made my day with this cake. I love dark, rich chocolate, especially with a dollop of cream. Perfect.
What a gorgeous cake, I love that glossy chocolate glaze!
Your cake is indeed a chocolate lover’s dream come true! I like your serving choice best…Whipped cream is always a welcome on the dessert plate of this Ninja Baker =)
Men, that looks good, Liz. Love that glaze work…
ela h.
Oh my goodness Liz, this cake looks gorgeous! My die-hard chocoholic husband would devour this in no time while trying to shoo my hands away from sneaking in one taste 😉 Love how shiny and pretty the ganache looks!
I love King Arthur recipes. My go-to place for inspiration! And this flourless cake is now next on my list. I love dark chocolate so I know I’ll love this!
Lizzy, that chocolate cake is pure indulgence! Gosh, I’m throwing in the towel on my diet hah..hah…