Flourless Black Onyx Chocolate Cake
 
 
A dense cake perfect for all of my fellow chocolate lovers!
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Course: Dessert
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 300℉
  2. Prepare 10" springform pan by buttering with 2 tbs. softened butter until there is a thin coating on all of the interior. Continue by dusting with the black onyx cocoa powder, tapping out any excess. This process will help to prevent sticking and will also give an extra dose of chocolatey goodness.
  3. In a double broiler, add and heat the chocolate, butter, salt, and vanilla until melted and smooth. Remove bowl from heat and set aside.
  4. Whisk egg yolks with sugar until mixture is a thicker pale yellow (ribbon stage). Once the ribbon stage has been achieved fold chocolate into egg yolk mixture.
  5. In a separate bowl use an electric mixer to whip the egg whites until they form soft peaks. Fold egg whites into chocolate mixture until combined.
  6. Pour into cocoa dusted springform pan, top with cacao nips and bake until center is just set, about 35-40 minutes.
  7. Remove from oven and cool on a rack. You can either remove the ring and slice while it is still slightly warm, or chill in the refrigerator and serve cold.
Notes
When I made this for the first time, I slightly over baked it, baking for 45 minutes. I believe that this led to a drier end product than I was looking for. If you find that reducing the time to 35-40 minutes still produces a drier product, I recommend baking the cake in a water bath to help keep some of the moisture.
Recipe by The Maners Family at https://themanersfamily.com/2012/recipes/flourless-black-onyx-chocolate-cake