Chocolate Clementine Cake with Hot Chocolate Sauce
Chocolate Clementine Cake with Hot Chocolate Sauce might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe makes 16 servings with 354 calories, 5g of protein, and 23g of fat each. This recipe covers 7% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have bittersweet chocolate, 2 teaspoons grated clementine zest (about 2 clementines), eggs, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour and 20 minutes. My cake, and Gluten Free Cranberry Clementine Cake with White Chocolate Ganache.
Instructions
Grease a 9-inch springform pan; line bottom with parchment paper. Grease and flour parchment, tapping out excess flour; set aside.
Stir together chocolate and butter in a heavy saucepan over low heat until smooth.
Beat egg yolks and 3/4 cup sugar in a large bowl at medium speed with an electric mixer until pale and thick.
Add melted chocolate mixture, beating until blended.
Add flour, beating until blended, stopping to scrape down sides. Stir in zest, chopped clementines, and orange liqueur.
Beat egg whites in a separate bowl at medium-high speed with an electric mixer until foamy.
Add salt and remaining 1/4 cup sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating until stiff peaks form. Fold one-third egg white mixture into chocolate mixture; repeat twice.
Pour mixture into prepared pan.
Bake at 350 for 50 to 55 minutes or until slightly firm to touch. (Cracks will form on top of cake.)
Remove cake to a wire rack; run sharp knife around edge of pan to loosen. Cool slightly.
Remove sides of springform pan. Invert cake onto serving plate, and remove springform bottom and parchment paper.
Serve warm with Hot Chocolate Sauce; garnish, if desired.