Sherry Yard's Flourless Chocolate Cake with Meringue Topping

Name: Sherry Yard's Flourless Chocolate Cake with Meringue Topping
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 20 grams ½ cup cocoa powder; 0 teaspoons cream of tartar; 240 grams large egg whites; 5 larges eggs; 315 grams ½ cups sugar; 1 stick unsalted butter, cut into pieces (4 ounces or 112g)

Sherry Yard's Flourless Chocolate Cake with Meringue Topping might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe serves 10. Watching your figure? This gluten free, fodmap friendly, and vegetarian recipe has 252 calories, 6g of protein, and 12g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 4% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have eggs, cream of tartar, sugar, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.

Instructions

For the cake base: Preheat oven to 350F. Grease a 10-inch diameter tart pan (at least one inch deep) or a 9-inch diameter springform pan, place on a foil-lined baking tray, and set aside.

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Base

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Baking Pan

Tart Form

Aluminum Foil

Oven

Place chocolate and butter in a double boiler or microwave-safe bowl and heat until completely melted, stirring often to avoid scorching the chocolate.

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Chocolate

Butter

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Bowl

Meanwhile, place eggs in a bowl and run under warm tap water for a few minutes until eggs no longer feel cool to the touch. Crack eggs into the bowl.

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Water

Egg

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Bowl

Add sugar. Using the mixer's whisk attachment, whip the eggs and sugar on medium speed until mixture is light and thick and falls in a ribbon from whisk - about 2 minutes.

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Sugar

Egg

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Blender

Whisk

Add cocoa powder and mix on low speed until combined.

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Cocoa Powder

Add melted chocolate mixture and mix until well combined.

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Chocolate

Pour batter into prepared pan, and bake for 12 minutes. Rotate tray front to back and bake for an additional 8-10 minutes, until surface of cake is just firm to the touch but still looks wet in the center and has a bit of jiggle.

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Oven

Frying Pan