Richard Sax’s Chocolate Cloud Cake

Name: Richard Sax’s Chocolate Cloud Cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 8 ounces (225g) best-quality bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped; 1/2 cup (110g) unsalted butter, at room temperature and cut into 1-tablespoon pieces; 6 large eggs; 1 cup (200g) sugar; 2 tablespoons cognac or Grand Marnier (optional); Finely grated zest of 1 orange (about 1 tablespoon; optional); 1 1/2 cups (355g) heavy cream, very cold; 3 tablespoons confectioners’ sugar; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; Unsweetened cocoa powder and/or bittersweet chocolate shavings, for topping

Instructions

Prep:20minCook:40min

This flourless chocolate cloud cake is a poufy soufflé of a cake that caves in, leaving a craggy, wafer rim and a moussey hollow to fill with whipped cream.

Updated at: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 08:52:53 GMT