Flourless Chocolate Cake
Flourless chocolate cake is a type of baked chocolate confection. Without flour to provide structure, it is dense and rich. It requires baking and then refrigeration to set. Similar recipes include Chocolate Orbit Cake and Bête Noire (Flourless Chocolate Cake).
Ingredients
- ½ cup (120 g) white granulated sugar
- 4 eggs
- ¾ cup (150 g) unsalted butter
- ¾ cup (150 g) chocolate (suitable for melting)
Ingredients for 8 servings (620 g) · the original recipe
Method
- 1
Melt the chocolate and butter in a bowl set above another pan of simmering water (or use a double boiler).
Stovetop - 2
Lightly whisk chocolate mix until smooth, then remove from heat and allow to cool, whilst still stirring.
- 3
Beat eggs and sugar in a bowl until the mixture is creamy.
- 4
Gradually mix in the melted chocolate along with any other variants (see below).
- 5
Pour mixture into mould (baking tray or 8 individual moulds).
Oven - 6
Cover moulds with aluminium foil and place the moulds in a deeper baking tray.
Oven - 7
Pour boiling water into the deep baking tray at a depth that is half that of the moulds.
Oven - 8
Bake for approximately 30 minutes in a preheated oven at gas mark 2 (300°F or 150°C). Insert a skewer to check if ready: if skewer comes out clean, then it is ready.
Oven - 9
Remove from oven and allow to cool at room temperature.
Oven - 10
Cool for approximately 10 hours in a fridge.
- 11
Remove from mould, place on a plate and garnish.
Recipe from Wikibooks Cookbook, written by Wikibooks contributors. Used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; the ingredient list and method on this page are taken from that page and edited (its notes, tips and variations are not reproduced), and are available under the same licence. The macros, equipment tags and scaling are Ma Kitchen’s own and are not the source’s figures. Ma Kitchen is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wikibooks Cookbook. Copied on 2026-11-12.
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