Chocolate Decadence Cake

Chocolate Decadence Cake

I make this cake every year for my Hubby's birthday. It is the ONLY time I will make it for him. This cake contains very simple ingridents that most of us have on hand anyways, however it is a very time consuming cake. Creating the cake batter alone takes me close to an hour, then add in bake time, cooling time, time to make the icing, and chilling the cake so the icing can harden. Like I said, a very time consuming cake. That being said Hubby LOVES this cake and it is well worth the efforts to give my husband something he loves for his birthday. Another plus with this cake is that since it is flour-less it is naturally gluten free. That being said lets move on to how to make this bad boy. 

Ingredients Needed:

 12oz semi-sweet chocolate chips
8 eggs (separated)
1/8 tsp cream of tartar
1/2 cup butter
pinch salt
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup granulated sugar

Icing:
8 oz heavy whipping cream
        8 oz semi- sweet chocolate chips 

 

How to Make the Cake:

*Preheat oven to 350 degrees*

1. Melt chocolate chips and butter together in a double boiler on med-low over the stovetop

2. Once melted and combined place aside to cool

3. In a mixing bowl whip egg whites until soft peaks form

4. Next whip sugar into the egg whites (2tbs of sugar at a time)

5. Set aside

6. Whip the egg yolks in a separate mixing bowl until thick and lemony in color

7. Slowly add in vanilla and cream of tartar

8. With your mixer on low speed slowly incorporate the chocolate butter mixture and the salt 

9.  By hand gently but briskly fold in the meringue mixture

10. Bake at 350 degrees for 35-45 minutes in a water bath

11. Once removed from the oven turn onto cookie sheet and place in fridge to chill   

How to make the Icing: 

1.On the stove top bring the heavy cream to a boil sitrring often

2. Once cream has reached a rapid boil remove from heat

3. Immediately add chocolate chips to the cream and stir until melted

4. Let the mixture cool to room temperature but still pourable

5. Remove chilled cake from fridge and pour icing onto the cake

6. Place iced cake bake into the fridge and let chill until icing hardens.

ENJOY!