Kaye and Geoff's Recipes - Cakes


Flourless Chocolate Cake

500gm dark cooking chocolate, chopped		45ml overproof dark rum
100gm caster sugar				8 eggs, separated
350ml pouring cream				50ml thick cream
Melt chocolate, then cool it. Beat egg yolks, sugar and rum until pale. Whisk both creams together until soft peaks form. Beat egg whites until soft peaks form.

Stir chocolate into egg yolk mixture. Fold in cream then egg whites. Pour into two base-lined and well buttered 13x23 loaf tins and place in a baking dish half filled with warm water.

Bake at 180°C for 60 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 160°C and cook for a further 30 minutes. Remove from water bath and cool in tins. Turn out and wrap in plastic wrap and chill for 2-3 hours or overnight. Slice, using a hot knife, and serve with icecream or cream.