Recipe - Bittersweet Chocolate Cake

8 ounce Bittersweet; (not
unsweetened) or
; semisweet
; chocolate,chopped
10 tablespoon Unsalted butter; cut into
pieces (1
; One fourth sticks)
4 lg Eggs; separated
2/3 cup Sugar
3 One half tablespoon All purpose flour
Powdered sugar

Preheat oven to 325F. Line bottom of 9inchdiameter cake pan with
2inchhigh sides with waxed paper. Butter sides of pan and paper.
Dust pan with flour. Melt chocolate and butter in top of double
boiler over simmering water, stirring until smooth. Cool slightly.

Whisk yolks and sugar in large bowl until pale yellow. Mix in flour,
then chocolate mixture. Using electric mixer, beat whites in another
bowl until stiff but not dry. Fold into chocolate mixture. Pour
batter into prepared pan. Bake until toothpick inserted into center
comes out with only a few moist crumbs attached, about 25 minutes.
Cool completely in pan on rack. Run small sharp knife around sides of
pan to loosen cake. Turn cake out onto platter and cool. (Can be
prepared 8 hours ahead. Cover with cake dome and let stand at room
temperature.) Sift powered sugar over cake and serve.

Serves 8.

Bon Appetit May 1991

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