Happy Tuesday! How is everybody holding up lately? The days are all starting to blur together in quarantine. Lately I’ve been phoning it in, so to speak. You know when your kids are talking at you, and you’ve basically put on the recording that goes, “Uh-huh” “Okay” and “That’s cool” every few seconds? You don’t even have to look up most of the time, I’ve found. I’m getting pretty good at it. But the joke was on me today. Valentine the 3 year old just said, “Blah blah blah.” and I said “Oh really, that’s cool.” And then about 5 seconds go by and my brain catches up to what she said: “Playdough is really fun to put on your tongue.” WHAT NO IT’S NOT! Gah! This is what I get for half-momming it over here! I think I might be turning into an actual robot.
BEST Flourless Chocolate Cake…really.
Today’s flourless chocolate cake recipe is from my cousin Misty! She is an insanely fabulous baker. (She ought to be, she is my Aunt Shirley’s daughter. Those of you who have been around here a while know all about the magic that comes from Aunt Shirley’s kitchen!) Misty runs a legit bakery up in Albany, Oregon called Sugar Mama’s Sugar Shop. She makes the most amazing cakes, cookies, truffles, you name it! I’m seriously jealous that I don’t live near enough to buy her stuff on the regular. If you are in the area, check out her Facebook page and put in an order!! But for the rest of us, we will have to make our own cake, and lucky for us today, Misty let me have one of her famous recipes. This Flourless Chocolate Cake with Ganache is INSANE my friends. What I did find in my research is that people on the interwebs really like to complicate their lives. Some recipes call for a fancy water bath or steam situation, and almost every single one I saw calls for flipping the baked cake onto a serving platter at the end. I don’t know about you, but cake flipping is always a little nerve-wracking! I like to avoid it when I can! Instead of a cake pan, I bake this flourless cake in an 8-inch springform pan. No nerve-wracking-flipping to stress about. (If all you have is a cake pan, then flip away, your cake will be great and it won’t fall apart on you IF you use parchment paper. Think positive!)
It’s made in one bowl in about 5 minutes (no mixer necessary!) You don’t have to do a water bath You don’t have to flip the cake It’s so stupid easy, your kid could whip it up for you. (As long as you don’t turn on the “Okay” and “uh huh” recording. They will be too mad at you.)
butter chocolate chips brown sugar white sugar salt vanilla cocoa powder eggs
The result is a ridiculously fudgy specimen of chocolatey goodness. Facebook | Pinterest | Instagram Ganache is just straight up cream mixed with some chocolate. (And throw in some butter at the end, because butter makes the world go round. Are you catching the theme here??) The result is a dreamy, silky chocolate sauce that will firm up to be sliceable at room temperature, but not so firm that it takes away from the soft fudgy bite of your flourless chocolate cake. It is truly the perfect compliment.
vanilla ice cream fresh whipped cream dust with powdered sugar dust with cocoa powder garnish with fresh berries (raspberries or strawberries) Garnish with the raspberry sauce from this recipe Serve with this Fresh Strawberry Topping Drizzle with melted peanut butter Top with toasted sliced almonds Drizzle with caramel sauce
You really can’t go wrong! I hope you get a chance to make it soon, I mean what is quarantine even for?? You can freeze any leftovers (as long as it’s sealed well) for a few weeks and enjoy the rest another time. WIN!
