Flourless Chocolate Cake

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Preparation info
  • Two

    8 inch cakes
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
It's a Sweet World: Recipes from Around the Globe at Bea’s Bakery

By Lenny Rosenberg and Adaeze Nwanonyiri

Published 2025

  • About

This unbelievably rich and creamy dessert isn’t just for those who have food intolerances or for whom religious holidays forbid gluten and grains; it’s for anyone who likes their cake to melt on their tongue before they’ve even had a chance to swallow.

Without any flour or other starchy meal, it is made from melted bittersweet chocolate, butter, eggs, sugar, cocoa powder, and a teaspoon of vanilla, giving it the consistency of fudge with a slight crust. The cocoa powder is the secre