Gavin Flourless Chocolate Cake
Vegetable cooking spray
Unsweetened cocoa
8 oz. bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
1/2 cup margarine or butter
3/4 cup sugar
3 large eggs, beaten
1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
powdered sugar for garnish
1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees. LIghtly coat a 9-inch pieplate with
cooking spray, and dust with cocoa (I use a round Pyrex pieplate).
2) Melt chopped chocolate and margarine/butter in a heavy saucepan
over low heat, stirring constatnly, 3 to 5 minutes or until smooth:
whisk in 3/4 cup sugar, whisking until blended.
3) Whisk together eggs and vanilla in a large bowl. Gradually whisk
in chocolate mixture, whisking until blended. Pour into prepared
pieplate.
4) Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until edges are dry and
center is set. (Do not overbake.) Cool in pieplate on a wire rack 30
minutes or until completely cool. (Cake will fall slightly when
removed from oven.) Dust with powdered sugar just before serving.
Serves 6-8.

