Chocolate-Orange Flourless Cake
Author: Nicole
Ingredients
  • ¾ cup (1-1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, plus extra for greasing the pan
  • Flour or unsweetened cocoa powder, for dusting the pan
  • 6 ounces good-quality bittersweet chocolate
  • 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
  • Zest of one large orange (you'll need a second one for serving)
  • 1 tablespoon orange liqueur (such as Grand Marnier)
  • 4 eggs plus 2 egg yolks
  • ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • Powdered (confectioners’) sugar, for dusting
For Serving:
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 375°F. Butter and dust with flour or unsweetened cocoa powder a 9-inch round cake pan. Line the bottom of the pan with parchment paper, then butter and dust with flour or unsweetened cocoa powder the parchment paper.
  2. Fill a small sauce pan with two inches of water and bring water to a simmer. In a medium heat-proof bowl set over the saucepan, add chocolate. Place over medium-low heat and stir constantly until the chocolate is melted, about 2 minutes. Stir the butter into the chocolate to melt, and stir until smooth.
  3. Remove bowl from heat (if necessary, place the melted chocolate-butter mixture into a larger bowl) and whisk sugar and orange zest into the chocolate mixture. Whisk in orange liqueur. Add eggs and egg yolks and whisk well. Sift cocoa powder over the chocolate mixture and whisk batter until totally smooth.
  4. Pour batter into pan and bake for approximately 35 to 40 minutes, or until the top has formed a good crust (don’t worry if the top of the cake cracks).
  5. Cool cake in the pan on a rack for 10 minutes. Remove from pan and place on rack until cooled. Invert the cake onto a serving platter – this will hide any cracking on the top of the cake.
  6. Dust with confectioners' sugar just before serving. Serve with vanilla ice cream, whipped cream or vanilla crème fraîche mixed with the zest of one orange.
Notes
* To ensure cake is gluten-free/wheat-free, dust the pan with unsweetened cocoa powder instead of flour.
* Don't like chocolate and orange together? You can leave out the orange zest and substitute your favorite liqueur (or just leave it out). Do not use a tablespoon of extract as that's too much (you could use a teaspoon).
* Recipe can be doubled.
* Cake freezes well – wrap tightly and freeze for up to three months.
Recipe by Riegl Palate at https://www.rieglpalate.com/chocolate-orange-flourless-cake/