Flourless Chocolate Cake with Caramel Sauce

Flourless Chocolate Cake with Caramel Sauce
Flourless Chocolate Cake with Caramel Sauce
Troy Hile of Santa Barbara, California , writes: "The Chocolate Scream! cake — a flourless chocolate cake — served at Los Olivos Cafe & Wine Merchant in Los Olivos, California, is the best I've ever tasted. I'd like to try my hand at making it."
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  • Served Person: Makes 10 to 12 servings
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  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1 1/4 cups sugar
  • vanilla ice cream
  • 1 cup whipping cream
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 6 large eggs
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
  • 2 tablespoons (1/4 stick) unsalted butter
  • Carbohydrate 65 g(22%)
  • Cholesterol 161 mg(54%)
  • Fat 33 g(51%)
  • Fiber 4 g(16%)
  • Protein 6 g(12%)
  • Saturated Fat 20 g(100%)
  • Sodium 49 mg(2%)
  • Calories 544

PreparationFor cake: Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter 10-inch-diameter springform pan. Line bottom with waxed paper. Stir butter and chocolate in heavy large saucepan over low heat until melted. Mix sugar and cocoa in large bowl. Add eggs; whisk until well blended. Whisk in chocolate-butter mixture. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 45 minutes. Cool cake completely in pan on rack. Run knife around pan sides to loosen cake. Release pan sides. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate.) For caramel sauce: Stir sugar, water, and lemon juice in heavy medium saucepan over low heat until sugar dissolves. Increase heat; boil without stirring until syrup is deep amber color, about 7 minutes. Remove from heat. Add in cream (mixture will bubble vigorously). Return to low heat; stir until any bits of caramel dissolve. Add butter; whisk until smooth. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and chill.) Cut cake into wedges. If desired, arrange wedges on baking sheet and rewarm in 350°F oven 10 minutes. Rewarm caramel sauce over medium-low heat, stirring often. Place 1 cake wedge on each plate. Drizzle with warm caramel sauce. Serve with ice cream.

PreparationFor cake: Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter 10-inch-diameter springform pan. Line bottom with waxed paper. Stir butter and chocolate in heavy large saucepan over low heat until melted. Mix sugar and cocoa in large bowl. Add eggs; whisk until well blended. Whisk in chocolate-butter mixture. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 45 minutes. Cool cake completely in pan on rack. Run knife around pan sides to loosen cake. Release pan sides. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate.) For caramel sauce: Stir sugar, water, and lemon juice in heavy medium saucepan over low heat until sugar dissolves. Increase heat; boil without stirring until syrup is deep amber color, about 7 minutes. Remove from heat. Add in cream (mixture will bubble vigorously). Return to low heat; stir until any bits of caramel dissolve. Add butter; whisk until smooth. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and chill.) Cut cake into wedges. If desired, arrange wedges on baking sheet and rewarm in 350°F oven 10 minutes. Rewarm caramel sauce over medium-low heat, stirring often. Place 1 cake wedge on each plate. Drizzle with warm caramel sauce. Serve with ice cream.