3-Ingredient Flourless Chocolate Cake | view more Recipe

3-Ingredient Flourless Chocolate Cake

  • '1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter
  • plus more for pan'
  • '8 large eggs'
  • '16 ounces semisweet chocolate chips'
  • '1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt'
  • 'A 10"-diameter springform pan'

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F
  2. Grease springform pan with butter and line bottom with parchment
  3. Using an electric mixer on high speed, beat eggs in a large bowl until doubled in size, about 5 minutes
  4. Place chocolate chips, salt, and 1 cup butter in a large microwave-proof bowl
  5. Microwave on high in 10-second bursts, stirring between bursts, until smooth and pourable
  6. Using a rubber spatula, gently fold one-third of the whipped eggs into chocolate mixture until incorporated
  7. Fold egg and chocolate mixture back into remaining whipped eggs until incorporated
  8. Transfer to prepared pan; cover bottom and sides of pan completely with foil
  9. Set springform pan inside a large roasting pan; add hot water to a depth of about 1"
  10. Bake cake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean and sides of cake begin to pull away from pan, 30–40 minutes
  11. Let cool before serving