The beauty of this cake is the crackled top, which, combined with the cardamom-scented cake, yields the perfect mix of crispy, soft, chocolaty goodness in a single bite.
Cardamom Flourless Chocolate Cake
Makes 1 (9-inch) cake
Ingredients
- 3 (4-ounce) bars (345 grams) 70% cacao extra bittersweet chocolate, chopped
- ¾ cup (170 grams) unsalted butter, cubed
- 6 large eggs , room temperature
- 1½ cups (300 grams) granulated sugar
- ½ teaspoon (1 gram) ground cardamom
- ¼ teaspoon (0.75 gram) kosher salt
- Garnish: unsweetened cocoa powder
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325°F. Line a 9-inch spring form pan with parchment paper, and spray with baking spray with flour.
- In the top of a double boiler, place chocolate and butter.
- Cook over simmering water, stirring occasionally, until mixture is smooth. Remove from heat, and let cool for 10 minutes.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat eggs, sugar, cardamom, and salt at medium-high speed until light and thickened, 6 to 8 minutes. Fold in melted chocolate until combined. Pour batter into prepared pan
- Bake until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, about 1 hour and 10 minutes. Let cool completely on a wire rack. To serve, gently remove ring from spring form pan. Dust cake with cocoa.
Notes
Finely chopping chocolate can help it melt evenly.
When baking, make sure your eggs are at room temperature. This will give your eggs more volume and your baked goods better height.
When baking, make sure your eggs are at room temperature. This will give your eggs more volume and your baked goods better height.
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
O.M.G. This was so so so good. Very easy to make and I WILL be making it again. I was even better the next day, like a hot fudge brownie married a cake and had this baby. Yum.
This is the second time I will be baking it….. great recipe.
Very easy and absolutely delicious. I might add a bit more cardamom next time–don’t notice it much. But this is an extremely satisfying cake.
This was amazing. Thank you for sharing the recipe! Ot pairs perfectly with some Indian masala chai.