French Chocolate Cake

Title:
French Chocolate Cake

Yield:
10 Servings

Categories:
Chocolate,
French,
Cakes




Ingredients:





     7 oz Semisweet chocolate


    14 tb Butter or margarine


     4    Eggs


   3/4 c  Sugar


     1 c  Flour


   1/3 c  Hazelnuts, coarsely chopped


     1 ts Baking powder






 Makes about 10 servings


 


 Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.  Grease a springform pan with detachable


 bottom that has a diameter of about 9 1/2 inches.


 


 Melt cooking chocolate and butter in a  thick-bottomed pot over low heat.


 Beat eggs and sugar until light and airy. Carefully stir the somewhat


 cooled chocolate mixture into egg mixture.


 


 Blend flour, nuts, and baking powder together, and fold carefully into


 batter.  It's important to fold it in gently.


 


 Pour batter into pan and bake in the oven for about 15 minutes. The cake


 should not become firm.  The "unbaked" batter tastes like a delicious


 filling.


 


 You may garnish cooled cake with a bit of grated chocolate and a ring of


 whipped topping.


 


 From Whitman's Chocolate Cookbook ISBN 0-517-64157-7


 


 From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini