{"id":1273,"slug":"flourless-chocolate-cake","title":"Flourless Chocolate Cake","description":"Flourless chocolate cake is a type of baked chocolate confection. Without flour to provide structure, it is dense and rich. It requires baking and then refrigeration to set.","ingredients_raw":["½ cup (120 g) white granulated sugar","4 eggs","¾ cup (150 g) unsalted butter","¾ cup (150 g) chocolate (suitable for melting)"],"ingredients_norm":["white granulated sugar","egg","unsalted butter","chocolate"],"steps":["Melt the chocolate and butter in a bowl set above another pan of simmering water (or use a double boiler).","Lightly whisk chocolate mix until smooth, then remove from heat and allow to cool, whilst still stirring.","Beat eggs and sugar in a bowl until the mixture is creamy.","Gradually mix in the melted chocolate along with any other variants (see below).","Pour mixture into mould (baking tray or 8 individual moulds).","Cover moulds with aluminium foil and place the moulds in a deeper baking tray.","Pour boiling water into the deep baking tray at a depth that is half that of the moulds.","Bake for approximately 30 minutes in a preheated oven at gas mark 2 (300°F or 150°C). Insert a skewer to check if ready: if skewer comes out clean, then it is ready.","Remove from oven and allow to cool at room temperature.","Cool for approximately 10 hours in a fridge.","Remove from mould, place on a plate and garnish."],"categories":["Cake recipes","Recipes for cake","Recipes using chocolate","Recipes using egg","Recipes using vanilla","Recipes using butter","Recipes using granulated sugar"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":30,"servings":"8","yield_text":null,"difficulty":"easy","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Flourless_Chocolate_Cake","source_ref":"4610154","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Flourless_Chocolate_Cake&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"13fbd9d99a15e6b5a2547690aac6f788d15f35a00848fe7b18bddd64f7a1369e","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:02Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:02Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/flourless-chocolate-cake"}