Low-Fat: New Chocolate Decadence Recipe - Cooking Index
Low-Fat: New Chocolate Decadence Recipe - Cooking Index
| 5 oz | 142g | Bittersweet or semisweet chocolate - chopped fine |
| 1 | Egg | |
| 1 | Egg - separated | |
| 1 teaspoon | 5ml | Vanilla extract |
| 1 | Egg white | |
| 1/8 teaspoon | 0.6ml | Cream of tartar |
| 1/2 cup | 55g / 1.9oz | Unsweetened Dutch Process Cocoa - plus |
| 1/2 tablespoon | 7.5ml | Unsweetened Dutch Process Cocoa |
| 2 tablespoons | 30ml | All-purpose flour |
| 2/3 cup | 131g / 4.6oz | Sugar - plus |
| 1/4 cup | 49g / 1.7oz | Sugar |
| 3/4 cup | 177ml | Low-fat milk |
| 1 1/4 cups | 296ml | (or more) Raspberry Sauce - (see recipe) |
| Enlightened Creme Fraiche - (see recipe) |
Position the rack in the lower third of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees. Line the bottom of 8-inch round cake pan with a round of parchment paper and grease pan sides with vegetable oil or butter. Put a kettle of water on to boil.
Place the chocolate in a large mixing bowl. Combine 1 whole egg and 1 yolk in a small bowl with vanilla. Place the 2 egg whites in a medium bowl with cream of tartar. Set all 3 bowls aside.
Combine the cocoa, flour and 2/3 cup sugar in a 1 to 1 1/2 quart heavy-bottomed saucepan. Whisk in enough of the milk to form a smooth paste. Mix in the remaining milk. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon to prevent burning (especially around the bottom edges of the pot), until mixture begins to simmer. Simmer very gently, stirring constantly, for 1 1/2 minutes. Pour the hot mixture immediately over the chopped chocolate. Stir until chocolate is completely melted and smooth. Whisk in egg and vanilla mixture. Set aside.
Beat the egg whites and cream of tartar at medium speed until soft peaks form. Gradually sprinkle in the remaining 1/4 cup of sugar, beating at high speed until stiff but not dry. Fold a quarter of the egg whites into the chocolate mixture to lighten it. Fold in remaining egg whites. Scrape mixture into the cake pan and smooth the top. Set cake pan in baking pan and place on oven rack. Pour enough boiling water into the baking pan to come a third to halfway up the sides of the cake pan.
Bake for exactly 30 minutes. The surface of the cake will spring back when gently pressed but cake will still be quite gooey inside. Remove cake pan and water pan from oven. Remove cake pan from water and cool completely on a rack. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight before serving. Refrigerate up to 2 days or freeze up to 2 months.
To serve slide a thin knife around the sides of the pan to release cake. Place a piece of waxed paper on top of cake. Invert a plate on top of the waxed paper and invert cake onto plate. Remove pan and peel away paper liner. Turn cake right-side up again and remove waxed paper. Cut with a sharp knife dipped in hot water and wiped dry before each slice. Serve with Raspberry Sauce and Enlightened Creme Fraiche, if desired.
This recipe yields 10 to 12 servings.
Source:
CHEF DU JOUR - (Show # DJ-9150) - from the TV FOOD NETWORK
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