Flourless Chocolate Cake

Directions

• 1)

  Preheat oven to 375°F and butter an 8-inch round baking pan. Line bottom with a round of wax paper and butter paper.

• 2)

  Chop chocolate into small pieces. In a double boiler or metal bowl set over a saucepan of barely simmering water melt chocolate with butter, stirring, until smooth.

• 3)

  Remove top of double boiler or bowl from heat and whisk sugar into chocolate mixture. Add eggs and whisk well. Sift 1/2 cup cocoa powder over chocolate mixture and whisk until just combined.

• 4)

  Pour batter into pan and bake in middle of oven 25 minutes, or until top has formed a thin crust.

• 5)

  Cool cake in pan on a rack 5 minutes and invert onto a serving plate.

• 6)

  Dust cake with additional cocoa powder and serve with sorbet if desired. (Cake keeps, after being cooled completely, in an airtight container, 1 week.)