Gateau Au Chocolat
By: Helen Pitlick
Published: Friday, December 10, 2010 - 1:02am

Ingredients




6 ounces German sweet or semisweet chocolate
1/2 cup sugar
1 stick unsalted butter
6 eggs, separated
 cup flour or matzo cake flour
--glaze
1 teaspoon butter
3 tablespoons water
4 ounces German sweet chocolate, or semisweet

Preparation

1 Melt chocolate in 3 T. water over low heat. Add sugar, then butter. Remove from heat - cool. Then add yolks. Then flour. Beat egg whites until stiff. 2 Fold in chocolate. Butter an 8" square or round pyrex dish. Pour batter in it. Place pan in larger pan. Fill larger pan with hot water to within 1" of top of cake pan. Bake at 350 for 40 minutes. 3 For glaze: Melt chocolate over low heat with water. Remove from heat. Add butter. When cake is cool, unmold and pour glaze over it. (you probably will have to spread it with a knife.) 4 Keep in refrigerator until ready to serve. Decorate when cold using paper strips or a doily and 10x sugar.

About


Can be doubled for a 9" x 13" pan. Using matzo cake flour makes this cake kosher for Passover.