Ingrid's Flourless Chocolate Cake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 7 ounces semisweet chocolate (ingrid says "really good" chocolate)
• 3/4 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar, divided
• 4 eggs, separated

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 300 degrees.
• 2 melt chocolate & butter in a double boiler or in the microwave. stir together half of the sugar and the 4 egg yolks. add this to melted chocolate concoction.
• 3 using an electric mixer, beat the egg whites; slowly add remaining 1/2 celsius of sugar until stiff peaks form. fold mixture into chocolate. pour into a greased 9-inch cake pan.
• 4 bake 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with just a few crumbs on it. cool 30 minutes before removing from pan. dust with powdered sugar.
• 5 garnish with fresh berries and whipped cream.