A Slice of Heaven - Flourless Chocolate Cake

8 0z. Dark Chocolate Chips

8 oz. Unsalted Butter at room temperature

4 Large Eggs

1 Cup Sugar

2 Tablespoons Vanilla

6 Tablespoons Cornstarch

Before you start you will need two mixing bowls and 1 mold or spring form pan

1. Preheat the oven to 350 Degrees

2. Brush the mold or spring form pan with butter

3. Place chocolate in a bowl that is set above a pot of simmering water - a double boiler will also do. Once chocolate is melted, remove from heat and let cool.

4. In a separate bowl cream butter

5. Pour chocolate into mixing bowl with butter and beat for another 2 minutes

6. In separate bowl beat eggs and start adding sugar, beat at high speed until the eggs are thick (about 6 minutes)

7. Beat chocolate/butter mixture into egg/sugar mixture

8. Add Vanilla and cornstarch to mixture

9. Pour batter into prepared mold and cover chocolate in mold with buttered wax or parchment paper.

10. Put mold in baking dish and fill baking dish with hot water, until the water almost comes up to the top.

11. Place in oven and bake for 45-50 minutes

12. Turn mold over on serving plate and wait 30 minutes until the mold is cooled

I also like to make a raspberry sauce to go on top, I find its the perfect compliment to the rich chocolate. This is how it is made:

1 Cup of Pureed Raspberries

1/2 Cup of Sugar

juice squeezed from 1/2 of a lemon

All contents are placed in a sauced pan and cooked over low heat until contents have been cooked off and reduced. Keep stirring while it is over heat though.