- 1 cup (2 sticks) butter.
- 12 oz 70% bittersweet chocolate.
- 5 large eggs.
- 1 cup sugar.
- 7 tbsp water.
Directions:
1- Grease a 9" round cake pan and line with parchment paper.
2- Melt chocolate in a double boiler over hot water and remove from heat.
3- Beat eggs with ⅓ cup sugar until mixture forms a ribbon.
4- Heat the remaining sugar with water over moderately low heat, stirring till syrup is clear.
5- Pour syrup into chocolate, stirring to combine, and let cool 10 minutes.
6- Add butter and eggs slowly, beating till combined. Pour into cake pan.
7- Set pan into water bath and bake at 300 degrees for 1 hour, till set.
8- Cool completely before removing pan from water bath.
9- Turn out and serve.