Superb Flourless Chocolate Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 6 eggs
• 400 g dark chocolate
• 1 tablespoon grand marnier (or cointreau)
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 300 ml light cream
• 200 g strawberries (to serve)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven at moderate temperature (180c/350f).
• 2 grease a 23 cm round cake tin and line the bottom with baking paper.
• 3 beat the eggs and sugar together until creamy - about 5 minutes.
• 4 meanwhile, melt the chocolate by microwaving it according to instructions (about 2 minutes on low setting - checking and stirring frequently) or by boiling a pot of water, removing it from the heat, and then placing the chocolate in a heat-proof bowl and putting it over the pot of boiling water, stirring until the chocolate melts (make sure the chocolate bowl does not touch the boiling water in the pot).
• 5 when the chocolate has melted, add it to the egg and sugar mixture and mix together.
• 6 add the grand marnier and cinnamon to the mix and stir.
• 7 fold the cream into the chocolate mixture.
• 8 pour the mixture into the prepared cake tin, and bake for one hour, or until an inserted metal skewer comes out clean.
• 9 cool in the tin, then turn out onto a wire rack when cool.
• 10 serve with strawberries.