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Flourless chocolate cake with pomegranate sauce

perfect romantic dessert - dark flourless chocolate cake with a beautiful pomegranate sauce!
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 1 hour

Ingredients
  

For the cake:

  • 100 grams dark chocolate , chopped
  • 1/4 cup or 56 grams unsalted butter
  • 1/4 cup or 50 grams granulated sugar
  • 2 Eggs
  • 2 tbsps cocoa
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 tbsps water

For the Pomegranate sauce :

  • 1/4 cup pomegranate juice (from half a pomegranate)
  • 1/2 tsp lemon juice
  • 2 tsp sugar granulated

Instructions
 

  • Grease a round 5 inch pan with butter well. Preheat our oven to 180 c or 350 F .
  • Melt the butter and chopped chocolate together either in the microwave or stovetop.
  • Take off the heat and whisk in the sugar.
  • Mix in the eggs, one by one.
  • Add in the cocoa, vanilla and water . Mix until smooth.
  • Pour batter into prepared pan . Bake at 180 c or 350 f for 25-30 minutes. A toothpick inserted into the centre comes out clean and dry.
  • Cool in pan for five minutes and unmould carefully to cool completely on wire rack.
  • In a saucepan , measure out the pomegranate juice , sugar and lemon juice. Bring to boil. Then lower the heat and simmer until its the thickness you want. Will take around 5-10 minutes.
  • Cool until needed. To serve , spoon or drizzle over slices of cake or on the side of the serving dish.

Notes

 
  • This cake can be stored upto 4 days in an airtight container chilled.
  • To make the pomegranate juice, grind the pome seeds in your processor or mixer (without adding water) and then pass through a strainer.
  • Adjust the sugar of the sauce based on your taste preference and ripeness of fruit.
  • Warm up syrup if it becomes too thick before serving.
  • For flavour variation in cake , instead of 2 tbsp water, add rum or coffee or orange juice.
  • Double the cake quantity for an 8 inch cake .