Yields: 1 cake
Notes:
This is a surprisingly simple recipe for one of Capital Grille's most popular desserts.
Ingredients:
1 lb. Guittard semisweet chocolate (coarsely chopped)
1 lb. Unsalted butter (diced)
1 Cup Freshly-brewed espresso
1 Cup Golden brown sugar
8 ea Eggs (beaten to blend)
A bath Hot water
For garnish: Raspberry sauce Recipe >>
For garnish: Fresh raspberries
Procedure:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line bottom of a 9-inch diameter cake pan with 2 inch high sides with parchment. Place all chocolate in large bowl.
2. Bring butter, espresso and sugar to boil in medium saucepan, stirring to dissolve sugar.
3. Add chocolate; whisk until smooth and cool slightly.
4. Whip eggs till blended. Stir eggs into chocolate mixture until blended. (Do not whip).
5. Pour batter into prepared pan. Place cake pan in a roasting pan. Pour enough hot water into roasting pan to come halfway up sides of cake pan.
6. Bake until center of cake is set and tester inserted into center comes out with a few moist crumbs attached (about 45 minutes).
7. Remove pans from water and chill cake overnight.
8. Cut around pan sides to loosen cake. Using oven mitts, hold pan bottom over low heat for 15 seconds, warming slightly to release cake. Place platter over pan. Hold pan and platter together tightly and invert. Lift off cake pan, peel off parchment and dust top of each cake with cocoa powder.
9. Cut cake into ten slices and garnish with fresh raspberries and raspberry sauce.
Ingredients:
1 lb. Guittard semisweet chocolate (coarsely chopped)
1 lb. Unsalted butter (diced)
1 Cup Freshly-brewed espresso
1 Cup Golden brown sugar
8 ea Eggs (beaten to blend)
A bath Hot water
For garnish: Raspberry sauce Recipe >>
For garnish: Fresh raspberries
Procedure:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line bottom of a 9-inch diameter cake pan with 2 inch high sides with parchment. Place all chocolate in large bowl.
2. Bring butter, espresso and sugar to boil in medium saucepan, stirring to dissolve sugar.
3. Add chocolate; whisk until smooth and cool slightly.
4. Whip eggs till blended. Stir eggs into chocolate mixture until blended. (Do not whip).
5. Pour batter into prepared pan. Place cake pan in a roasting pan. Pour enough hot water into roasting pan to come halfway up sides of cake pan.
6. Bake until center of cake is set and tester inserted into center comes out with a few moist crumbs attached (about 45 minutes).
7. Remove pans from water and chill cake overnight.
8. Cut around pan sides to loosen cake. Using oven mitts, hold pan bottom over low heat for 15 seconds, warming slightly to release cake. Place platter over pan. Hold pan and platter together tightly and invert. Lift off cake pan, peel off parchment and dust top of each cake with cocoa powder.
9. Cut cake into ten slices and garnish with fresh raspberries and raspberry sauce.
Recipe Author: Capital Grille/Executive Chef Jim Nuetzi
Original Photograph By: Capital Grille/Chef Jim Nuetzi
Photograph Retouched By: Recipe Spy
Restaurant: Capital Grille, A national multi-location steakhouse
Source: https://www.thecapitalgrille.com/Facebook/Recipes/02-01_FB_Recipe.pdf