Dark-Chocolate Soufflé Cake

Cake flour is a fine-textured, soft wheat flour with a high starch content, and usually comes in a box rather than a bag. It can be found with the cake mixes at the supermarket.

Yield: 12 servings (serving size: 1 wedge)

Ingredients

• Cooking spray
• 1/2  cup  granulated sugar
• 1/2  cup  packed dark brown sugar
• 3/4  cup  water
• 1  tablespoon  instant espresso or 2 tablespoons instant coffee granules
• 2/3  cup  Dutch process or unsweetened cocoa
• 1/4  teaspoon  salt
• 2  ounces  semisweet chocolate, chopped
• 2  ounces  unsweetened chocolate, chopped
• 2  tablespoons  Kahlúa (coffee-flavored liqueur)
• 3  large egg yolks
• 1/3  cup  sifted cake flour (such as Swan's Down)
• 6  large egg whites (at room temperature)
• 1/4  teaspoon  cream of tartar
• 1/3  cup  granulated sugar
• 1  tablespoon  powdered sugar
• 1/4  cup  raspberries (optional)
• Chocolate curls (optional)

Preparation

Preheat oven to 300°.

Coat bottom of a 9-inch springform pan with cooking spray. Set aside.

Combine 1/2 cup granulated sugar, 1/2 cup brown sugar, water, and espresso in a large saucepan; stir well and bring to a boil. Remove from heat; add cocoa, salt, and chocolates, stirring with a whisk until chocolate melts. Stir in Kahlúa and egg yolks. Stir in flour; cool to room temperature. Set aside.

Beat egg whites and cream of tartar at high speed of a mixer until foamy. Add 1/3 cup granulated sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating until stiff peaks form. Gently fold one-fourth of egg white mixture into chocolate mixture; repeat procedure with remaining egg white mixture, one-fourth at a time. Spoon into prepared pan. Bake at 300° for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out almost clean. Cool completely on wire rack. Remove sides from pan; sift powdered sugar over cake. Garnish with raspberries and chocolate curls, if desired.

Note: A substitution of 1/4 cup all-purpose flour may be used in place of 1/3 cup cake flour.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

205 (27% from fat)

Fat:

6.1g (sat 3.2g,mono 1.9g,poly 0.4g)

Protein:

5g

Carbohydrate:

34.2g

Fiber:

0.2g

Cholesterol:

55mg

Iron:

2mg

Sodium:

91mg

Calcium:

31mg