Sheila’s Chocolate Cake
Ingredients
½ cup flour½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
¾ cup sugar
¼ tsp. salt
4 oz. high-quality 60-percent cacao bittersweet chocolate (Ghiradelli or other)
1½ sticks unsalted butter, melted
3 large eggs, whisked
½ cup sour cream
Not-Too-Sweet Crust (Click here for the recipe.)
Caramel Topping (Click here for the recipe.)
Fleur de sel
Preparation
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Sift the first 4 ingredients together in a small mixing bowl.
• In a double-boiler or microwave, gently heat the chocolate until it’s mostly melted. (The chocolate will continue to melt after it is removed from the heat.)
• Stir the butter, eggs and sour cream into the chocolate.
• Make a well in the dry ingredients. Carefully pour the chocolate mixture inside the well, stirring with a fork until just blended.
• Spoon the batter into the prepared Not-Too-Sweet Crust.
• Bake for 30 minutes.
• Allow the cake to rest for 5 minutes. Remove the sides from the springform pan.
• Cover the cake with a thick layer of warm Caramel Topping.
• Sprinkle with fleur de sel just before serving.