Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Grease a 9" springform pan. Line the bottom of the pan with parchment and grease the paper. Wrap the outside of the pan with foil.
Melt chocolate with margarine in a heavy pot over low heat, stirring until melted and smooth. Remove from flame and cool to lukewarm by stirring often.
Beat egg yolks and 6 tablespoons sugar 3 minutes or until mixture is thick and pale. Fold in melted chocolate. Then fold in vanilla extract.
In a clean bowl with clean beaters, whip egg whites until soft peaks form. Gradually add remaining 6 tablespoons sugar, beating until firm peaks form.
Fold whites into yolk mixture in three additions. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake until top is puffed and cracked, approximately 50 minutes.
Cool cake on a rack. It will fall in. Gently press down cake to make it uniformly even.
Prepare glaze.Melt chocolate and margarine in a double boiler. Dissolve cocoa in water and stir into melted chocolate. Add sugar and stir until smooth. Cool until lukewarm and spread half a cup of the glaze on the top and sides of the cake. Freeze until set, about 5 minutes. Spread remaining glaze over cake. Serve chilled.
Ingredients
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Grease a 9" springform pan. Line the bottom of the pan with parchment and grease the paper. Wrap the outside of the pan with foil.
Melt chocolate with margarine in a heavy pot over low heat, stirring until melted and smooth. Remove from flame and cool to lukewarm by stirring often.
Beat egg yolks and 6 tablespoons sugar 3 minutes or until mixture is thick and pale. Fold in melted chocolate. Then fold in vanilla extract.
In a clean bowl with clean beaters, whip egg whites until soft peaks form. Gradually add remaining 6 tablespoons sugar, beating until firm peaks form.
Fold whites into yolk mixture in three additions. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake until top is puffed and cracked, approximately 50 minutes.
Cool cake on a rack. It will fall in. Gently press down cake to make it uniformly even.
Prepare glaze.Melt chocolate and margarine in a double boiler. Dissolve cocoa in water and stir into melted chocolate. Add sugar and stir until smooth. Cool until lukewarm and spread half a cup of the glaze on the top and sides of the cake. Freeze until set, about 5 minutes. Spread remaining glaze over cake. Serve chilled.
Please give how much sugar for the cake recipe. Is the amount of vanilla correct?
Thank you for bringing this to our attention. The recipe has been corrected.