A flourless chocolate cake is a type of cake made from an aerated chocolate custard. It is prepared with a whole egg foam in a manner similar to a Génoise cake, using low heat from the melted chocolate to stabilize the protein matrix (which contains only the starch naturally present in the chocolate) and then baked in a bain-marie. While traditionally considered a restaurant-style dessert, flourless chocolate cake is also popular for gluten-free diets. For other uses, see Cake (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Chocolate (disambiguation). ... This article focuses on egg-thickened custards. ... A Génoise Cake is an Italian cake named after Genoa that does not use any leavening and instead uses air suspended in the batter during mixing to give volume to the cake. ... A bain-marie (or water bath; plural bains-marie) is an apparatus used in cooking for applying gentle heat to food. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Gluten-free diet. ...

A similar cake with little or no flour in which the egg matrix is allowed to collapse is known as "fallen" or "molten" chocolate cake and was popularized by, among others, Jean-Georges Vongerichten's restaurants. Jean-Georges Vongerichten is famous for his Thai-French cuisine. ...

See also

• chocolate mousse
• cheesecake

Chocolate Mousse is a form of creamy desert that is popular in many countries, especially France. ... For the meaning of pin-up photo, see Pin-up girl. ...

External links

• Recipe at epicurious.com

References

• Editors of Cook's Illustrated magazine, Baking Illustrated, Brookline, MA: America's Test Kitchen, 2004, ISBN 0936184752.