Kyle's 30th Birthday Cake

Well ski season ended here in Colorado, so of course we get tons of snow! So we are headed to the mountains to take our 2 year old skiing for the first time. My husband turns 30 years old tomorrow, so we decided to celebrate his birthday a day early. Every year since we have been married, I have given him a few cake choices (always with chocolate in them) to choose from and I make him the cake he wants. Win/Win for me since I get to bake something new and get to eat it, too! This year Kyle decided he wanted a Flourless Chocolate Cake with Raspberry Sauce. It was delicious - just the right amount of a rich chocolate taste with a tart raspberry sauce! Here is the recipe I got from TLC Cooking and a few pictures. Enjoy!

Fourless Chocolate Cake

Ingredients:
7 oz. Baker's semi sweet chocolate
3/4 cup unsalted butter
5 eggs, separate yokes and whites
1 tsp. vanilla
1/3 cup sugar
2 tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder
1/8 tsp. salt

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9 in. springform pan.
2. Heat chocolate and butter in a sauce pan. When melted, remove from heat and whisk in egg yokes, vanilla. Add sugar, cocoa powder and salt.
3. Beat egg whites until they peak.
4. Stir 1/4 of chocolate mixture in with the egg whites and then add the rest to the chocolate mixture.
5. Spread batter evenly in springform pan and bake for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
6. Let cake cool 2-3 min. Loosen cake edges with a knife and remove the side of the cake pan. Cover and refrigerate.

Raspberry Sauce

Ingredients:
12 oz. bag frozen raspberries, thawed
1/3 cup sugar

1. Place raspberries in a blender and blend until smooth.
2. Optional: Strain seeds and add sugar to remaining raspberry sauce.
*We chose to place our sauce in a saucepan and heated it up. So good!

Our 2 year old placing 30 candles on Daddy's Birthday Cake

Flourless Chocolate Cake served with warmed Raspberry Sauce

Enjoy!

Brittney