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Fallen Chocolate Cake Squares
with Butterscotch Sauce
9 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped
1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter, cut into pieces
3/4 cup sugar
5 large eggs, separated
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon salt
coffee or vanilla ice cream, preferably super-premium
Butterscotch Sauce (recipe follows)
whipped cream, optional
Preheat oven to 350°. Butter and flour a 9-inch square baking pan,
knocking
out excess flour. In a metal bowl set over a saucepan of barely
simmering
water melt chocolate and butter, stirring occasionally, until smooth.
Remove
bowl from heat and whisk 1/3 cup sugar into chocolate mixture. Add
yolks 1
at a time, whisking well after each addition, and whisk in flour,
cocoa
powder, vanilla, and salt. In a bowl beat whites until they hold soft
peaks
and gradually add remaining 1/4 cup sugar, beating until whites just
hold
stiff peaks. Stir one fourth whites into chocolate mixture to lighten
and
fold in remaining whites gently but thoroughly. Pour batter into
baking pan,
spreading evenly, and bake in middle of oven 40 to 45 minutes, or
until a
tester comes out with moist crumbs adhering. Cool cake in pan on a
rack.
(Cake will sink as it cools and top crust will crack.) Cut cake into 9
squares (crust will shatter) and serve with ice cream, sauce, and
whipped
cream. Serves 6 generously.
Butterscotch Sauce
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup light corn syrup
1/2 stick (1/4 cup) unsalted butter, cut into 4 pieces
1 teaspoon cider vinegar
1/2 cup heavy cream
2 teaspoons vanilla
In a 1-1/2 quart heavy saucepan bring sugar, corn syrup, and water to
a boil
over moderate heat, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Boil mixture,
without
stirring but swirling pan occasionally, until a golden caramel. Remove
pan
from heat and add butter, vinegar, and a pinch salt, swirling pan
until
butter is melted. Add cream and vanilla and simmer, stirring 1 minute
(sauce
will be a golden brown). Cool sauce to room temperature (sauce will
thicken
as it cools). Makes about 1-1/2 cups.
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