Ingredients
- 6 ounces butter at room temperature
- 5 ounces chocolate (semi-sweet) semi-sweet
- 1 cup coffee reduced to 3 tablespoons
- 4 1/2 tablespoons flour
- unbleached all-purpose unsifted
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 pinch salt
- 1/4 cup rum
- 6 large eggs separated
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 340 degrees F and butter the cake pan.
- Melt the butter and chocolate over hot (Not boiling) water in a double boiler.
- Add the coffee and whip well with a wire whisk.
- Remove from the heat and gradually whip in the flour, sugar, and salt.
- Whip in the rum.
- Mix in the egg yolks.
- Beat the egg whites until stiff but not dry, and fold into the cooled chocolate mixture.
- Place in a water bath and bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes.
- Cake is done when a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
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