Bourbon Pecan Flourless Chocolate Torte
This incredible Bourbon Pecan Flourless Chocolate Torte is rich and fudgy chocolate cake with a glossy chocolate glaze on top.
- Prep Time: 25 minutes plus overnight to chill
- Cook Time: 50 mins
- Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes plus overnight to chill
- Yield: 12 servings 1x
- Category: dessert
- Method: baking
- Cuisine: German
Ingredients
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Torte
1-2 tablespoons melted butter, for preparing the pan
1/2 cup pecans
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into pieces
1/2 pound (8 ounces) bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
6 eggs, room temperature
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1/3 cup bourbon
Glaze
4 ounces bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
5 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 teaspoon corn syrup
For Serving
Whipped cream and fresh strawberries
Instructions
- Brush the bottom and sides of a 9-inch springform pan with melted butter. Cut a large single sheet of aluminum foil – making sure that it is wide enough to surround all sides of your springform pan. (We recommend using extra wide aluminum foil if it is available rather than two narrower pieces of foil to avoid any chance of leaking.) Wrap the pan, making sure that the sides of the pan are fully covered by the foil. Also make sure that you don’t tear the foil as you wrap it. Set pan aside.
- In a small dry skillet, lightly toast the pecans over low heat. Let cool, then, using a mini food processor, grind the pecans until uniform sized crumbs. Set aside.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Place a pot of water on to boil to be used as a water bath. You will need a pan wide enough and deep enough to fit the springform pan.
- Place butter and chocolate pieces in a heavy-bottomed saucepan and melt over medium heat, stirring and being careful not to brown the butter or scorch the edges of the melting ingredients. Remove pan from the heat and stir in the cocoa powder. Set aside to cool.
- In a stand mixer with the whisk attachment, beat the eggs just until they are broken up. Add the sugar and beat at medium speed for 5 minutes or until the mixture triples in volume. Remove the bowl from the stand mixer.
- With a wooden spoon or firm silicone spatula, fold the cooled chocolate mixture into the egg mixture, and then do the same for the pecans and bourbon – stirring just until all the ingredients are evenly mixed. Pour the batter into the prepared springform pan.
- Place the springform pan inside a baking pan that is large enough to hold the pan and large enough to allow for water to surround the springform pan. Then, carefully add about an inch of very hot water to the baking pan so it surrounds the spring form pan, being careful not to splash any water into the prepared pan with the torte mixture. (You want to add enough water to the pan to ensure that the water does not fully evaporate during the baking process.)
- Bake the torte for 40-45 minutes or until it is just set in the middle. (The top will crack when it settles if you over bake the torte.) Carefully remove the spring form from the pan of hot water and place the pan on a rack to cool to room temperature. Once cooled, leave the torte in the pan, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for several hours or overnight.
- Make the glaze by whisking glaze ingredients over medium low heat until melted and smooth.
- Run a slim knife blade around inside of the spring form pan to loosen the torte, then remove the sides of the spring form pan. Remove sides and place torte, still with pan bottom attached, onto a round serving platter.
- Pour the slightly cooled glaze over the torte, letting it drizzle down the sides and pool at the bottom.
- Slice into 12 thin wedges. Serve with whipped cream and strawberries, if desired.
Notes
Note: For best results, you will want to bake this torte using the water bath method. See here for step-by-step instructions.
