Flourless Chocolate Cake with Raspberry Drizzle

We've paired this Flourless Chocolate Cake with Raspberry Drizzle with our Port for the Chocolate Wine Trail event held in February. But don't think of it as just a Valentine's Day treat. This delicious dessert makes an elegant finish to a meal any time.

Flourless Chocolate Cake:
Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

4 ounces fine-quality bittersweet chocolate (not unsweetened)
1 stick (½ cup) unsalted butter
3/4 cup sugar
3 large eggs
½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder plus additional for sprinkling

Preheat oven to 375º and butter an 8-inch round baking pan. Line bottom with a round of wax paper and butter paper.

Chop chocolate into small pieces. In a double boiler or metal bowl set over a saucepan of barely simmering water melt chocolate with butter, stirring, until smooth. Remove top of double boiler or bowl from heat and whisk sugar into chocolate mixture. Add eggs and whisk well. Sift ½ cup cocoa powder over chocolate mixture and whisk until just combined. Pour batter into pan and bake in middle of oven 25 minutes, or until top has formed a thin crust. Cool cake in pan on a rack 5 minutes and invert onto a serving plate.

Dust cake with additional cocoa powder. (Cake keeps, after being cooled completely, in an airtight container, 1 week.)

Makes one 8-inch cake.

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Raspberry Sauce:
4 cups of fresh raspberries (or frozen, drained)
1/3 cup sugar or to taste
Juice of ½ lemon
5 ounces red currant jelly

Place the fruit, lemon juice and sugar in a food processor. Puree for 2 to 3 minutes. Strain. Heat jelly just until it reaches liquid state. Whisk jelly into pureed fruit. Chill before serving.