Heart of Darkness

This week I have a yen for some serious chocolate. And what delivers a chocolate body blow better than a flourless chocolate cake? Great flourless cakes are made of just three things: chocolate, eggs, butter. Nothing else is needed if the chocolate is truly spectacular — and why make a cake with anything less? The proportions are:

1/2 pound butter
1 pound chocolate (semisweet or mix of semisweet and bitter)
8 eggs