Classic Chocolate Flourless Cake

This Classic Chocolate Flourless Cake recipe makes a dense and chocolaty cake thats sure to please everyone you serve it to. How chocolaty is this flourless chocolate cake recipe you ask? Lets just say when HERSHEYS SemiSweet Chocolate Chips combine with either HERSHEYS C ocoa or HERSHEYS SPECIAL DARK Cocoa in this flourless chocolate cake recipe its a serious chocolate delight.  A flourless cake equals glutenfree goodness! Make even more glutenfree treats that everyone can enjoy by checking out these 8 Gratifyingly Good GlutenFree Baking Recipes.

Ingredients
2 cups
almonds whole
1 12 cups
sugar divided
1 cup
SemiSweet Chocolate Chips
10 large
eggs seperated and at room temperature
14 tsp
salt
Cocoa or HERSHEYS SPECIAL DARK Cocoa
Directions
Heat oven to 350F. Butter 9inch springform pan.
2
Spread almonds on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 12 minutes or until golden brown and fragrant cool completely. Place almonds in food processor with 12 cup sugar process until finely ground.
3
Place chocolate chips in medium microwavesafe bowl. Microwave at medium 50 1 minute stir. If necessary microwave at medium an additional 15 seconds at a time stirring after each heating until chips are melted and smooth when stirred. Set aside.
4
Beat egg yolks with 12 cup sugar in large mixer bowl with electric mixer at mediumhigh speed about 8 minutes or until very thick and pale. The mixture will form a ribbon when the beaters are lifted. Fold in chocolate mixture set aside.
5
With clean beaters beat egg whites and salt in large deep bowl just until soft peaks are formed. Gradually beat in remaining 12 cup sugar just until stiff peaks form.
6
Gradually fold almond mixture into chocolate mixture. Mixture will be very thick. Gradually fold in egg white mixture just until blended. Gently spoon mixture into prepared pan. Level top with rubber scraper.
7
Bake 55 to 60 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in cake center comes out clean but moist and cake is pulling from pan sides. Do not over bake. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. As the cake cools the center will sink.
8
To serve run table knife around edge of cake remove pan sides. Place on serving plate generously dust cake top with cocoa. Cut into wedges garnish as desired.