Name: Chocolate Decadence
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 5 hr
Yield: Serves 10 to 12
Ingredients: 12 ounce semisweet chocolate, chopped; 1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter; 4 large eggs; 1/2 cup sugar; 10-ounce package frozen unsweetened raspberries, thawed; 1/4 cup sugar; unsweetened whipped cream

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Chocolate DecadenceAnna Williams

Perhaps no other dessert typifies the excess of the 1980s more than this flourless chocolate cake—which makes for an interesting parallel to the fancy cakes of the 1880s. This version was inspired by the one Narsai M. David served at his eponymous restaurant, in California’s Bay Area, during the early '80s.

Cooks' notes:

•Don't despair if the cake stubbornly refuses to come out of the pan. You may need to help it along by prying it out gently with the tip of a paring knife.
•This cake is better if made a day ahead. Both cake and sauce keep 2 days, covered and chilled.

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