Flourless Chocolate Cake (recipe from COOKS.COM)

Ingredients:

1/8 cup of cocoa powder
4 oz. (stick) sweet butter
10 oz. semi sweet chocolate
8 eggs, seperated
1/3 cup of sugar
pinch of cream of tartar
1 (9 inch) springform pan
Double boiler to melt chocolate

Directions:
Heat over to 275 degrees. Lightly butter the springform pan and dust with 1/8 cup of cocoa powder, remove excess by skaking pan. Set aside.

In top of double boiler melt chocolate and butter together until smooth. Remove from heat. Quickly whisk egg yolks into melted chocolate.

Beat egg whites and cream of tartar until foamy with an electric mixer on high speed. Slowly add sugar and beat until medium peaks form when beaters are lifted. DO NOT overbeat!

In thirds, gently fold egg whites into melted chocolate mixture. Pour into prepared pan and bake for 20 to 30 minutes. Test for doneness with a toothpick. Cool and frost as desired.

* This is a wonderful dessert for all of those chocolate lovers!