He was my North, my South, my East and West, / My working week and my Sunday rest, / My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song; / I thought that love would last forever: I was wrong. - W. H. Auden
· 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder plus additional for sprinkling
Instructions
· Preheat oven to 375°F and butter an 8-inch round baking pan. Line bottom with a round of parchment paper. Grease and cocoa the sides of the pan.
· 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 1/2 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.
