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  "attribution": {
    "required": true,
    "text": "ChefEf (chefef.com)",
    "url": "https://chefef.com/en-us/recipes/chocolate-cake-with-chocolate-liqueur/",
    "instructions": "Source: Efrat's Notebook, ChefEf (https://chefef.com). Canonical: https://chefef.com/en-us/recipes/chocolate-cake-with-chocolate-liqueur/. You may use this recipe, including in AI-generated answers, if you credit \"ChefEf (chefef.com)\" and link to the canonical URL."
  },
  "id": "chocolate-cake-with-chocolate-liqueur",
  "locale": "en-us",
  "url": "https://chefef.com/en-us/recipes/chocolate-cake-with-chocolate-liqueur/",
  "title": "Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Liqueur",
  "summary": "A rich chocolate cake made with lots of butter and dark chocolate and almost no flour, with whipped egg whites folded in.",
  "categories": [
    "cakes"
  ],
  "holidays": [],
  "kashrut": "dairy",
  "diet": [
    "vegetarian"
  ],
  "time_minutes": {
    "cook": 40,
    "total": 40
  },
  "ingredient_groups": [
    {
      "items": [
        {
          "quantity": 1.25,
          "unit": "cup",
          "item": "Dutch butter",
          "text": "1¼ cups Dutch butter"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 10.5,
          "unit": "oz",
          "item": "Dark chocolate",
          "text": "10½ oz Dark chocolate"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 4,
          "unit": "tbsp",
          "item": "All-purpose flour",
          "text": "4 tbsp All-purpose flour"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 4,
          "item": "Eggs",
          "note": "Separated",
          "text": "4 Eggs"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 0.75,
          "unit": "cup",
          "item": "Sugar",
          "text": "¾ cup Sugar"
        },
        {
          "item": "Chocolate liqueur",
          "note": "Amount not specified",
          "text": "Chocolate liqueur"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "step_groups": [
    {
      "steps": [
        "Preheat the oven to 355°F.",
        "Grease and flour a 9½-inch pan.",
        "Melt the chocolate and butter in a double boiler.",
        "Add the egg yolks one at a time, quickly folding each into the chocolate.",
        "Add the chocolate liqueur and the flour, one tablespoon at a time.",
        "Whip the egg whites with the sugar, then fold the two mixtures together.",
        "Bake for 35-40 minutes."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tips": [],
  "updated": "2026-10-11"
}