Flourless Chocolate Cupcakes

Living a healthy lifestyle does not mean you have to cut out all of your favorite foods. I am a big chocoholic and that being said, I only eat dark chocolate. Dark chocolate has less sugar and other additives added to the mixture. Yes, this chocolate is typically more expensive, but it is so rich and decadent that you can only eat a little at a time. Remember:  The keys to success with a healthy lifestyle are to indulge in moderation and make the necessary adjustments to buy the best and least processed foods.

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Ingredients (makes 16)

8 tablespoons unsalted butter

8 ounces semisweet chocolate Valrhona or Green Blacks or Endangered Species

5 large eggs, room temp, separated

3/4 cup sugar

2 teaspoons vanilla

1/2 teaspoon salt

8 ounces semi-sweet chocolate

1/2 cup cream

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Grease 9″ spring form pan with 1 tablespoon of butter, dust with flour.
3. In metal bowl over double boiler, melt remaining butter and chocolate. Remove from heat.
4. Use mixer to beat yolks together with sugar and vanilla. Beat whites and salt together until stiff.
5. Fold chocolate mixture into yolk mixture a little at a time. Fold in egg whites.
6. Pour into spring form pan and bake 40 minutes until spongy.
7. Remove from oven, remove spring form, cool completely.
8. When cake is cool, prepare icing. Mix together chocolate and cream over double boiler until smooth.
9. Spread over cake.
10. Top with raspberries and whipped cream

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Chef Woods has over 25 years in the hospitality business as a chef, author, television host, restauranteur, corporate spokesperson, foodologist and now blogger.  For the past 10 years, Chef Woods has been dropping knowledge on America on how to live better through food and diet, from kicking off Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” campaign to traveling around the country speaking and performing cooking demonstrations. Chef Woods is on a mission to educate about better food choices, better cooking techniques and change the African American unhealthy paradigm one meal at a time.