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Flourless Chocolate and Red Wine Swedish Cake
 Man, who else has a case of the Januaries?

I know that a new year is supposed to bring a whole host of new resolutions and new goals, but honestly, I'm just exhausted. Screw work, screw blogging and screw going to the gym. All I want to do is put on my polka dot sweatpants, camp out on my couch and watch episode after episode of Friends while drinking red wine and eating dark chocolate.

It turns out that red wine and dark chocolate are some of the only indulges I can have on this pesky new low-carb diet that I'm on. Ugh, I know, I said the d-word... but honestly after a week straight of eating three awesomeepicdelicious cookies a day and a mostly food-related trip to Texas, it was much needed. Don't let my Instagram fool you — currently my life is filled with nothing but spinach salads and eggs (which is probably why I've got such a bad case of the Januaries).

But oh well. At least I can still have red wine and dark chocolate. A few months ago, Bridlewood Estate Winery asked me to create a recipe that would pair well with their pinot noir. I don't have much of a wine palette, but Bridlewood's wine definitely brought to mind fruit flavors like raspberry and cherry, but a little bit more tart and almost peppery. I thought that this little bit of a kick would go well with dark chocolate, as well as bring out the hints of caramel and toffee in the wine. To keep the wine and dark chocolate pairing as pure as possible, I combined the two in a flourless Swedish chocolate cake recipe. Apparently incredibly moist, gooey chocolate cakes are a staple in the country — its Swedish name is "kladdkaka", which translates roughly to "gooey" or "sticky" cake in English. All though there are many variations of the recipe available, the basic premise is the same: a chocolate cake made without any leavening of any kind, resulting in a brownie-like cake with a soft, gooey center. In this case, red wine was added to the cake to keep it moist and gooey while giving it a hint of boozy, fruity goodness.

 For the Chocolate and Red Wine Swedish Cake:
(makes one 9-inch cake)


