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We came up with this crazy-cute creation using our <a href="https://www.chefsteps.com/activities/flourless-carrot-cake">Flourless Carrot Cake</a> as inspiration. Like that little sweetie, this custardy treat owes its shape and texture to carrageenan, a seaweed extract that’s commonly used as a gel, thickener, and stabilizer in all sorts of commercial foods. But while the original cake delivers a hearty thwap of carrot flavor between layers of cream cheese “frosting,” that same frosting here surrounds rich dark chocolate. Serve this cake as part of our <a href="/activities/course-13-chocolate-explosion">Black Forest Glen</a> dessert, a surefire showstopper at any dinner party. NOTE: Like the carrot cake, this is a gluten-free recipe; just double-check that there’s no gluten in the dark chocolate you’re using.NOTE 2: Be sure to read through the entire recipe before you start.