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Fallen chocolaet cake topped with whipped cream and mascarpone.

Photo by Michael Graydon and Nikole Herriott

The late Richard Sax, celebrated cookbook author and champion of home cooks the world over, inspired this flourless chocolate cake—a riff on his iconic chocolate cloud cake.

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