Caramel Drenched Flourless Chocolate Cake

Today is the day!! My most favorite day of the year its my birthday And Im celebrating with this Caramel Drenched Flourless Chocolate Cake. DUH!
Today is the day!! My most favorite day of the year its my birthday And Im celebrating with this Caramel Drenched Flourless Chocolate Cake. DUH!
Its a flourless chocolate cake DRENCHED in a homemade caramel with all the scoops of ice cream on top because why the hell not. Its picture perfect when you add some sparklers on top and then all thats left is to slice and serve and GO TO TOWN.

Get into it guys!! And happy birthday to me 
INGREDIENTS
1 cup unsalted butter
8 ounces semisweet chocolate chips
1 ¼ cups sugar
1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
6 large eggs
For the Caramel sauce
1 ½ cups sugar
¼ cup water
1 cup heavy cream
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
Toppings
Lots and lots of Vanilla ice cream scoops
Sparkler Candles
INSTRUCTIONS
For cake
Preheat oven to 350F. Butter 10inchdiameter springform pan. Line bottom with waxed paper. Stir butter and chocolate in heavy large saucepan over low heat until melted. Add sugar and cocoa and whisk to combine. Add eggs whisking until well blended. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake until tester inserted into center comes out clean about 45 minutes. Cool cake completely in pan on rack. Run knife around pan sides to loosen cake. Release pan sides.
For caramel sauce
Stir sugar and water in small medium saucepan over low heat until sugar dissolves. Increase heat boil without stirring until syrup is deep amber color about 7 minutes. Remove from heat. Add in cream mixture will bubble vigorously. Return to low heat stir until any bits of caramel dissolve. Add butter whisk until smooth.
Drizzle the cake with warm caramel sauce and pile up with scoops of vanilla ice cream and throw some sparklers on there because WHY NOT!
NOTES
You absolutely must serve this warm with vanilla ice cream! The contrast is to die for.
Nutrition Information
Calories 664kcal Carbohydrates 73g Protein 7g Fat 42g Saturated Fat 25g Polyunsaturated Fat 2g Monounsaturated Fat 11g Trans Fat 1g Cholesterol 181mg Sodium 52mg Potassium 326mg Fiber 5g Sugar 64g Vitamin A 1141IU Vitamin C 0 1mg Calcium 62mg Iron 3mg