Sunday, August 22, 2010

Molten Lava Cakes

We have been on a quest to discover the best chocolate dessert.  Stephen, being the noble scientist suggested that we try a new chocolate dessert every day to collect data in an organized manner.  He also volunteered to be the taste analyzer.  After varied and relentless experimentation we have narrowed the data field down to two recipes.  Molten Lava Cakes and Raspberry Death Cake.

Molten Lava Cakes

Ingredients:
4 pieces (squares) semi-sweet baking chocolate
1/2 c. butter
1 c. powdered sugar
2 whole eggs
2 whole egg yolks
6 tablespoons flour

Preheat oven to 425
Spray 4 custard cups with pam and place on cookie sheet
microwave chocolate and butter in large bowl for 1 minute, until butter is melted.  Whisk until chocolate is smooth
stir in sugar until well blended.  Whisk eggs and egg yolks.  Stir in flour.
Divide batter between cups
bake 13 minutes until sides are firm and center is soft.  Let stand 1 minute.

These cakes are intended to look and be underbaked, we know they're done when the sides are pulling away from the glass.  We have also made these in muffin tins baked for 9 minutes.

Caution--the road to obesity is paved with lava cakes

1 comment:

  1. Hey, this is my favorite chocolate recipe, too. Mom has me make this every time she visits. It is yummy especially with a little Hagan Daas.

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