Valentine's Day Molten Chocolate Cakes for Two (Or More!)
photo by Nicki C.
- Ready In:
- 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Serves:
-
2
ingredients
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2 ounces high-quality bittersweet chocolate or 2 ounces semisweet chocolate, broken into pieces
- 1 large egg
- 1 egg yolk
- 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 pinch salt
- 2 tablespoons flour
directions
- If making and serving the cakes at once, preheat oven to 425°F Butter two 3/4-cup ceramic ramekins or ovenproof glass custard cups.
- In double boiler or in the microwave, melt butter with the chocolate, stirring to combine. Remove from heat immediately.
- In medium bowl, whisk egg and yolk lightly, then add sugar and salt ans whisk until blended and slightly paler and thickened, about 1 minute.
- Slowly whisk in the melted chocolate, in a stream, then whisk in flour.
- Divide batter between buttered ramekins.
- At this point, ramekins can be refrigerated for a day if preparing in advance; cover them loosely with plastic wrap once they're cool.
- Bake cakes on a baking sheet in preheated oven about 10 minutes if preparing immediately, up to 14 minutes if baking after refrigerating. Go by appearance, rather than time: The cakes should be firm on the outside and dry across the top, but the center 1 inch or so should still be quite wobbly.
- Remove from oven and let stand 1 minute. Run knife around sides to loosen, then turn them out onto individual serving plates.
- Sift powdered sugar over them, if desired, and serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
WI Cheesehead
Watertown, Wisconsin
I am a Christian wife and mother of 3 kids. Since my DH's high cholesterol, we've been eating better. I never used to like cooking. Since eating better, I've liked learning and preparing new recipes. My kids haven't reconciled themselves to the new eating yet. I grind my own grain and make all my own breads.?Working 2 hours a day in the local high school lunch room.??I am homeschooling my high schooler.? ?Also found out 1 child has multiple food allergies (wheat, dairy, tomato, chocolate, etc) and another is gluten sensitive. So, we just started (July 09) eating gluten and dairy free. I've been busy with getting our house market ready, even though it's not the best time for that.?