Warm Soft Chocolate Cakes
photo by Tracy K
- Ready In:
- 27mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 118.29 ml unsalted butter
- 113.39 g bittersweet chocolate
- 2 eggs
- 2 egg yolks
- 59.14 ml sugar
- 9.85 ml flour
directions
- In a double boiler over simmering water, heat the butter and the chocolate until the chocolate is almost competely melted.
- While that's heating, beat together the eggs, egg yolks, and sugar with a whisk or electric mixer until light and thick.
- Beat together the melted chocolate and butter, it should be quite warm.
- Add the egg mixture to the chocolate mixture, then quickly beat in the flour till just combined.
- Butter and lightly flour four 4-ounce ramekins (note: you can use cocoa powder in place of the flour for dusting to avoid white flour residue on your finished cakes).
- Divide the batter evenly between the ramekins.
- At this point, you can refrigerate the desserts until you are ready to eat, for up to several hours, but be sure to bring them to room temp before baking.
- Heat the oven to 450.
- Bake the ramekins on a baking sheet for 6-7 minutes; the center will be quite soft but the sides should be set.
- Invert each ramekin onto a plate and let it sit for about 10 seconds.
- Unmold by lifting up one corner of the ramekin, the cake will fall out onto the plate.
- Serve immediately.
- OPTIONAL: Garnish with fresh raspberries, strawberries, or dust with powdered sugar.
- Can also serve with a dollop of lightly sweetened whipped cream.
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Reviews
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This is a direct quote from my 6-year-old daughter regarding this recipe, "Oooooohhhhh baby, a real keeper!". :-) This was so easy to put together, and quite delicious. Next time, I might cook it slightly longer...the bottoms weren't set when I turned them out on to the plates. This didn't detract at all from the flavor, just the appearance.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Tracy K
United States
I'm a 32-year-old Web writer/editor with a passion for cooking good food. Currently I am (still)trying to find an uninterrupted weekend afternoon so that I can bake a loaf of bread from scratch!
I am also a singer with a local (Washington DC-area) a cappella group... you can check us out at the web site above!