Molten Chocolate Cakes. This molten chocolate cake, created by master chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten is ready in under an hour! These irrisitable cakey desserts with a center. Molten chocolate cakes — also known as chocolate lava cakes — are rich individual chocolate cakes with oozing molten centers.
The best part about these little beauties is that the cake batter is. These molten chocolate lava cakes may be my favorite small batch recipe to date and that's saying a lot given the number of times I've made this small batch chocolate chip cookie recipe. These molten chocolate cakes will do the trick every time! You can cook Molten Chocolate Cakes using 14 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Molten Chocolate Cakes
- You need of for chocolate molten cakes.
- You need 6 ounces of semi sweet chocolate chopped, for best results use bar chocolate not chips.
- You need 4 ounces of unsalted butter (1 stick).
- Prepare 2 of large eggs.
- You need 2 of large egg yolks.
- It's 1/4 cup of granulated sugar.
- You need 1/8 teaspoon of salt.
- Prepare 2 tablespoons of all purpose flour.
- Prepare 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract.
- It's of confectioner's sugar for dustimg.
- You need of for garnishes.
- It's as needed of Strawberry or vanilla ice cream,.
- Prepare as needed of Whipped cream,.
- It's of Chocolate covered strawberries or any fruit.
While many might think chocolate lava cake is the domain of restaurant chefs only, it is truly doable in your home kitchen. He says more than a thousand of these cakes are made in his restaurants every day. These Molten Chocolate cakes are made in ramekins and are oozing with hot molten chocolate I headed to the kitchen armed with a recipe for a light version of Chocolate Molten Cake and my lovely. This decadent and sinfully good molten chocolate cake (aka - chocolate lava cake) will have you doing the happy dance.
Molten Chocolate Cakes instructions
- Preheat oven to 450. Spray 4 - 6 ounce ramekins well with bakers spray. Set them on foil lined baking sheet.
- Melt the butter and chocolate in the microwave or over a double boiler until melted and smooth.
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- In a bowl beat eggs, egg yolks,sugar, vanilla and salt until pale andd thickened about 2 minutes.
- Fold in the chocolate and flour into the eggs until just well combined.
- Spoon into ramekins evenly and bake about 12 minutes until the sides are firm but the center is soft.
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- Let cool just 10 seconds then place a serving plate inverted on top of ramekin and flip over, dust top with confectioner's sugar.
- Serve immediately with ice cream, whipped cream and strawberries.
- These can be made up to 12 hours ahead and refrigerated unbaked. Be sure to bring to toom temperature before baking.
Valentine's Day = time for molten chocolate cake! Dig into a rich and delicious Chocolate Molten Lava Cake and cue the ooey-gooey centers. These chocolate molten lava cakes are such an indulgent treat! Perfect for a special occasion, yet easy enough for every day. You'll love the deep chocolate flavor and the warm liquid center!
