Molten Chocolate Cake

This Molten Chocolate Cake first appeared on RecipeGirl where I’m a contributor too occasionally post service delicious desserts!

Known past times many names, Molten Chocolate Cake is famous for it’s tender, moist cake, a lite crispy crust, too gooey rich chocolate middle.

There must locomote hundreds of unlike recipes for this delicious, chocolate lover’s dream come upwardly true, but I’ve flora that it comes downwardly to precisely 2 pop methods. One is made past times preparing the chocolate batter, too thus placing a chilled chocolate ganache / truffle ball inwards the center, too roofing it completely alongside additional batter. The center, made to a greater extent than ofttimes than non of chocolate, melts too flows similar lava when eaten. There’s naught incorrect alongside that idea!

 

 

However, I am partial to the 2d method which is a lilliputian easier. My favorite is achieved past times merely under-baking the chocolate cake batter creating a “just right” middle that oozes a lilliputian without making a pool of melted chocolate. For the chocolate lover similar me, this is heaven. I’ve read that chocolate loses some of it’s flavour when baked too that’s why these lilliputian under-baked cakes convey the intense chocolate gustatory modality nosotros crave.

 

 

Warm too gooey, sweetness too rich, it’s a proficient affair you lot tin brand precisely a few at a time. This recipe is easily doubled or tripled for a dinner party, but is best served precisely afterward baking. The cakes tin locomote made ahead of fourth dimension too refrigerated too thus brought to room temperature thirty minutes earlier baking. If you’re looking to impress your guests alongside a warm from the oven treat, this is the one.

 

 

Molten Chocolate Cake is served warm alongside a scoop of H2O ice cream (vanilla edible bean or java would locomote great), whipped cream, or fresh fruit too a dusting of confectioners sugar.

 

 

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Molten Chocolate Cake

Prep Time

20 mins

Cook Time

15 mins

Total Time

35 mins

 

Molten Chocolate Cake - famous for it’s tender, moist cake, a lite crispy crust, too gooey rich chocolate middle - a chocolate lover's dream come upwardly true!

Course:

Dessert

Servings: 2 servings

Author: Tricia

Ingredients

• 
  4-
  ounces
  good character semi-sweet chocolate
  chopped
  


• 
  4
  tablespoons
  unsalted butter,
  cut into 1/2-inch pieces (plus extra for buttering the ramekins)
  


• 
  2/3
  cup
  powdered sugar
  


• 
  dash of salt
  


• 
  1/4
  cup
  all-purpose flour
  


• 
  1/4
  teaspoon
  instant espresso powder
  


• 
  1
  whole large egg
  


• 
  2
  egg yolks
  


• 
  1/2
  teaspoon
  vanilla extract
  


• 
  Optional: Raspberries or strawberries
  and whipped cream or H2O ice cream for serving
  


• 
  Extra powdered saccharide for dusting
  

Instructions

1. 
   
   Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Butter 2 ramekins or custard cups (see Notes below). Place them on a baking sail thus they are non touching; fix aside.
   
   


2. 
   
   Add the butter too chocolate to a large microwave-safe mixing bowl. Microwave on 50% ability for 1 minute. Stir too repeat if needed at thirty 2d intervals until the chocolate pieces are almost melted. Remove from the microwave too stir until shine too all chocolate is melted.
   
   


3. 
   
   Using a condom spatula, flexure inwards the powdered sugar, a dash of salt, flour too espresso pulverisation but don’t worry if it’s non completely mixed.
   
   


4. 
   
   In a dissever bowl lightly whisk the egg too egg yolks. Add the vanilla too whisk until blended. Add the eggs to the chocolate mixture too whisk until shine too fully combined.
   
   


5. 
   
   Divide the batter betwixt the 2 ramekins too bake at 400 degrees for xv minutes. The edges volition locomote theatre but the middle volition locomote runny.
   
   


6. 
   
   Allow the cakes to residue for v minutes earlier serving. Gently run a knife roughly the come about border of the ramekin to loosen the cake. Place a serving plate over the come about of the ramekin too flip it over / invert onto the serving plate. Slowly take the ramekin making certain the cake has released. If the cake has non dropped to the plate, allow it to residue for a infinitesimal or 2 too thus gently pound the plate on a counter top. Sift a lilliputian powdered saccharide on top, add together fresh raspberries or strawberries too a modest scoop of vanilla H2O ice cream if desired. Serve too enjoy.
   
   

Recipe Notes

This recipe has been perfected using 2 (7-ounce) 4” x 2.5” ramekins. If you’re non positive most the size of your ramekins, brand certain they volition concur most 1 loving cup of H2O too convey similar dimensions equally those mentioned above.

Easily doubled!

The cake batter tin locomote made ahead of fourth dimension too refrigerated too thus brought to room temperature thirty minutes earlier baking

This is a perfect anytime dessert that’s simple to make, fifty-fifty at the concluding minute.

 

Here are a few to a greater extent than chocolate cake recipes you lot mightiness like:

• Chocolate Brownie Pudding Cake from Saving Room for Dessert


• Best Chocolate Cake Recipe from RecipeGirl


• Cold Chocolate Snacking Cake from The View from Great Island


• Easy Chocolate Pudding Cake from Dinner at the Zoo

 

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Tricia

Source: savingdessert.com