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Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Molten Chocolate Cakes

Since my husband is going to the Dominican Republic for 10 days and my 30th birthday falls within that time, we decided to celebrate a week early. He actually made me cake this year (the first time in 10 years of marriage)! The cake was really rich and so chocolatey. I had mine with raspberry sauce and dulce de leche Hagen Daz. We ate the leftover cakes the next day cold and they were still delicious. PetShopgirl asked Beau Brummel to make these for her birthday as well.

I have actually made my own birthday cake a few times and that just stinks! So I was naturally thrilled about this.


Molten Chocolate Cakes from Every Day Food

4 T unsalted butter at room temperature, plus more for muffin tins
1/3 c granulated sugar, plus more for muffin tins
3 large eggs
1/3 c all-purpose flour
1/4 t salt
8 ounces bittersweet chocolate, melted
powdered sugar for dusting

Preheat oven to 400 F. Generously butter 4 cups of a standard muffin tin. Dust with granulated sugar, and tap out excess. Set aside.

In bowl of electric mixer, cream butter and granulated sugar until fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. With the mixer on low speed, beat in the flour and salt until just combined. Beat in chocolate, do not overmix. Divide batter evenly among prepared muffin cups.

Place muffin tin on baking sheet; bake just until the tops of the cakes no longer jiggle when the pan is lightly shaken, 8-10 minutes. Remove from oven and let stand 10 minutes.
To serve, turn out cakes and place on serving plates. top sides up. Dust with powdered sugar and serve with any of the following: whipped cream, vanilla ice cream (with black specs), raspberry sauce, dulce de leche ice cream. 

2 comments:

Dwayne the bathtub... said...

Molten Chocolate cakes are delicious! Fortunately for us, the local Costco carries them frozen. You just bake them at home. Mmmmmm... I think I have some in the freezer for tonight.

LAR Girl said...

Our nearest Costco is in Harrisburg, an hour away. I think the ones in the recipe aren't too complicated though.