Chocolate Molten Cake

Serves: 6

Darlene Legros

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

46

Spice

48

Sweetness

46

Sourness

43

mins

Prep time (avg)

4.7

Difficulty

Ingredients:

7 tbsps

Soft Butter

1 cup

Cake Flour

1 cup

Sugar

1 cup

Water

Directions:

1

Gather together 10 to 12 2-inch-high cake rings

2

Cut strips of parchment paper 1 inch wider than the rings

3

Brush both sides of parchment strips with clarified butter

4

Fit inside of cake rings

5

Coat inside of rings with cocoa powder and set aside on a sheet pan

6

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F

7

Melt extra-bitter chocolate over double boiler

8

Whisk softened butter into melted chocolate

9

Remove chocolate mixture from heat and whisk in egg yolks, 1 at a time

10

Sift flours together and fold into chocolate mixture

11

Beat egg whites to soft peaks and add confectioners' sugar

12

Whisk 1/3 of egg mixture into chocolate mixture

13

Fold in remaining whites in 2 additions

14

Pipe a 1/2-inch layer of cake batter into the bottom of each cocoa-coated cake ring

15

Freeze until cake batter becomes stiff

16

Approximately 3 to 5 minutes

17

Put a 1-inch piece semi-sweet chocolate in each cake ring atop the stiffened cake batter

18

Pipe in enough cake batter to cover the chocolate piece

19

Bake in a 350 degree oven for 20 minutes

20

Afterwards, allow cake to rest for one minute

21

Serve with whipped cream and Bay leaf sauce

22

Boil sugar and water

23

Put in vanilla bean, cut in half lengthwise and scraped, and bay leaves into boiling mixture

24

Allow to infuse for at least on hour, (off of heat) and then, remove bean and leaves

25

Keep sauce refrigerated

26

Yield: 1 1/2 cups sauce