Molten Chocolate Cakes
- 4 semi-sweet chocolate baking squares, chopped
- 12 cup butter, cut into pieces
- 14 cup heavy cream
- 12 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 14 cup all-purpose flour
- 14 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 large egg yolks
- whipped cream (optional) or vanilla ice cream (optional)
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Grease eight 6-ounce custard cups and dust with granulated sugar.
- In heavy 3-quart saucepan, combine chocolate, butter and cream; heat over low heat, stirring occasionally, until butter and chocolate melt and mixture is smooth.
- Remove from heat.
- Add vanilla; with wire whisk, stir in flour just until mixture is smooth.
- In medium bowl,with mixer at high speed, beat sugar, eggs, and yolks until thick and lemon-colored, about 10 minutes.
- Fold egg mixture, one-third at a time, into chocolate mixture until blended.
- Divide batter evenly among prepared custard cups.
- Place cups in jelly-roll pan.
- Bake until edge of cake is set but center still jiggles, 8 to 9 minutes.
- Cool in pan on wire rack for 3 minutes.
- Run thin knife around cakes to loosen from sides of cups; invert onto dessert plates.
- Serve immediately with whipped cream or ice cream, if desired.
semisweet chocolate baking squares, butter, heavy cream, vanilla, flour, sugar, eggs, egg yolks, whipped cream
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/molten-chocolate-cakes-23544 (may not work)