Chocolate Lava Cakes with Strawberries
- 2 sticks (1/2 pound) unsalted butter, plus more for coating
- 3/4 cup sugar, plus more for coating
- 3/4 pound semisweet chocolate, chopped
- 6 large eggs
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- Strawberry ice cream and sliced strawberries, for serving
- Preheat the oven to 425.
- Butter ten 8-ounce ramekins and lightly coat them with sugar.
- Set the ramekins on a large rimmed baking sheet.
- In a large bowl set over a saucepan of simmering water, melt the 2 sticks of butter and semisweet chocolate until smooth, stirring a few times.
- Set the melted chocolate aside and keep warm; keep the saucepan of water simmering.
- In another large bowl, whisk the eggs with the 3/4 cup of sugar.
- Set the bowl over the simmering water and stir the eggs until warm.
- Remove the bowl from the heat.
- Using an electric mixer, beat the eggs at high speed until doubled in volume, about 5 minutes.
- Sift the flour over the chocolate mixture and gently fold in with a rubber spatula.
- Working in 2 batches, fold in the warm egg mixture.
- Spoon the batter into the ramekins and bake for about 15 minutes, or until the cakes are set around the edges and wobbly in the center.
- Remove the ramekins from the oven and let the chocolate cakes stand for 3 minutes.
- Carefully invert the ramekins onto plates to unmold the chocolate cakes.
- Top each cake with a scoop of strawberry ice cream, spoon the sliced strawberries alongside and serve right away.
unsalted butter, sugar, chocolate, eggs, allpurpose, strawberry ice cream
Taken from www.foodandwine.com/recipes/chocolate-lava-cakes-strawberries (may not work)