Chocolate Ganache Cakes
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter at room temperature
- Cocoa powder, for dusting
- 1/2 pound bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
- 1/2 pound (2 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into chunks
- 4 large eggs
- 4 large egg yolks
- 5 tablespoons sugar
- 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons sifted cake flour
- Preheat the oven to 350 F. Grease twelve 4-ounce ramekins or aluminum foil molds with the softened butter.
- Dust with cocoa powder and tap out excess.
- Melt the chocolate and butter in the top of a double boiler, or a heatproof bowl, set over barely simmering water, stirring occasionally until smooth.
- Remove from the heat.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, egg yolks and sugar until well mixed.
- Whisk in the melted chocolate and butter.
- Sift the cake flour over the top and fold it in.
- Divide the batter among the ramekins, filling them no more than three quarters full.
- Arrange them on a baking sheet and bake for 5 to 6 minutes.
- Turn the baking sheet around and bake for another 4 to 6 minutes, just until the edges of the cakes look set and have pulled slightly away from the sides of the ramekins but the centers are still slightly liquid; do not overbake.
- Turn each cake out on a plate and serve immediately.
butter, cocoa, bittersweet chocolate, unsalted butter, eggs, egg yolks, sugar, cake flour
Taken from www.foodandwine.com/recipes/aspen-2003-chocolate-ganache-cakes (may not work)