Miniature Double-Chocolate Cakes
- 3 ounces fine-quality bittersweet chocolate (not unsweetened), chopped
- 3/4 stick (6 tablespoons) unsalted butter, cut into pieces
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3 large eggs
- 1/2 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips (about 3 ounces)
- confectioner's sugar for sifting over cakes
- Preheat oven to 375F.
- and generously butter twenty-four 1/8-cup muffin tins (about 1 1/2 inches across top and 3/4 inch deep).
- In a metal bowl set over a pan of barely simmering water melt chocolate and butter, whisking until smooth.
- Remove bowl from heat and whisk in granulated sugar and vanilla.
- Add flour and salt,whisking until just combined, and whisk in eggs, 1 at a time,whisking well after each addition.
- Fill each tin about three-fourths full with batter and sprinkle about 1 teaspoon chips over each cake.
- Bake cakes in middle of oven 12 to 15 minutes, or until a tester comes out with crumbs adhering to it.
- Turn cakes out onto a rack and cool.
- Cakes may be made 4 days ahead and kept in an airtight container at room temperature.
- Sift confectioners' sugar over cakes.
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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/miniature-double-chocolate-cakes-13132 (may not work)