Individual volcano cakes
Individual volcano cakes recipe in the cake category
Recipe ingredients:
- 8, 1 ounce, squares semisweet chocolate
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 3 whole eggs
- 3 egg yolks
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup flour
Recipe method:
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
- Heavily butter and then flour 8, 1 cup, ramekins or coffee cups.
- Set cups on a cookie sheet.
- Chop chocolate into small even pieces.
- Melt with the butter in a double boiler over barely simmering water, or microwave, uncovered, on medium, stirring every 20 to 30 seconds after the first one or two minutes, until only a small chunk of solid chocolate remains.
- Remove from heat and stir until melted, smoother and cooled.
- Beat eggs, yolks and sugar together at high speed for 6 to 8 minutes.
- The mixture will become thick like cream and become beige colored.
- Fold in the cooled chocolate and vanilla extract.
- Sift the flour over chocolate and fold in.
- Pour batter into prepared cups. Bake 8 minutes.
- Pull out of oven and tuck a piece of frozen lava deep into the center of the half baked batter in each cup.
- Return to oven and bake for 6 to 7 minutes more.
- Cakes will rise straight over the rims of the cups and may crack slightly.
- Cool in cups on a wire rack for 10 minutes.
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