Oozing chocolate cakes
Oozing chocolate cakes recipe in the cake category
Recipe ingredients:
- 4 ounces good quality bittersweet chocolate
- 1/2 cup, 1 stick, unsalted butter
- 2 eggs
- 2 egg yolks
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Recipe method:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- In a double boiler over medium heat, melt the chocolate and butter together, whisking to blend.
- When fully melted, remove from stove and allow to cool.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk the eggs and the yolks together.
- Add in the flour and sugar and mix until just well blended, as little air as possible to be incorporated.
- When chocolate mixture has cooled, add it to the egg mixture with a whisk, again being careful not to overmix or incorporate excess air.
- Butter and flour 4 individual 1/2 cup ramekins or 4 ounce aluminum souffle cups, tapping afterwards to remove excess flour.
- Pour the chocolate batter into the ramekins.
- Place ramekins in the middle rack of the oven and bake for 10 to 12 minutes.
- At 10 minutes, test for doneness: cakes are perfectly cooked when surface appears set, cakes jiggle when shaken, and a wooden pick inserted in the middle comes out coated with thick liquid. Cook 1 to 2 minutes longer if necessary.
- Remove ramekins from the oven and let stand 1 minute.
- To unmold, run a knife along the inner wall of each ramekin, cover with a small plate, quickly invert, and tap the bottom of the ramekin several times with a heavy knife blade if the cake does not fall out by itself.
- Serve with a spoon.
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