lava cakes

[@bby]

anyone have any good recipes for lava cakes i am stuck at home and im really craving chocolate is here

TIA

[@bby]

[Solstice]

Yes, hang on

[rad sugar]

what is a lava cake and why does it sound so awesome??

[Solstice]

1 stick plus 2T unsalted butter
1 C (6 oz) bittersweet choc chips or bittersweet choc bar broken into pieces
1 t vanilla
6 t granulated sugar
3 large eggs plus one egg yolk (room temp)
1 1/2 C powdered sugar
1/2 C flour
big pinch of salt.

Heat oven to 450. Use double boiler or create your own by filling a sauce pan with an inch of water and fitting a heat safe mixing bowl in the top of the pan. combine butter and choc in the bow over hot (not boiling) water. Stir occasionally until choc is melted. About 5 min

When it is completely melted, stir or whisk the choc mixture to fully combine the ingredients. Remove the bowl from the saucepan and stir in the vanilla. Set aside.

While choc mixture cools, butter six (8 oz) cermamic ramekins or custard cups ( the sides of each cup should measure no taller than 2 1/4 inches). Place 1t of granulated sugar inside each one. Tip and turn the cups to coat them with the sugar, then set them aside.

In a larger mixing bowl, whisk the eggs and egg yolk. Add powdered sugar and whisk again. The mixture will look lumpy at this point, but will become smooth as more ingredients are added. Whisk in the choc mixture, then add the flour and salt, and stir with a wooden spoon until batter is smooth.

Divide the batter among the 6 cups and set 5 of them aside. The 6th is used as a trial cake for the baking process.

Place the trial cake in the coolest part of your oven and bake until the top is flat (not sunken or bulging) which should be about 9 min. Be sure to monitor the baking closely so that the cake does not overbake and become set in the center.

Remove the trial cake from the oven, making note of the baking time. Let cool 5 min. Run a sharp knife around the perimeter of the cake to loosen it from the cup. Place a plate over the cup and invert. Wait 10 - 15 seconds then lift the cup off plate. The center should be slightly sunken.

Finishing baking the cakes in two batches.

Allow cakes to cool about 30 min (ya I never do...they don't last that long in my house).

To store and eat later, after they cool, seal in air tight container in the fridge for up to 5 days. Nuke 25 - 30 seconds to reheat.

[Solstice]

Originally Posted by rad sugar what is a lava cake and why does it sound so awesome??

Its a rich dark choc cake with a hot, warm center. The center stays soft so its like hot fudge. It's yummy with french vanilla or choc chip mint ice cream and some strong coffee

[Solstice]

I have larger ramekins and only 3 right now so my cakes turn out bigger but still work. The key is to watch them bake so after they bubble up and go flat you take them out

[littlebird]

mmm no but Ina Garten made something similar today on Barefoot Contessa that looked migghtyyyyyy good... hold on I'll grab a link.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/i...ipe/index.html

yummmmmm.

It's supposed to be a little unbaked in the middle, so you could probably bake it in individual ramekins? Good luck! *off to slice some German chocolate cake for myself

[@bby]

thanks ladies

and Rosie i saw someone posted something awhile ago about one and i was just majoring craving one

[Miss Lori Pants]

now i wanna bake and i just got my kitchen clean! o well