Sunday, December 12, 2010

Molten Lava cake

The first time when I had this cake from dominos,I fell in love with chocolate all over again. The molten chocolatey goeey filling was too good. Later, I was shocked by the number of calories in a teeny tiny slice of this cake, obviously :). I hesitate to make something high in calories, but I had to had to try it, at least once.



Ingredients:

  1. Dark Chocolate – 4 oz (113g)
  2. Butter – 4 oz (113g)
  3. Eggs – 2
  4. Sugar – 1/3 cup (75 g)
  5. All-purpose Flour – 1/4 cup (40g)
  6. Butter flavored cooking spray – for greasing ramekins

Method:
  1. Melt the chocolate in a double broiler.
  2. Beat eggs and sugar until light and fluffy
  3. Once chocolate is melted, remove pan from heat and add in butter. Mix until the butter melts fully.
  4. Add chocolate/butter mixture into the eggs, add all-purpose flour and mix until well incorporated.
  5. Butter bottom and sides of ramekins (small glass/porcelain bowls) and pour in mixture about 3/4 way full.
  6. Place ramekins on a baking tray and bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit (180 C) for 10 – 15 minutes. Shorter for gooey (molten) inside--12 minutes, longer--about 15 minutes for stiff inside.
Personal notes:
  1. I used raw chunks of dark chocolate,the original recipe had bittersweet chocolate
  2. The chocolate can be melted in the micro wave as well, but I found the double broiler method to be better. (The double broiler method : boil a pot of water and melt the chocolate on a pan placed on top of the boiling water)

Recipe from showmethecurry

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