Adapted from here
yield: 9 half cup servings
ingredients:
4 oz. unsalted butter
4 oz. bittersweet chocolate, chopped
2 eggs
2 egg yolks
1/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons sifted flour
unsweetened cocoa powder for dusting
instructions:
• preheat oven to 450*.
• butter the molds or ramekins with room temperature butter. dust with sifted cocoa powder. set aside
• in a glass bowl over simmering water, melt the butter and the chocolate. mix until smooth.
• in the bowl of a standing mixer, combine the eggs, egg yolks, and sugar until smooth.
• add the chocolate and mix thoroughly.
• add the flour.
• pour into the prepared molds about 2/3 of the way up.
• put the molds onto a baking sheet and bake for 6-7 minutes (no more).
• using a small knife, loosen the lava cakes from the mold and turn out onto a plate. dust with powdered sugar and top with fresh whipped cream or ice cream.
- Recipe courtesy of Susan Salzman