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For the last few days, I’ve been posting the courses in a four course meal I made last weekend. These are the previous courses:
First course: Artichoke Fritters
Second course: Pear and Pecan Salad
Third course: Mussels and Frites

If you are serving a meal in courses, it goes without saying that you better bring it on dessert. Because it is Valentine’s Day, I wanted to do something a bit sexy also. I think these chocolate lava cakes did the trick.

While these little cakes are delicious and gooey on the inside, they are very easy to make.

Chocolate Lava Cakes

by Nick

Serves:

Makes 4 cakes

Prep Time:

30 mins

Cook Time:

15 mins

Total Time:

55 mins

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These chocolate lava cakes are surprisingly easy to make. They are a show-stopping dessert though.

Recipe from Young and Hungry.

Ingredients

4 ounces semi-sweet baking chocolate

4 Tablespoons unsalted butter

1 large egg

1/3 Cup sugar

Pinch of Salt

1 Tablespoon flour

Instructions

1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly butter your muffin tins and dust them with flour.

2) Melt your chocolate and butter over a double boiler or bring a small pot of water to a simmer and place a second metal bowl over the steaming pot. Use that to gently melt the butter and chocolate.

3) In a separate bowl, mix together all of your other ingredients and combine well. Then pour in your chocolate sauce and stir it up until it is one smooth batter.

4) Then distribute evenly in your cupcake tins.

5) Either bake these immediately at 350 or you can store them in your fridge until you are ready to use them. Remember to take them out of the fridge about 30 minutes before baking to let the ingredients come to room temperature a bit.

6) Bake for 13-15 minutes. They are done when the crusts just start to crack. You should be able to jiggle them and see the middles wiggle a bit.

7) Let them sit for about 3 minutes out of the oven.

8) Then wrap the whole cupcake tin in foil and gently flip it over! Tap gently on the tins and the cakes should come right out. 3/4 of mine were perfect which was pretty good. There is usually one that doesn’t make it.

Then transfer your cakes gently to a plate and dig in!

The first step before you start mixing things up is to butter your cupcake tin and lightly dust it with flour. When these guys are done, they will be pretty fragile. You want to make sure there isn’t any sticking.

Then melt your chocolate and butter over a double boiler. This is really easy to rig. Get a pot and fill it with a few cups of water and get it boiling. Then place your bowl over it and the steam will gently melt your ingredients.

You could melt it in the pan directly but you run the risk of scorching your chocolate which would be disaster.

You will end up with a really smooth and creamy chocolate sauce.

Then in a separate bowl, mix together all of your other ingredients and combine well. Then pour in your chocolate sauce and stir it up until it is one smooth batter.

Then distribute evenly in your cupcake tins. As you can see, I wasn’t so good at the evenly part.

Either bake these immediately at 350 or you can store them in your fridge until you are ready to use them. Remember to take them out of the fridge about 30 minutes before baking to let the ingredients come to room temperature a bit.

The original recipe said to bake for 12 minutes, but mine took closer to 15. I think my oven runs a little cold though. They are done when the crusts just start to crack. You should be able to jiggle them and see the middles wiggle a bit.

Let them sit for about 3 minutes out of the oven. If you try to do anything with them right away, they will just collapse.

Then wrap the whole cupcake tin in foil and flip it over!

Tap gently on the tins and the cakes should come right out. 3/4 of mine were perfect which was pretty good. There is usually one that doesn’t make it.

Then transfer your cakes gently to a plate and dig in!

This was such a great final course. The cupcake sized portion is the perfect amount as these guys are really rich.

I hope you liked my four course meal. I know I did.

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