Thursday, August 5, 2010

Molten chocolate cake


Ingredients

  • 1 cup unsalted butter
  • 8 ounces dark chocolate chips
  • 5 large eggs
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • Pinch of salt
  • 4 teaspoons flour (or matzo meal, ground in a blender to a fine powder)

Directions

Melt butter and chocolate in a medium heat-proof bowl over a saucepan of simmering water; remove from heat. Beat eggs, sugar and salt with a hand mixer in a medium bowl until sugar dissolves. Beat egg mixture into chocolate until smooth. Beat in flour or matzo meal until just combined. (Batter can be made a day ahead; return to room temperature an hour or so before baking. adjust oven rack to middle position; heat oven to 450 degrees. Bake until batter puffs but center is not set, 8 to 10 minutes. Carefully lift cakes from tin and set on a work surface.

Top with fruit or powered sugar and serve while still hot!

 makes 8 to 12

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