Molten Chocolate Cakes

A community recipe by Lauren Johnson

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Introduction

It appears each restaurant in America offers a variant of this stunning cake made by expert chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten. Yet, his especially rich and chocolaty version is unique and in a class of it's own.

Ingredients

Serves: 4-6

1 stick unsalted butter
180 grams dark chocolate
2 medium eggs
2 medium egg yolks
1 sugar
1 gram salt
2 tablespoons flour

Method

Molten Chocolate Cakes is a community recipe submitted by Lauren Johnson and has not been tested by Nigella.com so we are not able to answer questions regarding this recipe.

Preheat the oven to 450°F. Butter and softly flour four 6-ounce ramekins. Tap out the abundance flour. Set the ramekins on a heating sheet

In a twofold boiler, over stewing water, liquefy the butter with the chocolate. In a medium dish, beat the eggs with the egg yolks, sugar and salt at rapid until thickened and pale.

Whisk the chocolate until smooth. Rapidly overlay it into the egg blend alongside the flour.

Spoon the player into the readied ramekins and prepare for 12 minutes, or until the sides of the cakes are firm yet the focuses are delicate.

Let the cakes cool in the ramekins for 1 moment, and then cover each with a reversed dessert plate. Deliberately turn every one over, let stand for 10 seconds and afterward unmold. Serve promptly.

Make Ahead:

The food can be put to the fridge for a few hours; convey to room temperature before preparing. Now these chocolate delivery options are simple.

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What 3 Others have said

Hey Lauren , I've been using this recipe more than single times for molten chocolate cakes , and there is never a day that its let me down ! I've been requested to all my friends to bake , I've looked up a lot of recipes for molten chocolate cake but they don't look promising enough . But This one is Perfect match. Thank you .

Posted by Nesha on 10th September 2015
Hello Lauren, You cake recipe is gorgeously elegant cake. After reading this recipe, I want to try this once. I just want to say thanks a lot for sharing this recipe with us. Keep Working..!! Waiting for your next recipe.

Posted by MariaLee on 10th September 2015
I just love this recipe. Easy to do it. I am very thankful to you Lauren.....

Posted by marrythomus on 10th September 2015