04 February 2012

chocolate volcano/lava cakes


INGREDIENTS

  • 8 oz bittersweet chocolate, chopped fine
  • 2 oz unsweetened chocolate, chopped fine
  • 10 tbsp unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
  • 1 1/2 cups (10 1/2 oz) sugar
  • 2 tbsp cornstarch
  • 3 large eggs plus 4 large egg yolks, room temperature
  • 2 teaspoons orange-flavored liqueur
  • confectioners sugar

DIRECTIONS

  1. Adjust oven rack to upper-middle position. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
  2. Lightly coat eight 4-ounce ramekins with butter and dust with sugar, tapping out excess. 
  3. Melt bittersweet and unsweetened chocolate and the butter in a medium bowl set over a medium saucepan of simmering water, stirring occasionally, until chocolate mixture is smooth. In large bowl, whisk 1 1/2 cups sugar and cornstarch together. Add melted chocolate mixture and stir to combine. Add eggs, yolks, and orange-flavored liqueur. Whisk until fully combined. Scoop 1/2 cups batter into each ramekin.
  4. Place filled ramekins on rimmed baking sheet and bake until the tops of the cakes are set, have formed shiny crusts, and are beginning to crack, 16 to 20 minutes.
  5. Transfer ramekins to wire rack and let cool slightly, about 2 minutes. Run paring knife around edge of each cake. Invert each cake onto a small plate then immediately invert again right-side up onto 8 individual serving plates. Sift confectioners' sugar over each cake. Serve immediately.

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