Chocolate Coulant (Molten Chocolate Lava Cakes)
With Valentine's day coming up, I thought I'd share my very favoritest chocolate dessert EVER. These turn out absolutely amazing every time, and are SO easy you wouldn't even believe it. One of the great things about this dessert, is that it can be made ahead and refrigerated, and then just baked while you're having dinner...so the cake is lovely and hot and gooey and dripping with chocolatey heaven...just waiting for a scoop of your favorite ice cream....and fruit of choice to balance out the richness. Seriously. It doesn't get any better than this. (These are older pics, so please forgive the quality of the images.)
Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter
4 ounces (100 grams) dark chocolate (I like Lindtt 59%)
2 eggs plus 2 egg yolks
1/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons flour
Preparation:
Grease 4 ramekins with butter and lightly dust with cocoa (I prefer this to flour, to avoid white powdery residue).
Preheat oven to 450F (230ºC).
Melt the butter and add chocolate (chopped into small pieces).
Remove from heat and set aside.
Beat together the 2 eggs plus 2 yolks and the sugar, until it's light and thick (an electric mixer works best).
Stir the butter and chocolate until creamy and smooth.
Pour the chocolate mixture into the egg mixture and beat to combine.
Quickly beat in the flour until just mixed in.
Pour into prepared ramekins (at this point, you can refrigerate the coulant (covered), just bring them back to room temp before baking).
Place ramekins on a baking sheet and bake approximately 6-7 minutes (the center may not be completely set yet).
Invert ramekins onto plates and allow to sit 10 seconds before removing.
Serve with sauce of choice, ice cream, fresh fruit...be creative and have fun. :)
Comments
My ramekins are much more shallow than that, I wonder if I'll have to go buy new ones? I think if I use them to make delicious chocolate stuff Gena will get over it :)
Those look delicious.
“Please forgive the quality of images.” Heh. Yeah, whatever Nicki.
GENA! Hi baby girl! :) How the heck are you doin? MUAC! (and throw an ass slap in there, too)...Believe me...if you like chocolate? Make Brian make these for you. You will be...ehem...."happy" he did. ;)
Brian, are you sure that your ramekins are more shallow? Mine are pretty small too..like maybe 2 inches deep? (The cake is on a dessert plate) I mean, I'm not saying you don't *need* new ramekins, because in my world? New kitchen equipment is *always* necessary. :)
And, last but not least, Thank you both! :)
I'm coveting those raspberries by the way. I'm so jealous of your produce. :p
Ahhhh, creme brulee. That is a shallow dish....you definately need new cooking stuff. While you're at it, pick me up a molcajete. ;) LMAO --totally kidding!
Ummm...Thank you. I am SERIOUSLY going to be trying this. As I looked at those pics and read the ingredients I felt a drip of perspiration form at the base of my neck and work its way down the arch of my back towards my firm, yet supple ass.
So, yeah...I'd say it looks good.