Friday, September 17, 2010

Easy Lava Cakes

These are fab! and so very easy!

1/2 cup butter
5 1-ounce squares dark chocolate
2 lg eggs
2 egg yolks
1/3 cup sugar
3 tblsp all- purp flour
4 truffles, I use Lindor drk chocolate truffle bars

Preheat oven to 400 deg spray either 4 ramekins w/ cooking spray ( i use evoo spray) or  lg muffin tins (great for lil kids!)

The using two sauce pans one 1/2 filled with hot water on the stove and the other one add the chocolate and butter (not the truffles) place the second pan with the chocolate/butter inside the first and turn the stove onto high.

Then in a med bowl, beat the eggs, and yolks with the sugar at high speed for about five min or its pale and thick. add the melted chocolate and flour stir all ingredients until they are just combined.

Spoon batter into the ramekins or prepared muffin tins. place 2 truffles (if small) or 1 if lg inside the center of the baking dish.

bake for 8-10 min if in muffin tins, or 12-15 if in ramekins. remove from oven when the cakes are firm on the tops and let cool 5min the slide a warm knife around the edging and turn the ramekin over onto a plate so the cake is bottom up.

Garnish with cream and fresh fruit!
enjoy while warm for the best taste!

ENJOY!

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