Melt-in-your mouth lava cakes look like little chocolate cupcakes but when you cut in the middle, a gooey surprise awaits! Top with a dollop of whipped cream or vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauce. Make sure to use a good quality chocolate such as Green & Blacks or Michel Cluizel for extra richness.
Ingredients:
1/4 cup unsalted butter
8 oz semi-sweet chocolate, broken into pieces
4 eggs
4 egg yolks
3/4 cups sugar
2 tsp vanilla extract
2/3 cups all purpose flour
Preheat oven to 400 F. Line 12 muffin cups with paper cups (they will be removed later). Melt butter and chocolate over low heat or in double boiler. Beat eggs and egg yolks with sugar until light and fluffy, about 3-5 minutes. Add chocolate mixture and vanilla and mix until well incorporated. Add flour by hand until just combined. Divide in prepared muffin tin (they will very full, but not too worry because they won't rise).
Bake for 10 minutes, not one minute longer or you will not get the gooey center. Remove from oven muffin tin and serve immediately (don't forget to remove the paper cup!). Dust with icing sugar and top with ice cream. YUMMMMMMMY!
