Monday, November 29, 2010

Molten Chocolate Cakes with Sugar-Coated Raspberries

1 cup unsalted butter
8 oz semisweet chocolate chips
5 large eggs
1/2 cup sugar
pinch of salt
4 tsp flour
8 extra-large paper muffin cups

Garnish:
1 (6 oz) container raspberries, barely moistened and rolled in about 1/2 cup sugar right before serving

1. Melt butter and chocolate in a medium heat-proof bowl over a saucepan of simmering water; remove from heat.  Beat eggs, sugar and salt with a hand mixer in a medium bowl until sugar dissolves.  Beat egg mixture into chocolate until smooth.  Beat in flour until just combined.  (Batter can be made a day ahead; return to room temp an hour or so before baking.)
2. Before serving dinner, adjust oven rack to middle position; heat oven to 450 degrees F.  Line a standard-size muffin tin with 8 extra-large muffin cups.  Spray muffin cups with vegetable cooking spray.  Divide batter among muffin cups.
3. Bake until batter puffs but center is not set, 8 to 10 minutes.  Carefully lift cakes from tin and set on a work surface.  Pull papers away from cakes and transfer cakes to dessert plates.
4. Top each with sugared raspberries and serve immediately.

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