| Here's a slightly radical recipe for | | | | 1/3 cup butter, cubed |
| chocolate molten lava cake. The creamy melted | | | | |
| caramels are a show-stopping surprise! | | | | 1/3 cup baking cocoa |
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| Molten Lava Chocolate Cake | | | | 3 squares (1 ounce each) semisweet chocolate, |
| | | | coarsely chopped |
| Ingredients: | | | | |
| | | | 3 eggs |
| 1-1/4 cup butter | | | | |
| | | | 7 egg whites |
| 3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips | | | | |
| | | | 1 cup confectioner's sugar |
| 4 medium eggs | | | | |
| | | | 1/2 cup packed brown sugar |
| 1/2 cup sugar | | | | |
| | | | 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract |
| 3/4 cup flour | | | | |
| | | | 1/3 cup all-purpose flour |
| 12 caramel candies | | | | |
| | | | 1/8 teaspoon salt |
| 1/4 cup evaporated milk, divided | | | | |
| | | | Directions: |
| Directions: | | | | |
| | | | Place the butter, cocoa and chocolate in a |
| Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease 12 | | | | microwave-safe bowl. Microwave, uncovered, at |
| muffins cups. | | | | 50 percent power for 20 seconds; stir. |
| | | | Microwave at 50 percent power 20 seconds |
| Combine butter and chocolate chips in a | | | | longer; stir until smooth. Add the eggs, egg |
| double boiler. Cook, stirring continually, | | | | whites, confectioners' sugar, brown sugar and |
| until chocolate is melted. Let stand to cool | | | | vanilla; mix well. Stir in flour and salt |
| slightly. | | | | until blended. Pour into seven 6-ounce |
| | | | custard cups coated with nonstick cooking |
| Combine eggs and sugar in a large bowl. Beat | | | | spray. |
| with an electric mixer set at medium speed | | | | |
| until thickened, about five minutes. Add f | | | | Place custard cups on a baking sheet. Bake at |
| lour gradually, beating at low speed. Add | | | | 450 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes or until a |
| chocolate mixture and beat until thick and | | | | thermometer inserted near the center reads |
| glossy, about three minutes. | | | | 160 degrees. Remove from the oven and let |
| | | | stand for one minute. Run a knife around edge |
| Fill prepared muffin cups two-thirds full. | | | | of custard cups; invert onto individual |
| Bake the cakes for five minutes. | | | | dessert plates. Serve immediately. |
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| Meanwhile, combine caramels and 2-tablespoons | | | | Yield: 7 servings |
| evaporated milk in a double boiler. Cook, | | | | |
| stirring continually, until caramels are | | | | Chocolate Charlotte: |
| melted. Spoon 2 teaspoonfuls of caramel | | | | |
| mixture into each muffin cup. Bake for eight | | | | Soak a quarter of a package of gelatine in |
| minutes longer. Invert cakes onto individual | | | | one-third of a cupful of cold water for two |
| serving plates. | | | | hours. Whip one pint of cream to a froth, and |
| | | | put it in a bowl, which should be placed in a |
| Stir remaining evaporated milk into remaining | | | | pan of ice-water. |
| caramel mixture. Serve with warm cakes. | | | | |
| | | | Put half an ounce of shaved chocolate in a |
| Goes well with flavored coffee for the | | | | small pan with two tablespoonfuls of sugar |
| adults, and chocolate milk for the kids. | | | | and one of boiling water, and stir over the |
| | | | hot fire until smooth and glossy. Add tothis |
| Note: | | | | a gill of hot milk and the soaked gelatine, |
| | | | and stir until the gelatine is dissolved. |
| To melt the chocolate chips and butter in a | | | | |
| microwave oven, use the defrost setting and | | | | Sprinkle a generous half cupful of powdered |
| microwave, stirring mixture occasionally, for | | | | sugar over the cream. Now add the chocolate |
| about four minutes. | | | | and gelatine mixture, and stir gently until |
| | | | it begins to thicken. Line a quart |
| Lighter Molten Lava Cakes: | | | | charlotte-mould with lady fingers, and when |
| | | | the cream is so thick that it will just pour, |
| This version contains 40 percent fewer | | | | turn it gently into the mould. |
| calories, and 60 percent less fat and | | | | |
| cholesterol than the original recipe! | | | | Place the charlotte in a cold place for an |
| | | | hour or more, and, at serving time, turn out |
| Ingredients: | | | | on a flat dish. |
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