Chocolate Molten Lava Cake / Baker's Challenge 2013

Chocolate Molten Lava Cake / Baker's Challenge 2013

Welcome to the Crowded Kitchen Baker's Challenge 2013.

We have searched high and low for a fun, great tasting dessert that everyone will enjoy making.  Who doesn't love a warm, rich chocolate cake filled with a hot gooey, flowing chocolate center?   Our goal is to get everyone in the kitchen, so grab your loved-ones and let's have some fun.  In this challenge everyone is a winner, so send us your photographs, and we will publish them for everyone to see.

Please send photographs, and names to crowdedkitchen509@comcast.net

Ingredients:

4 ounce semi-sweet chocolate
1/2 cup butter
1 cup powdered sugar
3 eggs
1 egg yolk
6 tablespoons flour

Caramel sauce
Vanilla Ice cream
Chocolate sauce

Directions:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees

In a medium, microwave safe bowl, microwave the chocolate and butter together for 1 minute and 20 seconds.  Whisk the chocolate and butter together until the chocolate has melted.

Graham whisking the chocolate mixture

Once the chocolate and butter mixture is incorporated and smooth, whisk the following ingredients separately into chocolate mixture, in order.

Powdered sugar
3 eggs
1 egg yolk
6 tablespoons flour

Gerard and Graham 2/24/13

Spray 4 custard, or ramekin cups with cooking spray.

Fill the cups evenly with batter.

Place the cups on a baking sheet, and bake for 13 to 15 minutes, or until the outer edges are set and the center is soft set.

Let's bake the cakes!

Let the cakes cool for 2 to 3 minutes.

Before inverting the cake on a dessert plate, drizzle caramel sauce evenly.

Drizzling the caramel sauce

Top each cake with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauce.

4 servings.

BAKER'S CHALLENGE 2013 PHOTOGRAPHS

The finished dessert!  3/20/13

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