By Ann Weaver
I don’t know about you, but when Valentine’s Day comes around, I enjoy making a special dessert to celebrate it. I like to try and find something a little extra fancy-looking, and one day I decided to make these elegant little desserts.
From their appearance, I thought they’d probably be difficult to make. With the thin crust on the outside and the gooey chocolate on the inside, they present an elegant appearance that looks hard to achieve. But they aren’t! They’re wonderfully quick and easy, and this recipe is the easiest of them all. Baking them in a muffin tin makes it so you don’t have to get fancy ramekins, and using less egg yolks ensures you don’t have a bunch of egg whites sitting around. This recipe also makes more than most, which makes it great for sharing- if you can bring yourself to share these delectable little desserts!
Servings: Nine lava cakes. Cuisine: American.
Total time: 20 minutes.
Tags: Under 30 minutes, Desserts, Vegetarian,
Ingredients:
1 cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips
½ a cup (1 stick) of salted butter
1 cup of powdered sugar
3 eggs
1 egg yolk
½ a teaspoon of vanilla extract
6 Tablespoons of flour
Vanilla ice cream (optional)
Chocolate sauce or chocolate shavings (optional)
Directions:
Preheat oven to 400°F. In a microwave-safe bowl, place chocolate chips and butter. Microwave for 2 minutes and whisk until smooth. Stir in powdered sugar until combined.
Add eggs, egg yolk, and vanilla. Mix. Stir in flour.
Grease 9 muffin tins with cooking spray or butter, then fill evenly with batter. Fill the other three muffin tins carefully about halfway with water, in order to prevent the muffin tins from burning. Place in oven and bake for 7-8 minutes. The outer edges should look set and the inner sections look soft.
Remove from oven and let cool for 2-3 minutes. Place on plate. Serve plain, or add vanilla ice cream and chocolate syrup or shavings. Enjoy!
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