Chocolate Souffle Lava Cake Melting Heart Recipes

CHEF JOHN'S CHOCOLATE LAVA CAKE

Steps:

• Generously butter the inside of 4 (5 1/2 ounce) ramekins. Place them in a casserole dish.
• Whisk together egg yolks, eggs, and sugar in a bowl until light, foamy, and lemon colored.
• Melt chocolate and butter in a microwave-safe bowl in 30-second intervals, stirring after each melting, 1 to 3 minutes.
• Stir melted chocolate mixture into egg and sugar mixture until combined.
• Sift cocoa powder into the mixture; stir to combine.
• Sift flour and salt into the mixture; stir to combine into a batter.
• Stir vanilla extract into the batter.
• Transfer batter to a resealable plastic bag. Snip one corner of the bag with scissors to create a tip.
• Divide batter evenly between the prepared ramekins; tap gently on the counter to remove any air bubbles.
• Refrigerate 30 minutes.
• Preheat an oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• Arrange the ramekins in a casserole dish. Pour enough hot tap water into the casserole dish to reach halfway up the sides of the ramekins.
• Bake in the preheated over for 15-18 minutes. Set aside to cool for 15 minutes.
• Loosen the edges from the ramekin with a knife. Invert each cake onto a plate and dust with powdered sugar.

FALLEN CHOCOLATE SOUFFLE MINI CAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease 6 glass custard cups; place cups on a baking sheet.
• Beat egg whites and sugar together in a bowl using an electric mixer until stiff peaks form, 4 to 5 minutes.
• Heat chocolate chips and butter in a pot over low heat, stirring frequently, until melted, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Add in 1 egg yolk at time, stirring continuously. Add water and flour, stirring continuously. Fold in the beaten egg whites until just combined. Fill each custard cup about 2/3 full with batter.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cakes rise slightly over the top of the cups and cracks form on their surface, 15 to 18 minutes.

CHOCOLATE SOUFFLE/MOLTEN CAKE

Steps:

• Melt butter and chocolate in a medium heat-proof bowl over a saucepan of simmering water; remove from heat.
• Beat eggs and sugar with a hand mixer in a medium bowl until sugar dissolves.
• Beat egg mixture into chocolate until smooth.
• Beat in flour.
• Adjust oven rack to middle position; heat oven to 450 degrees.
• Spray muffin papers with vegetable cooking spray. Divide batter among muffin cups.
• For Souffle texture, bake for about 8-10 minutes.
• For Lava/Molten cake, remove cakes from oven as soon as the batter begins to puff to make sure center is not set.
• To remove the cakes without them being fallen apart, place a large plate over the muffin tins and flip over quickly.
• Serve immediately.

CHOCOLATE SOUFFLE / LAVA CAKE ( MELTING HEART )

Steps:

• 1. Prepare ten 100ml metal mold by applying a layer of olive oil to the interior of the mold Pour some bread flour into the mold and shake and roll the mold to coat the bottom and sides with bread flour. Then freeze the molds. 2. Bring some water to boil in a pot. Once the water boils, reduce the heat until just simmers. Place a small metal bowl over the pot to form a double boiler 3. Melt chocolate and butter in the double boiler. Once the chocolate has melted, turn off the heat, since chocolate is very easily burned. Stir chocolate and butter to help them melt, then set it aside and let it cool down. 4. Beat egg yolks and whole eggs with suger with a electric mixer until its colour turn pale with stiff peak. 5. Mix a large dollop of your egg mixture into the chocolate until very smooth. Now fold the chocolate mixture gently into the egg mixture. 6. Gradually fold in the flour. 7. Bring the molds out from the freezer. Fill up the molds with flour mixture in 3/4 full. Put immediately into the freezer about 1/2 an hour to let them solidify. Then transfer them into large air tight container and keep it in the fridge. ( if you are not going to bake them right away ) 8. Preheat oven in 200C / 375F Fan-assist / convection oven. Bake for 8 -12 mins ( the time may varies from mold size, or bake directly from frozen ) until the cake raised with a thin crust on top and it feels soft at the centre. 9.Let it cool briefly and take put of the mold and serve on the plate.