Best served with vanilla ice cream & serve warm
8 ounces butter
8 ounces bittersweet chocolate
4 whole eggs
4 egg yolks
3 ounces sugar
2 1/4 tablespoons flour
Butter, for pan
Flour, for pan
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. On the top half of a
double boiler over medium heat, melt the butter and
chocolate together, whisking to blend. When the
chocolate and butter are fully melted, remove the
chocolate from the stove. In a mixing bowl, whisk the
whole eggs plus the yolks together with all of the sugar
until well blended, being careful not to incorporate air.
When chocolate/butter mixture has cooled, add egg
and sugar mixture, add the flour by hand with a whisk,
again being careful not to incorporate air. Butter and
flour 4 (approximately 4-ounce) cake molds, tapping
the pan to remove excess flour, and pour the chocolate
batter into the pan. Place in the middle rack of the oven
and bake for 8 minutes. Unmold and serve warm.
makes about 8 or 10 cup cake size aluminum throw away molds found in most
supermarkets. When you unmold, slide knife around edge to loosen. then turn
over, if it cracks, no biggie center is soft and guey but DELICIOUS