Individual Molten Chocolate Truffle Cakes

Name: Individual Molten Chocolate Truffle Cakes
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons liqueur of choice (Chambord, cassis, or framboise is nice if you’re going to garnish with raspberries or serve with a berry puree, but any flavor that goes with chocolate will work great); 1 tablespoon unsalted butter; 4 ounces bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, chopped very finely; 3 tablespoons heavy cream; 5 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon all-purpose flour; ½ cup sugar; Powdered sugar for dusting (optional); 3 eggs, at room temperature; 3 egg yolks, at room temperature; 5 ounces (1¼ sticks) unsalted butter, cut into small pieces; 5 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped very finely

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Cooking One on One

By John Ash

Published 2004

About

Most restaurants today seem to have some version of a “molten” chocolate cake. So here’s one for you to wow family and friends with. This is a showy, elegant recipe that is really pretty easy. You don’t need to be an experienced baker or have “great hands” or a delicate touch; it just works. This recipe also has a dividend—the chocolate truffles, which can be served just as they are. You will need 4-ounce

Ingredients

Cake
Dessert
Baking
Vegetarian

Ingredients

Method