Rich individual cakes with an oozy warm centre — perfect for last minute desserts! Find this and many more recipes with pictures on the Giallozafferano App (in English) http://itunes.apple.com/app/giallozafferano-recipes/id384387249?mt=8
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Hi GialloZafferano viewers and welcome to the kitchen. So you’d like to make something luscious and chocolatey but you haven’t got much time and maybe you even have unexpected guests? These Chocolate Volcano cakes are tailor-made for you. These individual cakes are truly delicious and will leave your guests open-mouthed. Let’s see what ingredients you’ll need.
• 5 and ½ oz of dark chocolate
• 2 and a half tbsp of flour
• 2 medium eggs and 1 yolk
• A pinch of salt
• 1 and ½ tbsp of cocoa powder plus one tablespoon for the cake tins. • 5 and a half tbsp of butter plus a bit to butter the cake tins
• 2/3 of a cup of powdered sugar plus a tablespoon for decoration
• ½ a pod of vanilla and
• 4 individual cake tins
Let’s see how to make our chocolate volcano cakes
First of all chop your chocolate and melt it in a bain marie or in the microwave. Once it’s melted, add the butter cut into cubes. Melt everything together and then take it off the heat and let it cool.
While the chocolate is cooling, in a mixer place the eggs which must be at room temperature. Now add the powdered sugar, which you should sift before hand, and the seeds which should be scraped from the vanilla pod. Add the sugar and then turn on the mixer for about 10 minutes or until the mix is light and foamy.
Now, put the mixer on low speed and add the cooled chocolate mixture.
Now simply add the cocoa powder sifted together with the flour and a pinch of salt. Mix it all together with a spatula. Once it’s completely mixed with no lumps, we’re ready to fill the individual tins.
Now with the cake batter ready, butter the cake tins and coat the butter with the cocoa powder. Divide the batter between the 4 tins and then bake at 350F for 13 to 15 minutes maximum. Don’t let it cook for even one more minute or else the centre won’t be liquidy but will have cooked through.
Once they’re out of the oven, let the cakes rest for a few minutes and after turn them out onto a dessert plate, dust with a bit of powdered sugar, and they’re ready to be tasted. From Sonia at GialloZafferano bye and see you next videorecipe.