HOT ROCK (Molten CHocolate Cakes)
Source of Recipe
Tropica (Westin Maui)
Recipe Introduction
Serve warm with whipped cream or ice cream.
List of Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 tbsp cornstarch
- 8 oz bittersweet (NOT unsweetened) or semisweet chocolate (chopped)
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
- 3 large eggs
- 3 large egg yolks
- (Whipped cream or vanilla ice cream)
Instructions
- Butter and flour two 5 3/4X3 1/2X2in baby loaf pans.
- Whisk sugar and cornstarch in a large bowl to combine.
- Melt chocolate and butter in a heavy medium saucepan over low heat. STIR CONSTANTLY
- Cool for 10 minutes.
- Add sugar mixture to chocolate mixture and whisk until smooth.
- Whisk in eggs 1 at a time, then whisk in the yolks.
- Divide the battter between prepared pans. (You can do this 1 day ahead of time - cover and refrigerate)
- Preheat the oven to 350
- Bake cakes until puffed and dry and cracked on top and tester inserted into center comes out with some wet batter attached. (about 25 minutes, or 28 minutes if the batter was chilled)
- Cool cakes for 10 minutes.
- Cut around cakes to loosen. Turn out onto two plates.
- Serve cakes warm with ice cream or whipped cream.
Final Comments
ALOHA!