If there was an X-rating
for desserts, these luscious little cakes would be tagged "adults only."
Not too sweet and loaded with chocolate, the cupcakes will appear sunken
and underdone when they emerge from the oven, but don't let their
ugly-duckling appearance fool you. The flavor is overwhelming and their
moussy middles ooze with every bite.
1/2 lb Unsalted butter
8 oz Semi-sweet chocolate; broken
-into pieces
3/4 c Sugar
1/2 ts Vanilla extract
7 Eggs
1 pn Salt
7 tb Flour
Recipe
1. Preheat the oven 325 degrees. Grease and flour a 12-cup
standard muffin tin. 2. In a large heavy saucepan over medium heat, begin
melting the butter, stirring occasionally. When it's half melted, add the
chocolate and continue cooking until the chocolate is half melted. Remove
from the heat and continue stirring until mixture is smooth. 3. Mix in the
sugar, vanilla, eggs and salt until smooth. Mix in the flour, just until
blended. 4. Ladle the batter into the muffin tin, filling each cup about
three-quarters full. Bake for 15 minutes until the edges are set but the
centers are still very wet and sunken. Cool on a rack for 5 minutes. Run a
knife around the edge of each cupcake and carefully remove to a cooling
rack. Cool for 10 minutes more. Serve warm.