Chocolate Motlten Cakes

On Saturday night we went out to dinner with Scott and Kaelyn.  We ate at Thaifoon in the Gateway and everything was very good.  I would go there just for the Tom Ka Soup.  After dinner there wasn't time to go to a movie so we wandered around Sur La Table, a great cooking store.  I followed Scott into the test/class kitchen and they were finishing up a class with only two people in it.  The food looked really good and I asked for some of the recipes.  They had us taste stuff and gave me the packet of recipes.  So today I thought I would have a Valentines dinner and try it all out.  Now I know that you shouldn't ever try anything new when you are serving guests but the guests I serve are my kids and they are good testers. Everything was very good and got a thumbs up.  We had French Onion Soup, Spaetzle, Whole Herb-Roasted Chicken, Asparagus, Homemade Wheat Bread, and to finish it off Chocolate Molten Cake.  I bought a Spaetzle maker at the store and I have been looking for one for a long time.  I could eat it every day.  

Here is the recipe for the Chocolate Molten Cakes

5 oz. semisweet chocolate (I used chocolate chips)

10 Tablespoons butter

3 large eggs

3 large egg yolks

1 1/2 cups powdered sugar

1/2 cup all purpose flour

Preheat oven to 450 degrees.  Butter cupcake pan or 6 custard cups.  Melt butter and add chocolate and cook over low heat until melted.  Whisk eggs and egg yolks in a large bowl. Whisk in sugar, then chocolate mixture and then flour.  Pour batter into 12 cupcakes or 6 custard cups.  Bake cakes about 9 minutes in cupcake pan or 11 minutes in custard cups.

The sides should be set but the center remains soft and runny.  You can make the mixture 1 day ahead and chill.  Cook 2 or 3 minutes longer if cold.  

I hope you enjoy these.  Even if you overcook them and they are just little chocolate cakes, they are moist and taste great.  Add a scoop of vanilla ice cream and some berries, drizzle with carmel sauce.  A very wonderful Valentines dessert for someone you love!