Il Falconiere: Steamed Chocolate Cake with Vanilla Sauce

Name: Il Falconiere: Steamed Chocolate Cake with Vanilla Sauce
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp baking powder; 227 grams (1 stick) butter, plus more for the ramekins; 10 servings Chocolate bar or chocolate-covered coffee beans; 8 egg yolks; 4 eggs; 177 milliliters flour, plus more for the ramekins; 946 milliliters heavy cream; 4 pears, peeled and diced (optional); 3 Tbsps rum (or Tia Maria); 2 Tbsps strong coffee; 4 Tbsps fine sugar; 1 vanilla pod; 118 milliliters ground cacao (high-quality cocoa)

You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Il Falconiere: Steamed Chocolate Cake with Vanill A mixture of heavy cream, strong coffee, vanilla pod, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 250 degrees F. Butter and flour 10 ramekins and set aside.

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Butter

All Purpose Flour

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Ramekin

Oven

Beat butter and sugar to a soft cream.

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Butter

Cream

Sugar

Add eggs, beating them in one at a time.

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Egg

Add rum and coffee. Sift flour, baking powder, and cacao into a bowl, then incorporate this into the butter mixture. Gently fold in the pears, if using.

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Baking Powder

Butter

Coffee

All Purpose Flour

Pear

Rum

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Bowl

Pour into the prepared ramekins, filling halfway.

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Ramekin

Bake in a bain-marie by placing ramekins in a baking dish and filling it halfway with boiling water.

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Water

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Double Boiler

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Bake for 10 minutes, then increase temperature to 350 degrees F and continue baking until set, about 15 minutes.

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Unmold onto individual plates or simply serve in the ramekins. Spoon vanilla sauce over the cakes, and garnish with curls of chocolate (use a vegetable peeler) or chocolate-covered coffee beans.

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Coffee Beans

Chocolate

Vegetable

Vanilla

Sauce

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Ramekin

Vanilla Sauce

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Vanilla

Sauce

Heat the cream and vanilla pod to boiling, then quickly reduce heat. In a separate bowl, thoroughly beat together the yolks and sugar. Using a wooden spoon, stir the eggs into the cream and continue cooking on low, stirring constantly, for 5 minutes, until mixture slightly thickens and coats the spoon.

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Vanilla Bean

Cream

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