Warm Chocolate Cakes with Mascarpone Cream

Name: Warm Chocolate Cakes with Mascarpone Cream
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 227 grams bittersweet chocolate, chopped plus shavings for garnish optional; 59 milliliters cake flour; 3 larges eggs, plus egg yolks at room temperature; 118 milliliters heavy cream; 118 milliliters About brandied cherries or kirsch-soaked sour cherries; 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice; 1 teaspoons finely grated lemon zest; 2 Tbsps light brown sugar; 227 grams cup mascarpone; 118 milliliters sugar; 1 vanilla bean, split and seeds scraped

Warm Chocolate Cakes with Mascarpone Cream requires about 45 minutes from start to finish. This recipe serves 6. One portion of this dish contains about 9g of protein, 64g of fat, and a total of 838 calories. Head to the store and pick up lemon juice, 2 butter, lemon zest, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 37

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Oven

Coat six 6-ounce ramekins with butter, and dust lightly with flour. Set the ramekins on a sturdy baking sheet. In a microwave-safe bowl, melt the chocolate with the butter; let cool.

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Chocolate

Butter

All Purpose Flour

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Baking Sheet

Microwave

Ramekin

Bowl

In the bowl of a standing electric mixer fitted with the whisk, beat the eggs, yolks and sugar on high speed until pale and fluffy, about 4 minutes. Using a rubber spatula, gently fold in the chocolate, then fold in the cake flour just until no streaks remain.

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Cake Flour

Chocolate

Sugar

Egg Yolk

Egg

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Hand Mixer

Spatula

Whisk

Bowl

Spoon the batter into the prepared ramekins and bake for 15 minutes, until the cakes have risen, the tops are dry and the centers are slightly jiggly.

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Oven

Ramekin

Let stand for 5 minutes.

In a bowl, beat the cream with the vanilla seeds, brown sugar and lemon zest until soft peaks form.

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Brown Sugar

Lemon Zest

Vanilla

Cream

Seeds

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Bowl

Add the mascarpone and lemon juice and beat until blended.

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Lemon Juice

Mascarpone

Run the tip of a small knife around each cake to loosen it, then unmold onto plates. Spoon the mascarpone cream onto the cakes and garnish with the brandied cherries and chocolate shavings.

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Chocolate Shavings