Sunken Chocolate Cakes with Coffee Ice Cream
Author/Submitted by:
Martha Stewart Living May 2001
Servings: 4 Categories:
Cakes
/
Chocolate
/
Coffee
/
Desserts
/
Ice Cream/Frozen Yogurt
Ingredients: 8
tablespoons
unsalted butter,
cut in pieces, plus more for pans
1/4
cup
sugar,
plus more for pans
5
ounces
bittersweet chocolate,
coarsely chopped
2
large
eggs,
separated
2
large
egg yolks 1
pint
coffee ice cream
Directions: 1.
Preheat oven to 350F. Lightly butter 4 cups in a jumbo nonstick muffin pan, leaving the 2 center cups empty. Coat lightly with sugar, and set aside. Place butter and chocolate in a heat-proof bowl; set over a pan of simmering water. Stir occasionally, until melted and thoroughly combined. Remove from heat; set aside.
2.
Combine the 4 egg yolks with 2 tablespoons sugar, and whisk until the mixture is pale yellow and thick. Stir in the melted chocolate-and-butter mixture.
3.
Whisk egg whites until soft peaks form, add remaining 2 tablespoons sugar, and whisk until stiff and shiny but not dry. Fold into chocolate mixture. Divide batter among prepared muffin cups, and bake until set and slightly springy to the touch, about 25 minutes. Remove from oven, and transfer to a wire rack. Allow to cool for 15 minutes in pan; carefully run a knife around edges of cakes, and unmold. Serve each with a scoop of coffee ice cream.
Coating the muffin tins with butter and sugar gives these little cakes sparkle and a bit of crunch.
Coating the muffin tins with butter and sugar gives these little cakes sparkle and a bit of crunch.
|