Red Velvet Molten Lava Cakes Recipe

By daiseyduck

Not only were the little cakes heavenly - perfect texture, that red velvet flavor, and a gooey middle - but the orange was actually a phenomenal accent. Think of an elevated orange Tootsie Roll - but far more elegant and subtle. You can certainly leave it out, but I'm taking this little gift with gratitude, and will use it from now on...

Ingredients

• 6 oz white baking chocolate
• 6 Tbl butter
• 1/4 cup cocoa powder
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• 1 Tbl orange extract
• 2 teaspoons red food coloring
• 1/2 cup all purpose flour
• 1 pinch salt - I use table salt for this, only a touch, for the finer grain
• 1 Tbl butter - for the ramekins

Details

Servings 1
Adapted from dixiemockingbird.hubpages.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 400F. Butter liberally the inside of four small ramekins - 3/4 cup size or so.

In a double boiler or microwave, melt together the white chocolate and butter, whisking well to make sure they melt completely. Remove from heat. Whisk in the sugar and cocoa powder.

In a small mixing bowl beat the eggs. Add a little of the chocolate mixture to the eggs, whisking well. Repeat a couple more times. This 'tempers' the eggs - bringing them up to the temperature of the chocolate without scrambling them.

Mix the remainder of the chocolate into the eggs. Add orange extract and flour, whisking to combine completely.

Divide the mixture evenly into the four ramekins. Bake at 400F for 15 minutes.

Remove from the oven and immediately run a knife around the outer edge of each ramekin to help release the cakes. Invert immediately onto serving plates. If you like, put a little bit of whipped cream down first, and invert the cakes on top. The cream will melt with the heat of the cakes and be gorgeous.

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I'm sorry! Just mix it into the chocolate batter - my apologies!