Fallen Chocolate Cake

Name: Fallen Chocolate Cake
Yield: Serves 8 to 10
Ingredients: 8 tablespoons, unsalted butter (1 stick), plus extra for cake pan; 8 ounces, semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped; 4 , large eggs; 1 , large egg yolk; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 1/4 teaspoon, table salt; 1/2 cup, granulated sugar; 2 tablespoons, unbleached all-purpose flour, plus extra for cake pan; , confectioners' sugar or unsweetened cocoa powder for decoration, optional; , whipped cream for serving, optional

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated November/December 1998

Desserts or Baked Goods

Chocolate

Cakes

This undercooked chocolate cake baked in a ramekin is a restaurant staple. Could we translate it for the home kitchen?

SERVES8 to 10

TIME1¼ hours

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

We wanted a fallen chocolate cake recipe with an intense flavor, light texture and an irresistibly runny center. After arriving at satisfactory amounts of butter (1/2 cup), flour (very little), chocolate (a lot), and eggs (four whole eggs p...

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