Like California Grill's:
Warm Valrhona Chocolate Cake
Yields: 6-4 ounce individual chocolate cakes
6 oz. butter
8 ¾ oz. (by weight) valrhona chocolate or extra bitter chocolate
3 whole eggs
3 egg yolks
2 ¾ ounces (by weight) sugar
2 ounces (by weight) all purpose flour
Melt butter and chocolate over double boiler. whip the eggs, egg yolks and sugar until fluffy (approximately 10 minutes) on high speed in mixer. Reduce speed and slowly add flour. then add melted chocolate and butter mixture until incorporated on low speed. Finally, butter and lightly flour the small molds and fill halfway with cake batter and bake 7-8 minutes at 400 degrees in convection oven.
Serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Source: http://www.starprovisions.com/
Warm Valrhona Chocolate Cake
Yield: 1
Ingredients
1/2 c unsalted butter; plus extra
-for
1 buttering the molds
4 oz good quality bittersweet
-chocolate; such as valrhona
2 eggs
2 egg yolks
1/4 c sugar
2 ts flour; plus extra for
1 dusting the molds
Instructions
Makes 4 servings
1. Lightly butter and flour 4 (4-ounce) molds, custard cups or
ramekins. Tap out the excess flour, then butter and flour the molds
again. Set aside.
2. In the top of a double boiler set over simmering water, heat the
butter and chocolate together until the chocolate is almost
completely melted, about 15 minutes.
3. In a large bowl of an electric mixer, beat together eggs, egg
yolks and sugar until light and thick, about 5 minutes.
4. Remove melted chocolate from heat. With a wire whisk, beat the
chocolate-butter mixture, by hand, until combined. Pour in the
egg-sugar mixture and quickly beat in the flour, just until combined
(do not overmix).
5. Equally divide the batter among the reserved molds. Place molds on
a baking sheet in a preheated 450-degree oven. Bake for 7 to 10
minutes or until the sides are set but the center is still quite soft
and wiggly. Remove from oven and invert each mold onto individual
serving plates. Let stand for about 30 seconds. Unmold by lifting up
one edge of the mold; the cake will fall out onto the plate. Serve
immediately.
Chef Curt Wagner of Vong
Per serving: 1275 Calories (kcal); 111g Total Fat; (77% calories from fat);
18g Protein; 56g Carbohydrate; 1048mg Cholesterol; 138mg Sodium
Food Exchanges: 1/2 Grain(Starch); 2 Lean Meat; 0 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 20
1/2 Fat; 3 1/2 Other Carbohydrates
Source: chef2chef.net