Many moons ago began my love of these wonderful little gems! When i found this recipe around 2010, (and i have no idea where I got it) I realized that I had found a keeper that would be forever in my stack of recipes. I included it in my book Princess on the Porch on page 15, and the blog Chocolatecastles.com. But in case you just want to print it and keep it handy for the nights when you want something so gooey and chocolaty that is easy and quick, make this! You can make it in the afternoon before company comes and the. pop it in the oven for 16-18 min when you are ready for dessert! Last night was one of those nights! Have been craving this for a week but because we have some pretty special friends/neighbors who have dropped off chocolate cream pie one night and coconut cream pie anothe night, dessert was taken care of so last night was the night! We have two left over to have tonight when we get back from having mexican food for the fist time in a week!!
1/2 cup butter (1 stick)
1 4 oz bar of bittersweet chocolate broken into small pieces
2 teas vanilla
1 cup powdered sugar (not granulated)
2 eggs plus 1 egg yolk, room temp
6 tables all purpose flour
1/4 teas cinnamon
Powdered sugar, whipped cream or ice cream for topping
Preheat oven to 425 degrees
Grease 4 custard cups well
Microwave chocolate and butter in 30 s conf increments until chocolate and butter is melted and then stir until chocolate is completely melted. Stir in vanilla (or any liquor flavor you might like, even amaretto is good)‚extract and powdered sugar.
Whisk eggs and yolk. thenadd to cooker chocolate mixture. Stir in remaining ingredients. Spoon evenly into cups and place on baking sheet! Bake for 16-18 min or until the center looks jiggly and still shines! remove from oven and turn over into serving plate. you can top with either ice cream, whipped cream with fresh raspberries or any topping that you like. Last night I had some white chocolate raspberry ice cream that I put on top and it was delicious!
serves 4. Cover any remaining cakes and place in refrigerator to just reheat for 30 seconds in the microwave
If you make these in the afternoon just cover them and place in the refrigerator until time to place in the oven. if they have been refrigerated it’ll take a minute or two longer than that above posted baking time!
Chocolate Castles 