Timber Cove Inn Chocolate Molten Cake

This little slice of chocolate heaven is a dessert that is not only a crowd pleaser but is relatively easy to make. Beware, once your grateful family and friends taste this, you will have officially raised the bar.

Servings: 4

Cook Time: 35 minutes

Pair With: a Cabernet Sauvignon.

Source: Recipe and photo courtesy of Timber Cove Inn

INGREDIENTS

1/2 cup unsalted butter, plus more to butter the molds
4 ounces bittersweet chocolate, preferably Valrhona
2 eggs
2 egg yolks
1/4 cup sugar
2 teaspoons flour, plus more for dusting

DIRECTIONS

In the top of a double boiler set over simmering water, heat the butter and chocolate together until the chocolate is almost completely melted. While that's heating, beat together the eggs, yolks, and sugar with a whisk or electric beater until light and thick. Beat together the melted chocolate and butter; it should be quite warm. Pour in the egg mixture, then quickly beat in the flour, just until combined.

Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. Butter and lightly flour four 4-ounce molds, custard cups, or ramekins. Tap out the excess flour, then butter and flour them again. Divide the batter among the molds. (At this point you can refrigerate the desserts until you are ready to eat, for up to several hours; bring them back to room temperature before baking.)

Bake the molds on a tray for 6 to 7 minutes; the center will still be quite soft, but the sides will be set. Invert each mold onto a plate and let sit for about 10 seconds. Unmold by lifting up one corner of the mold; the cake will fall out onto the plate. Serve immediately.

 

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Timber Cove Inn

Arriving at Timber Cove Inn, guests will follow a picturesque, winding route filled with redwood groves and jaw-dropping ocean views to a beautiful hillside bluff overlooking the crashing waves of the Pacific Ocean. Here they'll find the inn, perched on a cliff overlooking one of California’s most beautiful coastlines.