Recipe: Decadent Chocolate Souffle Cakes

Dessert Recipe: Chocolate Souffle Cake

Mmmm. How about some chocolate today?

I love pecan pie and gingerbread cookies, but here’s an alternate dessert choice for the season. And for entertaining, this recipe is a terrific choice because the cakes can be made the day before and reheated for 5 minutes in a 350 degree F oven prior to service.

Warm Chocolate Souffle Cakes make an elegant end to a dinner party. Craving more luxury? Then serve with a glass of Champagne. Hard to go wrong with chocolate and bubbles.

Enjoy! -alyce eyster
Photo: Fulton Davenport

Warm Chocolate Souffle Cakes
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Serves: 6
 
Ingredients
  • 6 oz. semisweet chocolate, chopped
  • 6 Tblsp unsalted butter, cubed
  • 4 eggs, separated
  • 3 Tblsp sugar
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • sour cream
  • chocolate shavings
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. Melt the chocolate and butter in a small saucepan over very low heat or in the microwave, reserving about 1 teaspoon of butter to grease the ramekins.
  3. Whisk the egg whites in a mixer using the whisk attachment until they from soft peaks. Add the sugar, yolks and vanilla to the melted chocolate mixture. Fold in the whisked egg whites.
  4. Pour the mixture into 6 greased (1 cup capacity) ramekins and bake for 10-12 minutes. Let the cakes cool for 10 minutes and then unmold them onto 6 dessert plates. Garnish with a dollop of sour cream and chocolate savings made with a vegetable peeler.