Mean Chef's Bittersweet Molten Chocolate Cakes With Coffee Ice C

Total Time: 33 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 13 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 9 tablespoons sugar
• 8 ounces bittersweet chocolate (not unsweetened) or 8 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
• 3/4 cup unsalted butter
• 3 large eggs
• 3 large egg yolks
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 1 quart coffee ice cream

Recipe

• 1 generously butter eight 3/4-cup soufflé dishes or custard cups.
• 2 sprinkle inside of each dish with 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar.
• 3 stir chocolate and butter in heavy medium saucepan over low heat until smooth.
• 4 remove from heat.
• 5 using electric mixer, beat eggs, egg yolks, and remaining 5 tablespoons sugar in large bowl until thick and pale yellow, about 8 minutes.
• 6 fold 1/3 of warm chocolate mixture into egg mixture, then fold in remaining chocolate.
• 7 fold in flour.
• 8 divide batter among soufflé dishes.
• 9 (can be made 1 day ahead. cover with plastic; chill. bring to room temperature before continuing.) preheat oven to 425°f.
• 10 place soufflé dishes on baking sheet.
• 11 bake cakes uncovered until edges are puffed and slightly cracked but center 1 inch of each moves slightly when dishes are shaken gently, about 13 minutes.
• 12 top each cake with scoop of coffee ice cream and serve immediately.