Chocolate Lava Cakes inspired by Chef with Jon Favreau and Roy Choi
Carl Casper is normally a pretty chill dude - but smugly shit on his shit, and you will catch the wrath of a man amidst a full-blown creative crisis. Follow along this week as we join the star of and culinary brains behind 'Chef' in this, our fourth foray into Favreauvian film food.
Ingredients
- 14 ounces dark chocolate
- ½ cup heavy cream
- 12 Tbsp butter
- 6 large eggs
- ½ cup of light brown sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 Tbsp Grand Marnier
- 6 Tbsp all purpose flour
- Raw Sugar
- Strawberries
- Blueberries
- Powdered sugar
- Cocoa powder
Method
- We’re going to start by melting chocolate in a double boiler. Boil some water in a pot and place a large glass bowl on top to melt the chocolate in. Place 4 ounces of dark chocolate in the glass bowl and use a rubber spatula to mix. Be sure to keep the water at a simmer, and melt until nice and smooth. Slowly drizzle in ½ cup of heavy cream and stir.
- Once mixture is fully combined and smooth, place in freezer for 1 hour or until frozen.
- Using the double boiler again, melt 10 ounces of dark chocolate and 1 ½ sticks of butter (12 Tbsp), mixing until smooth.
- In a separate bowl combine 6 large eggs and ½ a cup of light brown sugar. Beat the eggs together until they are light and frothy, and then add 1 tsp of vanilla extract and 2 Tbsp of Grand Marnier.
- Once that’s combined, SLOWLY add the chocolate mixture to egg and brown sugar mixture, and whisk to combine.
- Now add 6 Tbsp of all purpose flour and stir to combine.
- Butter some ramekins and coat the inside with raw sugar. This will help get the cakes out of the ramekins.
- Fill each ramekin a little under halfway with your cake mixture.
- Remove the chocolate ganache from the freezer and place 1-2 Tbsp into the center of the cake mixture. Fill ramekins the rest of the cake batter.
- Preheat your oven to 425° F and bake for 11 minutes.
- While that’s baking quarter some strawberries and set aside.
- Remove cake ramekins from oven and place on a cooling rack. Run a knife around the edge of each cake to help release them from their ramekin.
- Place a plate on top of the ramekin, flip over so the ramekin is on top, and slowly lift up to make sure the cake is in tact.
- Plate with some whipped cream, powdered sugar, cocoa powder, strawberries and blueberries.
- Serve and enjoy!