June 12, 2015 6:30 am
My youngest daughter cannot eat chocolate, so I rarely make things that contain it. However, while the cat is away, the mice will eat chocolate. When my sister-in-law was here, we decided to try out Peanut Butter Chocolate Lava Cakes while said daughter was still in school. It seemed imperative that we should conduct this trial – “in the name of science”, as E put it. We tried to make just two portions, but made three in the end, so I had a chance to see how the dessert would reheat at a later time. “Extremely well” is the answer to that query.
Here is what we did. (She likes to weigh, and I tend to use cup measures, so this recipe turned out to be a mix of both!) Variety keeps us young?
50 g butter
100g dark chocolate, chopped
Melt the chocolate and butter over low heat. Stir until they are shiny and well combined. Cool slightly while preparing the rest.
Butter the bottom and sides of 3 ramekins, and place a circle of parchment in each one. I butter that as well to make it easy to remove from the cake. (After baking, the sides are easy to loosen in the dish, but the parchment makes it easy to release the bottom of the cake as well.)
1 egg, plus 1 yolk
1/4 cup sugar
Whisk the sugar, egg and yolk together.
2 Tbsp. flour
1/4 cup peanut butter
Add the flour and the chocolate to the eggs. Divide batter in half. Evenly portion the first half into the three ramekins. To each one, add a spoon of peanut butter in a mound in the center of the dish.
Use the second half of the batter to form a top layer in each of the three ramekins, covering the peanut butter. Place ramekins on a baking tray in case of overflow.
Bake in a preheated 400 degree F oven for 16-18 minutes. Loosen edges of cake around the ramekin and turn out onto a plate. Remove the parchment paper. Cut in and let the lava flow!
I thought the next time I make these, I would put half a spoon of peanut butter and half a spoon of Nutella in the middle. Peanut and chocolate dreams….
Posted by Everydaycheerblog
Categories: Food
Tags: baking, lava cake, peanut butter and chocolate
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Oh my gosh. That looks fantastical!!!!!!!!!
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By minihaikuman on June 12, 2015 at 6:42 am
Looks delicious! Your kids get out late up there. My daughter has been home from college for a month.
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By Cynthia on June 12, 2015 at 6:58 am
My youngest daughter is graduating from high school. University finishes at the end of April here too.
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By Everydaycheerblog on June 12, 2015 at 7:29 am
Not so different then:)
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By Cynthia on June 12, 2015 at 7:37 am
These look amazing! I love peanut butter and chocolate together.
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By Shari on June 12, 2015 at 12:44 pm
Me too!
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By Everydaycheerblog on June 12, 2015 at 12:54 pm
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