recipe: chocolate souffle lava cake

i've been wanting to make lava cakes for a while. with our lil prime rib/potato feast saturday night it seemed like a perfect occasion. we were so full after din we didn't even make them, so um... yeah it was kind of breakfast today. i had seen a few recipes inspired by Roy's Restaurant which is one of their must-have deserts, so it seemed like the best bet. i snagged the version from The Girl Who Ate Everything... i -attempted- to follow the instructions with the parchment-lined ramekins so i could remove and plate the cakes before serving... CLEARLY that attempt failed. if you make these, just eat them direct from the ramekin (unless you have a souffle mold or just do not suck a life like i do).

ingredients list (makes 2 small ramekins):
- 4 oz good quality semi-sweet dark chocolate
- 6 tbsp butter
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1.5 tbsp cornstarch
- 2 whole eggs plus 2 egg yolks


to make: combine cornstarch and sugar in mixing bowl. in separate bowl, whisk together eggs and yolks. bring butter to a simmer in a small saucepan. add chocolate, and mix until smooth and fully combined, then continue to mix until the chocolate begins to simmer around the edges of the saucepan. pour chocolate mixture into the dry ingredients, and mix until combined. add eggs, and mix slowly until fully combined. refrigerate batter overnight. 


preheat oven to 400 degrees. grease insides of 2 ramekins, then add batter until each ramekin is 3/4 full. cook 21-23 minutes, until the tops are set but the insides are still jiggly & gooey. 
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well - clearly structurally my place-on-a-plate transfer was a complete disaster (which was awesome timing after unsuccessfully poaching eggs this morning). but at least the flavor was awesome. SO good. i don't have a huge sweet tooth, so by the end of one of these my tummy was sooo sugary. i plan on making this again for v-day, but i think we'll just split one between the 2 of us, as that is more than enough (the beauty of ramekin-based sizing is that you can easily adjust the ingredients for 1 or 8 of these at a time). strawberries are also a must - there is so much ooey gooey chocolate it's kind of a perfect dip dip pairing. 0 for presentation, 9********* for flavor. i'll re-post a pic after i make this again.