Molten Cherry Cakes

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 8 ounces semisweet chocolate
• 5 eggs
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1 (21 ounce) can cherry pie filling
• 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400°f
• 2 lightly grease six (6-ounce) ramekins or custard cups.
• 3 in heavy, large saucepan, over low heat, melt chocolate and butter together.
• 4 stir until smooth.
• 5 in large bowl of electric mixer, using whisk attachment, beat eggs, sugar, vanilla and salt until volume nearly triples.
• 6 pour egg mixture over chocolate mixture; add flour.
• 7 gently fold mixtures together until batter is uniform in color (at this point, batter can be covered and refrigerated up to 8 hours. return to room temperature before baking.).
• 8 fill one third of ramekin with chocolate mixture.
• 9 spoon 1-2 tablespoons pie filling into each ramekin; pour chocolate mixture over top.
• 10 bake for 12 to 14 minutes or until cakes have puffed 1/2 inch above rims and have a thin crust on top.
• 11 run a paring knife or small, thin spatula around edge to loosen cakes.
• 12 invert cakes onto serving plates; cool for one minute then carefully remove ramekins.
• 13 dust with confectioners sugar and garnish with additional pie filling.