As I'm finishing my writing of this, and the posting, from Walt Disney World, it's gonna be brief. Luckily the recipe is simple. Melt butter and chocolate with a little bit of sugar, and stir til smooth. Beat eggs until tripled in volume. Fold the eggs into the chocolate, put in muffin cups (or custard cups), and bake in a water bath.
I had some problems getting a pan to sit upside down over the muffin pan for the period it was to bake covered, but the results were still fine. I also wasn't thorough enough about wiping the bottom of the pan with a warm cloth and had one cake stick a little, but the (eating) results were fine on that one, too.
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Tasting results: While my tasting panel are mostly chocoholics, I think we're a little burned out on flourless chocolate cakes. Younger niece suggested trying to bake this in something the size of my mini-cheesecake pan, which I guess would be a third the size of the cakes from the muffin pan. Lots of comments on the density, which I'd interpret as "this is a little too much"--even though we served it with whipped cream and raspberries.
Nutritional info, calculated by my aged copy of MasterCook Mac: for 7 cakes in the half-recipe, each is 321 calories, 27.8 gr. fat, 2.3 gr. fiber, and 20.5 gr. carbs.
did you eat them at room temperature or from the fridge? i found eating them at room temperature they seemed less dense... we ate some after they sat out of the fridge for a while on a warm night... they were very, very soft and just dissolved in the mouth! Thanks for the nutritional info! great idea... good to see where the calories are coming from :)
ReplyDeleteI don't even want to know how many calories these things are supplying me with.... forget about it!
ReplyDeleteGreat post!
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Oh no! Armed with this information it's possible to calculate Weight Watcher points and they will no longer be "free"! Lucky you to be on vacation at Disney World. Give Mickey a hug.
ReplyDeleteLOL! Great post! Wow..so much calories! Nevermind..we all can go on diet after when we finish baking all the cakes in Rose's book. :) I find eating with ice-cream a lot better than whipped cream!
ReplyDeleteI try not to think about the WW point count when eating Rose's cakes, but...at least I have the information when I find the weight sliding the wrong way. Meanwhile, I'm NOT counting all my points at Disney. I'm sure you're all shocked. <g>
ReplyDelete@Rebecca--the eating temperature was probably part of the problem, because they were certainly chilled if not straight out of the fridge. I'll file that thought away for next time.