Recipe: Chart House Lava Cake (this recipe needs a correction) and 8 Molten Lava Cake recipes

CHART HOUSE LAVA CAKE
Source: Oregon Live, Foodday
From Chart House Restaurant
Makes 5 servings

Please see note below*

3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) plus 2 tablespoons butter, plus extra for buttering
the cups, all at room temperature (see note)
Granulated sugar for dusting the cups
7 ounces chopped bittersweet chocolate (Chart House uses Callebaut)
2 teaspoons Godiva chocolate liqueur
5 egg yolks
2 eggs
2 cups sifted powdered sugar
3 cups sifted all-purpose flour (the flour is wrong - maybe it should be 3/4 cup?)
Vanilla ice cream
Chocolate sauce

Spray five 9-ounce souffle cups with nonstick cooking spray. Butter each cup and dust with granulated sugar.

Melt the butter and chocolate in the top of a double-boiler over hot water. Stir in the chocolate liqueur.

Place the egg yolks and eggs in the bowl of a heavy-duty mixer fitted with a wire whip. Beat the eggs on low speed while slowly pouring the melted chocolate into the bowl.

Place the powdered sugar and flour in a sifter and sift over the chocolate mixture. Beat the mixture on high speed until well-blended.

Divide the mixture among the prepared souffle cups. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until ready to bake.

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. If baking from room temperature, bake for 15 to 18 minutes. If baking from refrigerator temperature, bake for 25 to 28
minutes or until the top of the cake is firm and dry. Allow to stand for 3 minutes before unmolding from cups. Serve hot with vanilla ice cream and warm chocolate sauce.

Note: Use real butter or stick margarine. Do not substitute reduced-fat spreads; their higher water content often yields less-satisfactory results.

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A note from Betsy at Recipelink:
It's been reported that the Chart House Lava Cake recipe above doesn't work. I"m leaving the recipe posted in case someone wants to experiment with it. Here are a few recipes to compare it with or to try:

Ray's Cafe Chocolate Cake with Molten Chocolate Center

Consentino Winery Molten Chocolate Cake

Chocolate Molten Cake

Gushing Mocha Java-Lava Cakes

Molten Mocha Cake

Molten Lava Cakes (using brownie mix)

Chocolate Lava Muffins (Alton Brown)

Individual Volcano Cakes (Chocolate Explosion or Chocolate Vesuvius Cake)