It seems like a long, long time ago that Jeremiah and I lived on the little island of Molokai. We rented a house on the west end of the island, about 30 minutes from town. There was a little town, Maunaloa, not too far from the house. The Lodge was in Maunaloa. Oh how I loved The Lodge. It had a little restaurant that overlooked the prairie (yep, a prairie on a tropical island, weird, right?) and you could see the island of Oahu in the distance. About once a week Jeremiah would take me to The Lodge for dessert at sunset. We would share coffee and a lava cake with mac nut ice cream while we watched the sunset. Sigh, what sweet, sweet days those were. To this day lava cakes are our favorite dessert. This is our favorite recipe, and believe me, I've tried a lot of them!
Ingredients:4oz semi-sweet baking chocolate
1/2 cups butter
1 cup powdered sugar
2 whole eggs
2 egg yolks
6 T flour
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 425. Spray 4 custard cups with Pam and set on a cookie sheet. Melt chocolate and butter - you can do this on the stove, in the microwave, whatever. Stir in the sugar. Whisk in the eggs and egg yolks (make sure the butter/chocolate mixture isn't too hot!). Stir in the flour. Divide the mixture between the cups. Bake for 13-14 minutes until the sides are firm and the center is soft. Let stand 1 minute. Invert the cakes onto a plate and serve with your choice of toppings. Whipped cream, ice cream, chocolate or caramel syrup. Yum!
