On page 191 of Dorie’s Baking Chez Moi is a small cake that was a hit in the 1980s.  Every restaurant and good home hostess served them.  Sometimes with a little ice cream.  Sometimes just ‘molten’.  It was a soft cake that was still liquid in the center when it came out of the oven.  Chocolate Lava Cakes.  aka Soft-Centered Chocolate Teacup Cakes.

I loved them in the 80s. I still love them so I was looking forward to making them.

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That doesn’t look like what I had in mind when I put them in the oven, however.

I decided instead of a chocolate center, since I was mainly making them for The Man, I would make the center liquid PB.  Unfortunately, all the little PB chips floated away from the center and didn’t melt like I had hoped.  Didn’t matter, The Man thought they were good and that was all that mattered.  I think making a small PB truffle to go in the center would work much better.

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….so mine was more fudgy.  Just the way I like it.

I made 1/2 of the recipe and that resulted in two sweet treats.  I really didn’t need any extras sitting around!

Definitely make these again.  They were soooo good!!

Check out the rest of the Doristas and their baked goodies.  W had a choice of either one of this month’s selections so you will also see some Panna Cottas in the mix.  Looking forward to that one.