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Audrey Hepburn Chocolate Mini Cakes

Inspired by Audrey Hepburn's own flourless chocolate cake recipe, my Audrey Hepburn Chocolate Mini Cakes are decadent, elegant, & fool-proof.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time45 minutes
Servings: 6
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Ingredients

For the wet ingredients:

  • ½ cup butter
  • 4 oz baking chocolate, unsweetened
  • ½ cup sugar
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 3 eggs

For the dry ingredients:

  • ¼ cup flour
  • ¼ tsp salt

Instructions

Prepare the butter and chocolate

  • In a medium-sized saucepan, melt the butter and the chocolate over medium heat. Stir with a spatula to incorporate the butter and chocolate into one, smooth mixture.
  • Once the butter and chocolate have melted and incorporated, take the saucepan off the heat. Let the mixture cool for 5 minutes.

Add the vanilla extract, sugar, and eggs

  • Now add the vanilla extract to the saucepan with the butter/chocolate mixture, and whisk to combine.
  • Next, add the sugar and brown sugar. Whisk until combined.
  • Now add in the eggs. Whisk until the eggs are fully incorporated. The mixture will be thick and very smooth.

Add the flour and salt

  • Last, add the flour and salt to the saucepan, and whisk until just combined.

Pour the batter into the ramekins

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
  • Oil six, eight ounce ramekins very well. To make the ramekins easy to put in and take out of the oven, place them on a baking sheet. (That way you just have to slide the baking sheet in and out of the oven.)
  • Evenly distribute the cake batter among the ramekins. Each ramekin will fill just about halfway with batter.
  • Gently shake each ramekin so that the batter spreads out pretty smoothly and evenly on top.

Bake the mini cakes

  • Bake the mini cakes at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. The tops will spring back when lightly pressed, and a toothpick inserted in the middle will come out mostly clean.
  • Let the mini cakes cool for 10-15 minutes.

Serve and think of Audrey!

  • Serve these chocolate mini cakes alone, or with a dollop of ice cream or fresh whipped cream.

Notes

You will need six, eight ounce ramekins for this recipe. Here are my favorite 8 oz ramekins on Amazon [aff. link].
Serve these cakes with my homemade chocolate sauce and whipped cream.