Hi Guys! I'm Laura Vitale. And on this episode of Laura in the Kitchen I want to share with
you a recipe for my Butterscotch Molten cakes. Well, really Molten Butterscotch cakes.
I love this recipe because it's incredibly simple but very showy. And I love that! In
fact I'm going to a dinner party tonight, hence the getup here. If you want - I know
a lot of people will ask for a tutorial on this look and it is on my beauty channel so
go ahead and check it down below.
But, yes, I'm going to a dinner party and I wanted to bring a dessert that was kind
of showy yet very simple because that's me. I like to do things very simple. So I figured
Molten Butterscotch cakes was the way to go. They're easy and simple, require just a handful
of ingredients. Let me take you over them so we can get started.
You'll need some whole eggs plus a couple of egg yolks, some butterscotch chips, unsalted
butter, brown sugar, a touch of granulated sugar, all-purpose flour, vanilla extract,
and some ground Graham crackers. Now this is a tip I read about in a magazine a long
time ago, which I can't even remember what the magazine was, but it was like a cooking
magazine, and it suggested to put a sprinkle of crushed cookies or any kind of cracker
at the bottom of your ramekin whenever you're making a molten lava cake of any kind, and
it really does add such fantastic flavor and texture and I haven't looked back since.
Now the first thing you want to do is get your oven preheated to 450 (degrees). I also
have six 6-oz ramekins here that I have sprayed with some non-stick spray. And my non-stick
spray is the kind that's like non-stick spray and flour combined. It just works wonders
so I'm using that.
And now in a little sauce pan - I'm going to turn this on - I'm going to add in my butterscotch
chips and my butter and I'm just going to melt these together over low heat until everything
is well combined.
That is looking perfect. You can see the butter is almost all melted. And so are the chocolate
chips, or the butterscotch chips. I'm going to turn this off now because what you do not
want is for your butterscotch chips to overheat and then it causes them to split and then
it's just a big mess and you'll blame me, you'll tell me it's my fault, and your dinner
party dessert is ruined, and we can just go on and on and on.
I'm going to take this off the heat now. And don't worry if your butterscotch chips still
have some chunks in them because we're going to let them sit there for a minute while we
go on and continue with the rest of the custard. And just remember that at the end it will
all work out. You're going to have to trust me.
I'm going to start whisking my eggs and my egg yolks until they're pretty broken up and
whisked together pretty well. To that I'm going to add both kinds of sugar, mostly I'm
using - look at that; it stuck. I'm going to switch to my little spatula here. Mostly,
I'm using brown sugar because it really goes fantastic with that butterscotch. Go ahead
and break them up because you know how brown sugar tends to be a little bit lumpy.
Going to add just a small splash of vanilla. Not a lot. About a half of a teaspoon will
do. And a small pinch of salt. I forgot to have it out but you need it.
Now I'm just going to switch to - I'm actually just going to pour in my melted butter and
butterscotch chips. Now don't worry if this looks a bit odd but just trust me, it will
work out perfectly!
I'm going to add my flour at this point. And then you're going to mix this until you have
a really nice creamy mixture. And the flour is what helps everything come together. As
you will clearly see in about, I don't know, ten seconds. [laughs]
And that is a glorious mixture! If I could, I'd stick a straw in there and go to town.
[laughs] But I'm going to be a lady today, I have a dinner party to go to. I'm trying
to feel real fancy today.
I'm just going to sprinkle about a teaspoon of my cracker crumbs here in the bottom and
then I'm just going to take whatever is left and push it around the sides like so.
I'm absolutely mesmerized by this. And if you could smell it you'd think to yourself,
"Could that be poured on top of a cake?" Note to self: butterscotch frosting. Losing track
here. Stick with it, girlfriend!
Divide your batter evenly in your ramekins. I mean it looks like - the batter just looks
like melted butterscotch candy. Very few things make me this happy.
Trying to get every bit of this amazing gooeyness out of there. Now these are going to go into
your oven preheated at 450 (degrees) for 12 minutes. After 12 minutes you're going to
let these set for about 3 minutes and after that it is time for the unveiling of what's
going to smell like something that should belong in Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory.
Except it would be butterscotch. But it would still be delicious.
My little lava cakes were in the oven for actually 13 minutes. Now you're looking for
the top to be set but if you press in the center you can feel, and you can see there's
a little jiggle in the center, that's what you're looking for. I let these set for just
a couple of minutes. That is really hot! So don't do that at home. Take a small little
knife, run it around, and I just take a plate, put it upside down and they smell unbelievable.
And then, of course, you're going decorate this with some ice cream.
Oh! I mean - there are no words. Other than "Get in my belly!" It just - the smell of
this is what's absolutely captivating me. Like - I'm assuming that this is what a chocolate
factory smells like. I have never been to one so I wouldn't know. But that is what I
want.
Now serve this - I'm trying to look all fancy for my dinner tonight but I'm like, "Why did
I chose to wear my hair straight?" [laughs] Serve this with really good vanilla ice cream,
a sprinkle of powdered sugar, or some homemade whipped cream and, honey, you are in business.
Perfection. On every level. Absolutely dynamite.
There's something about it that's rich yet surprisingly light. And that mixed with some
vanilla ice cream or something, that would be really the cherry on the sundae. That almost
made sense.
Go to laurainthekitchen.com to get this recipe. Perfect for the weekend. Make it if you've
got friends coming over or if you just want to treat yourself to something special. You
are worth it! Remember that.
laurainthekitchen.com will have the recipe waiting for you. Hope you've enjoyed spending
time with me and I'll see you next time. Bye-bye.