Molten Chocolate Souffle and Lava Cakes Recipe

I've tasted lava cakes before, but this is my first attempt at making them. My silicon cupcake pan may be larger than 4 ounces. I made six rather than seven. I think that maybe I should have made only six ganache balls rather than nine, just to keep the proportion correct. Molding the ganache in a plastic wrap lined egg carton was a great trick.

The flourless cake came together easily - much easier than the cakes I've been watching my HCB pals prepare the last couple of weeks. The batter was spooned into prepared pans with a little ganache "egg"' on top.

They came out of the oven with a slight crack, just as they should.

I only have the one shot of the cake ready to eat. Before I could snap another, the cream…