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Molten Chocolate Lava Cake

This Chocolate Sauce makes a wonderful topping for everything from ice cream to fresh raspberries to chocolate cake.

Ingredients

* 3/4 cup cream
* 1 Tbsp. butter
* 8 oz. semisweet or dark chocolate, chopped

Preparation

1. Heat cream and butter in a heavy saucepan over medium heat just until bubbles start to form around the edges.

2. Place chocolate in a heat-proof dish. Pour cream sauce over. Stir until chocolate melts.

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Molten Chocolate Lava Cake

Simple Syrup requires only water and granulated syrup, and can easily be made in only a few minutes. It's a building block for cocktails or for nonalcoholic drinks, and can also be used to sweeten iced tea or coffee, or even to brush over cakes before frosting to keep them moist. You can even flavor simple syrup by steeping ingredients like vanilla beans, herbs or citrus peel in it. Simple syrup will keep in the refrigerator for up to 1 month.

Cook Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 5 minutes

* 1 cup granulated sugar
* 1 cup water

Preparation

1. In a small saucepan combine sugar and water. Heat over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally, until the mixture comes to a simmer and the sugar dissolves until the liquid is no longer cloudy and is perfectly clear, about 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from heat, cool simple syrup completely before storing in the refrigerator.

This recipe for Simple Syrup makes about 1 1/2 cups.

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