TAHINI CHOCOLATE CAKES

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These luxurious tahini chocolate cakes from the cookbook "Smashing Plates" by Maria Elia are served with crème fraîche, dusted with lime zest, and are ideal for those seeking to indulge their sweet tooth with something small and fudgy.

Provided by Florence Fabricant

Categories dessert

Time 40m

Yield 6 or more cakes

Number Of Ingredients 11

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Ingredients

10 tablespoons/150 grams unsalted butter, plus more for greasing pans
1/3 cup/25 grams unsweetened cocoa, plus more for pans
3 tablespoons/27 grams sesame seeds
1/2 cup/60 grams all-purpose flour
Pinch of salt
5 1/2 ounces/165 grams 70 percent dark chocolate, in pieces
3 large eggs
1 cup/200 grams superfine sugar
5 tablespoons/100 grams tahini
Zest of 1 lime
Crème fraîche or ice cream, for serving

Steps:

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Use butter to grease 6 half-cup muffin molds or similar, or use smaller molds. Dust molds with cocoa and sprinkle the sesame seeds in the bottom of each. Sift together remaining 1/3 cup cocoa with the flour and a pinch of salt. Set aside.
Melt chocolate and remaining 10 tablespoons butter in a heatproof bowl over simmering water, or in a small, heavy saucepan on very low heat. (Watch carefully if using a saucepan.) When almost completely melted, remove from heat and stir until smooth. Set aside.
Using a whisk or electric beater, whisk eggs and sugar together until pale and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Stir a little of this mixture into the tahini to lighten it, then stir the tahini into the egg mixture. Stir in the cooled chocolate mixture. Fold in the cocoa mixture.
Pour the batter into the molds and set molds on a baking sheet. Place in the oven and bake 12 to 14 minutes, less for smaller molds. A skewer or toothpick inserted in the middle should not come out clean.
Cool 20 minutes or more before unmolding. Dust tops with lime zest and serve with crème fraîche or ice cream.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 674, UnsaturatedFat 20 grams, Carbohydrate 61 grams, Fat 46 grams, Fiber 7 grams, Protein 11 grams, SaturatedFat 22 grams, Sodium 113 milligrams, Sugar 40 grams, TransFat 1 gram