Calling all chocolate lovers! You are going to love these Mickey Lava Cakes!
This dessert can be found at Shanghai Disneyland and it was created by Chef de Cuisine Nelson Zhang. He loves to instill the wonder of Disney in the dishes he creates, it reminds him of his most happy memories from when he was a kid and used to watch Mickey Mouse cartoons on tv.
If you would like to incorporate the magic of Disney in your kitchen as well, you can do it by following this recipe from Delish!
MICKEY LAVA CAKES
INGREDIENTS:
- 1/3 cup of caster sugar
- 3/4 cup of frozen blueberries
- 1/2 cup of frozen raspberries
- 1/2 cup of frozen strawberries
- 1/4 cup of water
- 1 tbsp of cornstarch
Lava Cake
- Cooking spray
- 36 jumbo bittersweet chocolate chips, divided
- 5 oz of semisweet chocolate, chopped (about 2/3 cups)
- 6 tbsp of unsalted butter
- 4 eggs
- 1/2 cup of caster sugar
- 2/3 cups of cake flour
Garnish
- 1 cup of heavy whipped cream
- 1 tbsp of powdered sugar
- 6 mint leaves
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INSTRUCTIONS:
- Place sugar, blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, and water in a medium saucepan. Bring to boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to low and simmer, stirring often, for 20 minutes. Add cornstarch and stir until thickened. Cool to room temperature before serving.
- Preheat oven to 425F. Wrap bottoms of 4″ x 3.1″ Mickey Mouse cookie cutters with aluminum foil. Coat with cooking spray and set on a baking sheet. Place 6 jumbo bittersweet chocolate chips in a single later in the bottom of each mold and set aside.
- Melt chocolate and butter in a saucepan over low heat and set aside.
- Whisk eggs and sugar in a medium bowl until frothy. Slowly add chocolate and stir until combined. Sift cake flour into chocolate mixture and stir until just combined.
- Pour 1/3 cup into each Mickey Mouse mold, and bake 7 minutes. Cool 5 minutes before removing from molds.
- Whip heavy cream and powdered sugar with an electric mixer to medium peaks. Place lava cake in the center of each plate. Add 2 tbsp mixed berry compote to each plate and dollop whipped cream on the side.
- Garnish your Mickey Lava Cakes with mint leaves.
Enjoy!
Credit: Delish
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