Chocolate Griddle Cakes

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 7 ounces fine-quality bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped (not unsweetened)
• 1/2 cup dutch-process unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 2 whole large eggs
• 1 large egg yolk
• 3/4 cup well-shaken buttermilk
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• unsalted butter, for greasing griddle

Recipe

• 1 make sauce:.
• 2 bring cream to a boil in a 1-quart saucepan, then pour hot cream over chocolate in a bowl, gently whisking until smooth. keep warm or at room temperature.
• 3 make griddle cakes:.
• 4 sift together cocoa, flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt into a large bowl, then whisk in eggs, yolk, buttermilk, oil, and vanilla until combined well.
• 5 heat a griddle or nonstick skillet over moderately low heat and lightly coat with butter.
• 6 working in batches of 2 or 3, pour 1/4 cup batter per cake onto hot griddle and cook until bubbles appear on surface, 1 to 2 minutes. flip cakes with a large spatula and cook until tops spring back when pressed gently, about 1 minute more. transfer to a plate and loosely cover with foil to keep warm. add 1/2 teaspoon butter to griddle between batches.
• 7 serve cakes in stacks, topped with chocolate sauce.
• 8 gourmet, january 2004.