Name: Chocolate-Mint Pudding Cakes
Yield: Makes 6
Ingredients: 6 ounces bittersweet (not unsweetened) or semisweet chocolate, chopped; 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, cut into 4 pieces; 3 large eggs; 3 large egg yolks; 1/3 cup baker's sugar (superfine sugar) or regular sugar; 1/4 cup all purpose flour; 1 1/4 teaspoons peppermint extract; 1/4 teaspoon salt; Powdered sugar or sweetened cocoa powder; Peppermint stick ice cream or mint chocolate chip ice cream; Fresh mint leaves

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Chocolate-Mint Pudding CakesNoel Barnhurst

Baker's sugar, a favorite of pastry chefs, is also called superfine sugar. It measures the same as regular but dissolves more quickly. It's available at some supermarkets. You can also make your own by whizzing granulated sugar in a food processor until powdery.

To avoid overbaking the pudding cakes, start checking early for doneness.

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