A Little Bit of All Right

Aleksandra Crapanzano, the author of this year's Cake Slice Bakers book, Gateau: The Surprising Simplicity of French Cakes , recounts how most Parisians would have a small piece of dark chocolate each day. Clearly, I must be partly Parisian at heart because I also try to have at least one small piece of dark chocolate each day; it's the American part, undoubtedly, that contributes to the "at least." These small chocolate cakes definitely filled that need completely. Traditionally, they are made in special molds that make them take on the shape of a cork. I do not own one of those molds and so opted to use my brownie pan. The recipes makes around 12 standard sized corks; I was able to get 8 out of my brownie pan. This was an extremely simple recipe to follow, and the only ingredient it called for that I did not have in my house was mini dark chocolate chips. The author you can just chop up a couple pieces of chocolate instead, but I opted to finish up some mini semi-sw