Chocolate Griddle Cakes with Chocolate Sauce

Ingredients

• ¼ cup vegetable oil
• ¹/₈ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 7 ounces fine-quality bittersweet chocolate (not unsweetened)
• ½ cup Dutch-process unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
• + 6 more ingredients
• • 1 cup sugar
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 whole large eggs
  • 1 large egg yolk
  • ¾ cup buttermilk
  • Unsalted butter

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. Sift together cocoa, flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt into a large bowl, then whisk in eggs, yolk, buttermilk, oil, and vanilla until combi...

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