Soft Chocolate Cakes
- 1 stick (4 ounces) unsalted butter, cut into pieces
- 4 ounces bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
- 3 large eggs
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- Whipped cream, for serving
- Preheat the oven to 450.
- Butter and lightly flour six 6-ounce ramekins; tap out the excess flour.
- Set the ramekins on a baking sheet.
- Melt the butter in a small saucepan.
- Put the chocolate in a small bowl, pour the butter on top and stir until smooth.
- In a bowl, using an electric mixer, beat the eggs with the sugar at medium speed until thick and pale.
- Beat in the flour; then add the chocolate mixture.
- Spoon the batter into the prepared ramekins.
- Bake in the center of the oven for about 12 minutes, or until the tops of the cakes begin to crack.
- Let the cakes cool in the ramekins for 1 minute.
- Run a thin knife around the sides of the cakes to loosen them, then cover each ramekin with an inverted dessert plate.
- Turn them over, let stand for a few seconds and then remove the ramekins.
- Serve the cakes immediately with a dollop of whipped cream.
- Alternatively, serve the cakes in the ramekins and pass the whipped cream at the table.
unsalted butter, bittersweet chocolate, eggs, sugar, flour, cream
Taken from www.foodandwine.com/recipes/soft-chocolate-cakes (may not work)