Chocolate Molten Cake in 10 Minutes!

Chocolate Molten Cake is my go-to dessert and here are the reasons why: It's delicious; I normally always have the ingredients in my pantry; less than 10 minutes to prepare; always a crowd-pleaser; great presentation; and the number one reason....it's chocolate!

Chocolate Molten Cake

1/2 c. softened butter

4 oz. bittersweet chocolate

3 eggs

1/4 c. sugar

2 t. flour

1/4 t. vanilla

Butter and flour four ramekins. (you can use cocoa powder or granulated sugar). Slowly melt butter and chocolate in a double boiler. Beat eggs and sugar together until light and thick. While beating slowly poor small amount of chocolate/butter mixture into eggs to temper. Continue to beat slowly and add remaining choc/butter mixture. Quickly beat in flour and vanilla just until combined. Divide batter between four ramekins. Bake in a preheated oven at 450 degrees for 6-7 minutes. Invert cakes onto serving dish and let rest for 15 seconds, then unmold. Sprinkle with confectioner's sugar and enjoy!

I like mine with Coffee, Almond and Fudge light ice-cream from Publix.

Other than the taste, the versatility is what I like the most. I will prepare the batter early in the day, fill the ramekins and place them in the refrigerator. I take them out of the refrigerator just before dinner. Then pop them in the oven right after dinner to bake while we are clearing the dishes. Note: I always bake them with a water bath (bain marie).
They can also be cooked in the microwave; my microwave cooks them perfectly in 50 seconds.

Thanks to Michael at Designs by Gollum for hosting Foodie Friday!















Enjoy!
Nola