MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06 Title: Individual Molten Chocolate Cakes Categories: Cakes, Desserts, Chocolate Yield: 4 Servings 1/2 c Unsalted butter Unsweetened cocoa powder; - for dusting 4 oz Bittersweet chocolate - (70%); chopped 2 lg Whole eggs 2 lg Egg yolks 1/4 c Sugar 1 ts All-purpose flour Equipment: 4 (6-oz) ramekins (2-1/4" tall) or 4 (8-oz) ramekins Accompaniment: ice cream Arguably the most crowd-pleasing dessert of all time, this super-simple "mix and bake" cake is the ultimate chocolate indulgence. Preheat oven to 450°F/232°C with rack in middle. Butter ramekins and dust with cocoa powder. Slowly melt butter in a small heavy saucepan. Remove from heat and stir in chocolate until melted and smooth. Beat eggs, yolks, sugar, and a pinch of salt with an electric mixer at high speed until pale and tripled in volume. Fold in warm chocolate mixture and flour gently but thoroughly. Pour batter into ramekins and arrange ramekins in a 4-sided sheet pan. Bake cakes until puffed and just starting to crack on the surface (cakes will still be wobbly), 8 to 10 minutes. Immediately invert a plate on top of each ramekin and reinvert. Let stand 1 minute, then gently remove ramekins. Adapted FROM: Jean-Georges Vongerichten Recipe FROM: Gourmet's Weekly E-mail, Nov 2008 Formatted by: Dave Drum, Nov 21, 2008 Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives MMMMM