Individual Chocolate Lava Cakes

Here is a dessert that will knock the socks of every chocolate cake fan! Individual little chocolate lava cakes...yum! It's lava cake, because when done right, the center resembles liquid lava...just the chocolate kind.

Start by spraying your ramekins with cooking spray and give them a light dusting of cocoa.

In a glass bowl take 2 oz of bittersweet chocolate and 4 1/2 tbsp unsalted butter and melt it over a water bath. Stir often and make sure the chocolate does not get too hot. Let the mixture cool at room temperature.
In a separate bowl, whisk together 2 eggs and 1/3 cup sugar until light and frothy. Now gently fold in the chocolate/butter mixture. Then you want to fold in 1/4 cup flour, in two steps. You don't not want to overwork the batter, so the eggs will collapse.
Divide the batter among 2 ramekins (if they are big, or 4 smaller ones like on the picture below)

Bake at 450 degrees for around 10 minutes... You want the top of the cake to be just firm when lightly touched, but you do not want to bake them too much, because then the middle will be too baked and you will not have the lava effect.

Serve them with a light dusting of confectionery sugar.