Warm Chocolate Melting Cake...aka Lava Cake

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Warm Chocolate Melting  Cake …aka Lava Cake

Ingredients:

12 teaspoons plus 5 tablespoons of sugar

8 oz bittersweet (not unsweetened) or semi-sweet chocolate, chopped

¾ cup butter

*3 large eggs

3* egg yolks (yes, that is 3 eggs and then 3 extra egg yolks)

1 tablespoon flour

ice cream to serve with dessert

Preparation:

Generously butter 8- ¾ cup soufflé/ramekin cups.  (I partially melted the ¾ cup butter from ingredients and then brushed the cups with it, and saved the remaining butter for later) Sprinkle inside of each dish with 1 ½ teaspoon sugar. Set aside.

Stir chocolate and butter in a heavy saucepan over low heat until smooth. Remove form heat. In separate bowl with electric mixer beat eggs, egg yolks,  and remaining sugar. Beat until thick and pale yellow, about 8 minutes.

Fold in 1/3 warm chocolate mixture into egg mixture, then fold in the remaining chocolate. Fold in flour. Divide into dishes. (Can be made a day ahead and chilled, then bring to room temperature before continuing.)

Preheat oven to 425. Place ramekins on a baking sheet. Bake until cakes edges are puffed and slightly cracked but center 1 inch moves slightly when dish is shaken gently, about 13 minutes.  (in my electric oven it was done in 10)

Serve immediately with ice cream and enjoy! 

* it is ooey gooey in the center, not dry