Chocolate Fondant Mini-cakes

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 tablespoon cocoa
• 1/2 cup butter
• 5 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped
• 3 eggs
• 2 egg yolks
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup flour
• icing sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 425°f.
• 2 butter 6 - 2/3 cup - ramekins.
• 3 dust lightly with cocoa.
• 4 melt the butter and bittersweet chocolate over very low heat in a double boiler.
• 5 set aside.
• 6 in a bowl, beat the eggs, egg yolks and sugar until pale.
• 7 add the melted chocolate preparation and stir well.
• 8 sift the flour and carefully fold it into the mixture.
• 9 bake in the lower third of the oven for 9 - 11 minutes.
• 10 the tops of the cakes should be cooked and the centres still liquid.
• 11 let the cakes rest for a minute before turning them onto plates.
• 12 dust with icing sugar or cocoa before serving.