Melt-in-your-mouth Molten Chocolate Cake

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   Chop the chocolate, and place in a bowl with the butter.

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   Melt in a double broiler.

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   Mix together the cake flour and pure cocoa powder, then sift.

4. 4

   Aside from the the Step 1 mixture, warm the eggs in a double broiler while whisking.

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   Add the sugar and, using your finger to test, remove from the broiler once the mixture is warm to the touch.

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   Add the Step 2 mixture to the Step 1 chocolate and butter (should be about 30C) and mix with a whisk.

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   Add the whisked egg from Step 3 to the Step 4 mixture and gently mix with a whisk.

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   Pour into muffin cups, and bake for 10-12 minutes in an oven preheated to 180C.

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   Once baked, leave to cool on a wire rack.

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    Fresh from the oven, the chocolate is molten and absolutely delicious.

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    If they've gone cold, please heat them in the microwave before eating so that the chocolate melts.

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    For these four pictured cakes, I used twice the listed ingredient quantities.

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    If heating the cold cakes in the microwave, be sure to remove any aluminium muffin wrappers etc.

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    first, as they are not safe to microwave.

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    To bake in ramekins: lightly grease the ramekins with vegetable oil, dust with cake flour using a tea strainer, then pour in the batter.

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    You can make 3 cakes if using 7.5 cm diameter ramekin molds, since they have thicker walls than the muffin cups.

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    In this case, reduce baking time to 9 minutes.

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    They will continue to cook once removed from the oven, so please eat straight away.

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    Baking time will vary from oven to oven, so test by sticking a skewer into the centres two minutes early.

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    They're done if thick batter sticks to the skewer.

* Per serving · 4 servings · Values may vary.