Choco Lava :-D

What with me & chocolates? I don't know... these dark beauties are irresistable. Chocolate has a magical effect - it can alter your mood & give you what's just right to satisfy your sweet cravings. The very first choco lava I had was the hot one from Dominos, delivered at our doorstep on a day I was too exhausted to cook dinner. It was love at first sight ;-). It was sheer work of art, the molten chocolate oozing out... that's why it is also called as Molten lava cake. This is my favourite recipe:

Choco Lava/Molten Lava Cake
4oz. Dark chocolate chopped
4oz. Butter unsalted chopped
2 Eggs
1/4 cup Sugar
1/4 cup Plain Flour

1) Melt the chopped chocolate over a double boiler. Use a saucepan filled 1/3rd full of water & place another stainless steel bowl over the first saucepan, bringing the water in the pan below to a boil & stir the chocolate on the top bowl so that is melts evenly. Once chocolate is melted, take off the flame.
2) Add butter to the melted chocolate & let it melt completely
3) Blend eggs & sugar till its well incorporated
4) Add the chocolate & butter mixture to the egg mixture
5) Preheat oven at 180C. Grease ramekins/muffin tray.
6) Fold in with a spatula till its well combined. Add Plain flour & mix well with the spatula.
7) Transfer to greased ramekins or muffin tray. Fill them 3/4th way up, leaving room for the cake to rise.  
8) Bake for 10mins.
9)Allow to cool & then run a knife along the edge of the ramekin & invert a serving plate over it & transfer the cake from ramekin on to the serving plate.
10) Dust the top of the cake with some powdered sugar if desired.

 Alternatively you can make a cake with the same in a pyrex bowl. All the steps remain same, except you have to grease a pyrex/glass bowl & bake for about 35-mins. If you prefer to have a gooey centre bake for about 30mins.