Chocolate Fondant Mini-Cakes - cooking recipe

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

Preparation

Preheat oven to 425\u00b0F.
Butter 6 - 2/3 cup - ramekins.
Dust lightly with cocoa.
Melt the butter and bittersweet chocolate over very low heat in a double boiler.
Set aside.
In a bowl, beat the eggs, egg yolks and sugar until pale.
Add the melted chocolate preparation and stir well.
Sift the flour and carefully fold it into the mixture.
Bake in the lower third of the oven for 9 - 11 minutes.
The tops of the cakes should be cooked and the centres still liquid.
Let the cakes rest for a minute before turning them onto plates.
Dust with icing sugar or cocoa before serving.