Ingredients

MOLTEN CHOCOLATE CAKES

½ lb unsalted butter

½ lb bittersweet chocolate

½ cup sugar

3 large eggs

3 tablespoons all-purpose flour

a pinch salt

Preparation

–Melt butter and chocolate together over a water bath.

–Whisk in sugar and let cool slightly.

–Whisk in eggs, flour and pinch salt. Butter ramekins and fill 2/3 full with batter.

–Preheat oven to 350°F.

–Bake cakes until puffed and set around the edges but still liquid in center, 20 to 30 minutes.