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Melt Someone's Heart with an Easy Chocolate Valentine's Dessert

Chocolate cakes with a liquid center is perfect way to say I love you.

It’s almost Valentine’s Day. Chocolates, cards, kid’s classroom parties all on the agenda perhaps? Well, we’ve got you covered for the chocolate part at least! 

And no matter what age you're trying to show the love to, these super simple chocolate cakes with liquid centers are a breeze to make and are sure to please all ages! 

You probably have most of the ingredients on hand (sugar, flour, eggs and butter are the basics) and will need to pick up just one or two more things to complete the recipe! 

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Make these for your special Valentine and serve them with fresh whipped cream, ice cream (or both) and you’ll have everyone licking their lips. They’re going to love when they dig into these warm delicious cakes and see the gooey fudgy middle. It’s almost like a rich fudgy brownie sundae with the hot fudge sauce built in!

This recipe is good for four individual cakes, but the recipe easily doubles for eight individual cakes, which is what I did. Ramekins were used for the cakes and these small baking dishes can be found at any local kitchen store (locally try  or ).   

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Chocolate Cakes with Liquid Centers

Source: Allrecipes.com

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter

4 (1 ounce) squares bittersweet chocolate

2 eggs

2 egg yolks

1/4 cup white sugar

2 teaspoons all-purpose flour

Directions:

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Butter and flour four 4-ounce ramekins or custard cups.

In the top half of a double boiler set over simmering water, heat the butter and the chocolate until chocolate is almost completely melted.

Beat the eggs, egg yolks and sugar together until light colored and thick.

Beat together the melted chocolate and butter. While beating, slowly pour the chocolate mixture into the egg mixture, then quickly beat in the flour and mix until just combined.

Divide the batter between the four molds and bake at 450 degrees for 10 to 11 minutes. The centers of the cakes will still be quite soft. Invert cakes on serving plates and let sit for about 15 seconds, then unmold. Serve immediately with fresh whipped cream or ice cream, if desired.

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