Chocolate for Valentine's Day

Every evening hubby and I like to have something sweet

once the kids are in bed. We don't do a very

good job of planning what we

want though.

Sunday I had mentioned something about

 making blondies for us. He said that sounded really good.

We had Christmas M & M's still. He had

gotten them for free. Note that we

don't eat much candy. I had him sort out

the red from the green M & M's so

I could use them for the blondies

recipe.

Monday I changed my mind.

I had found something that looked

far more appealing than blondies for a

Valentine's treat.

I had to make a run to pick up a prescription

and while doing so I picked up some baker's

chocolate.

That was the only missing ingredient.

Once I got home I began working on our

dessert. It didn't take long to put together, but I needed

time to get dinner ready for us as well.

Ok I have left you in suspence for long enough.

Here goes.

Chocolate Molten Cakes

 6 oz bittersweet baking chocolate

10 T unsalted butter

1 1/2 c powdered sugar

1/2 c flour

3 whole eggs

3 egg yolks

1 t vanilla

1 t espresso powder

 (optional)

1. Preheat oven to 425*. Grease 6 - 6oz custard/ramakin dishes and dust with cocoa powder. Place them on a baking sheet.
2. Melt chocolate and butter being careful not to burn the chocolate. If microwaving be sure to only place it in for a few seconds and to throughly stir, making sure all the chocolate is melted.
3. Add vanilla and mix. Add powered sugar, flour and optional espresso powder (I used a tsp of coffee liquor in mine in place of espresso). Mix until well blended.
4. Add 3 whole eggs and 3 egg yolks, beating well until blended with chocolate mixture.
5. Divide batter evenly among cups. There is aproximately 24 oz of batter, which means each cup would have 4 oz of batter in it. I had 4-7oz ramakins and filled each with 6 oz of batter.
6. Bake for 14 to 15 minutes or until edges of cake are firm, but still soft in the center. Let stand 1 minute and run a knife along the edge of the cup to loosen cake. Invert cake carefully onto a plate. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and raspberries or banana slices or sprigs of mint. Serve along with whipped cream or ice cream.

Makes 12 servings - 1/2 cake each if using 6 cups or 1/4 cup if using 4 cups.

Seriouly? I ate the whole thing by myself! I loved every last bit of that bad boy too! Hubby said it was

too much for him. He couldn't handle it.

The M&M's are still waiting to be made into something delicious.