It's Valentine's Day! Let's Eat Chocolate!

Let's be honest, nothing says "I love you" more than melting chocolate, right?  Here's a recipe that is sure to please if you're a chocolate lover.

Molten Chocolate Cakes

1/2 stick butter
4-5 ounces dark chocolate
1 t vanilla
1 t red wine
3/4 cup powdered sugar
2 eggs
1 egg yolk
1/2 cup flour

Grease 4 baking ramekins.  (Mine are 4 inches in diameter.)

Melt the butter on low power in a 4-6 cup pyrex bowl in the microwave.  It usually takes 2-3 minutes on low, stirring occasionally.  Add chocolate and stir until melted, it may need a little more microwave time.  **Be careful if you've never melted chocolate before.  It can seize up and harden if you heat it too much.  That's why the butter is melted first.

Add the vanilla, wine and powdered sugar, stir.  Add the eggs and keep stirring.  It will look strange, just keep stirring.  Finally add flour and the mixture should be shiny and sticky.

Spoon batter into 4 ramekins and bake on a sheet at 425 degrees for 13 minutes.  This is really important!!  Have the oven hot and ready, and don't bake it any longer than 13 minutes or you will overcook these.  I put these ramekins on another small dish and serve with a warning that the ramekin is hot!

I prepare the batter ahead of time when I have guests.  The unbaked ramekins can sit nicely for a few hours while we have dinner.  Then I bake them and serve them hot.  There's never a drop left!