Chocolate Dessert Cakes

It's been quite a while since we last posted a recipe. So, here's an easy dessert that we make when we don't want to have dessert on hand for days on end. It makes four little personal sized ooey gooey fudge cakes. We use ramekins to make ours, and we usually have a bit of ice cream on top to cool them off when we eat them straight from the oven (or as is the case today, toaster oven). The recipe is from "The Instant Cook" by Donna Hay.

Chocolate Dessert Cakes

185g (6 oz) butter, melted
1 cup caster (superfine) sugar
1/3 cup brown sugar
3 eggs
1 1/4 cups plain (all-purpose) flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup cocoa
vanilla bean ice-cream or thick (double) cream to serve

1. Preheat the oven to 160 deg C (320 deg F).

2. Place the butter, sugars and eggs in a bowl and mix until combined.

3. Sift over the flour, baking powder and cocoa and mix until combined.

4. Place in four 1 cup (8 fl oz) capacity ovenproof tea or coffee cups and bake for 20 minutes or until fudgy.

5. Serve warm or cold in the cups topped with some ice-cream or cream.

Makes four generous portions. (You could easily divide this into five or six cups.)