These cakes are wonderful! Since I didn't have any little souffle dishes I just used cupcake trays and they turned out fine. I used semi sweet chocolate instead of bittersweet, but they were still delicious. I also love how easy this recipe is.

Sooooo good! Everyone was impressed and its so easy to make. You may have to play around with baking times. I made it perfect in my gas oven but made it in my mom's electric oven for the same time and they were undercooked but still good.

everyone loved this dessert. we didnt have soufle cups so we just put it in a pan and cooked it for 20 minutes longer. it was delicious. i used ghiradelli chocolate bars.

My husband made these for my birthday because I'm such a chocoholic. They were delicious!! I want him to make them all of the time! He followed the recipe exactly...no modifications.

All I have to say is OMG!!! These were soooo good! And they couldn't be easier. I followed the recipe exactly. I served this with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top. Next time I will try it with magic shell and some pecans on top as well.

These are great, easy to make and very impressive.

So easy! My boyfriend loved it and I'm definitely making it again. Highly recommend dusting greased ramekins with cocoa powder, as in previous reviews. I used Bernard Callebaut bittersweet chocolate chips and some fancy butter from Buon Italia in Chelsea Market (NY). Amazinnnnnng.

MMMMMMMMMM! I was craving chocolate and just made these cakes, and they are awesome! I followed the instructions exactly except that I used a 6-cup muffin pan instead of souffles. The recipe made exactly 6 cupcake sized cakes. I also only baked them for 10 mins and they came out perfectly with a gooey center. Will DEFINITELY make again!

Oh my God! This was just too good! And so easy too. I served them with vanilla icecream on the side. The hot pudding and the cold icecream will transport you to another level!

amazing. I used one of the pans for 6 minicakes intended for things like this (the bottoms lift out) and they turned out perfect. Great with vanilla ice cream and fresh raspberries.

OMG!! This was excellent...I would have given 10 stars if I could have. It was perfect, just like the picture...and I even forgot to add the additional 3 egg yolks! I did add 1/2 t. vanilla & 1/2 t. expresso powder and used 3 oz Ghiradelli bittersweet & 3 oz Ghiradelli semi-sweet. Spinkled with powdered sugar and served with fresh strawberries. You've got to try it!

I personally am not a big chocolate fan, but I made these for my Mom for Mother's Day, since she is. These turned out PERFECT! She loved them, and they definitely taste just as good as the ones in the fancy restaurants. Just be sure not to overbake them, or you won't have any "lava" (I overbaked a few of mine). Flavor is superb and the look is elegant :)

These were fabulous, used 1/2 Dove milk chocolate, and 1/2 semi-sweet. I baked for 12 minutes and it was a smidge too long. Next time I will take them out when there is still a small circle of uncooked batter in the middle of the ramekin to ensure gooeyness. Served with a raspberry sauce, very impressive!

I needed a quick but decadent dessert for my husband's birthday -- I'm pregnant and fighting morning sickness, so baking the promised double layer chocolate cake with homemade frosting just wasn't going to happen this year. This dessert was fast, ridiculously easy, and came out perfect. I did incorporate the following suggestions from other posters: 1) dust the custard dishes with cocoa powder after greasing them - the cakes will slide right out, and 2) melt the chocolate on the stovetop instead of in the microwave. It takes a little longer on the stovetop, but avoids the risk of burning the chocolate in the microwave. My 11 year old has already demanded that I make this for his birthday, too -- and that's several months away :-) Yummy stuff.

Just like the chocolate lava cake served in restaurants! This was incredibly simple for a dessert that seems like it should take a lot of work. I loved it!

SO SO good, and rather easy to make!! I love that I have the ingredients on hand to make something so impressive and delicious. They DID turn out as pictured too! I even refridgerated a couple over night with plastic wrap over them and then warmed them for about 30 sec. and they were still delightful!

This is an 'impossible-to-fail' recipe. We made it for my friend's birthday party, quite a bit away from our home. We were in a huge hurry... anyway we made it in the oven until it was still a little bit loose in the middle, then brought them to the party. After another 2min in the oven, it turned out as delicious as you can imagine(but it was not as 'molten' as the picture here), very moist yet a bit crispy on the edge, rich, well made chololate cake, personally the best chocolate cake I've ever had. Absolutely successful! We thought we were just very lucky. Then we tried another time at home, with some patience and love:). It turned out exactly as good as the picture, we didn't have any fresh berries at that time, instead we mixed frozen raspberries and blueberries with a little bit of vanilla icecream in the mixer, served it beside, delicious! We saved the rest of them in the fridge covered with plastic, warm it up when we want, its tastes and texture don't really change so much. This is a very delicate but rough, easy to make recipe, 100% recommendation. PS I signed up to this website just because i wanted to write something about this recipe. Thank you for sharing!

This was mind-blowing delicious!! My friends raved the whole evening! Some suggestions, definitely add the 1 tsp. of espresso powder and vanilla as was suggested by another reviewer, also I used Ghirardelli chocolate 75% cocoa, it melts nicer making for a smoother richer consistency of the molten center. Make sure not to overcook, when the top puffs up and there is no longer visible batter its time to take out. I greased the ramekins with butter and dusted with cocoa powder and sugar, they slipped right out! The cocoa powder doesn't leave white like flour. Amazing dessert, don't be gun shy they are a cinch to make and you will have a hit!