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This year for Valentine’s Day we stayed in. Since I am not big on this holiday to start with, I was happy with this. My son ended up with the Flu and home that night (and the rest of the week off school) so we made it work. My boyfriend made me a delicious Valentine’s Day dinner. I’m a chicken and pasta addict so the man fed right into that addiction! He has a background in cooking so I thought it was time the man cooked for me. Here is the recipe he used with a few of his own little tweaks.

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I was looking for a fast, simple and delicious breakfast that I could prepare for the boys the night before when I found this recipe in one of my Robin Miller cook books. I mixed it up a little with what I had in the house. Below are the books directions with my alterations. I am going to try this one again with ham as we are not really big pepperoni fans. However, it was delicious the way it came out!

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A few days ago I told you about participating in a 3T Throwdown. Head over to Food (Just Sayin’) and Shin Dig It to see how Toni and Tonya did! Mine didn’t come out like it was supposed to. My “lava” was “lava rock”. It wasn’t hard just solid. My recipe called for custard cups instead of ramekins. Mine were Pyrex and most ramekins are ceramic. I believe this was where the cooking time differed. I baked it the least amount of time. Here is the recipe and my results for the contest. If you try it please let me know how yours turns out!

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Ingredients:

• 2/3 cup Dark Chocolate Chips
• 1/4 cup Land O’ Lakes Butter with Olive Oil
• 3 ounces of Cream Cheese, softened
• 1 tsp Vanilla
• 1/3 cup Dark Brown Sugar, firmly packed
• 3 eggs
• 1/4 cup Flour

Directions:

• Butter (4) six ounce Ramekins
• In a microwave safe bowl, stir together Chocolate Chips and Butter. Microwave on high for 30 seconds and stir, then heat again for 10 seconds. Stir until all the Chocolate is melted.
• Stir in softened Cream Cheese and Vanilla.
• Beat on medium speed for 1 minute.
• Switch to Low Speed and gradually mix in Flour, only until combined
• In a large bowl, combine Dark Brown Sugar and eggs and beat for 2 minutes
• Using a rubber spatula, stir in chocolate mixture until no streaks remain
• Pour batter evenly into the baking cups.
• Bake for 13-15 minutes in preheated oven until tops are bubbly and puffed
• (I baked mine in the Pyrex Custard Cups for 13 minutes and they over cooked)
• The center will still be soft. Take out of oven and allow to cool for 5 minutes.
• Run a butter knife around the outer edges to free the cakes from the baking cups.
• Turn each cake upside down onto a dish
• Top with your favorite topping and eat!

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Disclosure: This is NOT a sponsored post. I did not receive any cash, product or sponsorship of any kind. All products used in this post were purchased by me. Any brands named were in no way involved in the writing of this post. I wrote this post because I love to cook and bake and want to share it with my readers!