Chocolate Lava Cake

Name: Chocolate Lava Cake
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 57 min
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 200g dark chocolate (70%), chopped; 200g unsalted butter; 4 eggs; 4 egg yolks; 200g caster sugar; 60g plain flour; cocoa powder to dust moulds; vanilla ice cream to serve

Individual dark chocolate fondants with a molten, flowing centre — easier than they look and utterly showstopping.

Total time

57 min

Prep

45 min

Cook

12 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

French

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Ingredients

200gdark chocolate (70%), chopped

200gunsalted butter

4eggs

4egg yolks

200gcaster sugar

60gplain flour

cocoa powderto dust moulds

vanilla ice creamto serve

Instructions

Melt chocolate and butter together; cool slightly.

Whisk eggs, yolks, and sugar until pale and thick.

Fold chocolate mixture into egg mixture; fold in flour.

Butter and cocoa-dust 6 ramekins; fill with batter. Chill 30 minutes.

Bake at 425°F for exactly 12 minutes. Turn out immediately; serve with ice cream.