Melt-in-the-middle Chocolate Fondant
Serves: 4 people
Takes: 15 mins to 30 mins
Chocolate cake is always a winner, and when you take a bite and the centre is melting…oh em g!!!
Ingredients
1 teaspoon butter, melted, to line the moulds
plain flour, to dust the moulds
100g butter, cut into cubes
100g good quality dark chocolate, roughly chopped
2 eggs
2 egg yolks
50g caster sugar
60g plain flour
1 teaspoon cocoa powder
4 ramekins
Method
Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas 4.
Melt the butter and brush the inside of the ramekins well.
Dust with flour and tip out the excess.
Place the butter and chocolate in a heatproof bowl and place over a pan of simmering water. Do not let the water touch the base of the pan. Stir occasionally until all the chocolate has melted.
Allow to cool whilst you prepare the eggs. Place the whole eggs and egg yolks in a large mixing bowl and add the sugar. Whisk until pale and it has doubled in volume. It should leave a trail.
Fold in the cooled melted chocolate.
Sift over the flour and fold in with a metal spoon.
Pour into the ramekins until around ¾ full.
Bake in the oven for 12 - 15 minutes until there is a wobble in the centre.
Remove from oven and allow to rest for a minute before gently turning upside down and easing them out.
Dust with cocoa powder and serve with ice cold cream or a nutty ice cream.
