Hot stuff: Melty and delicious chocolate lava cakes recipe

Known as a chocolate moelleux, fondant or chocolate lava cake depending on where you live (or how fancy you feel), this dessert is the original hybrid (cronuts, take note). Done properly it combines the elements of a cake and delicacy of a soufflé, with a gooey liquid chocolate centre, and we approve.

It seems as though every fine-dining restaurant and gastro pub we love offers a version of this wonderful oozy cake — originally created by master chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten — and best served with a generous dollop of ice-cream. Now for the first time we can share the secret of how to create these impressive cakes at home. Just don't tell Jean-Georges, okay?

Using the Tefal Cake Factory, you can guarantee perfect results every time. And you know how tricky lava cakes can be. Have you ever seen Masterchef? They always try a chocolate fondant... and nine times out of 10 it's a complete fail. However, with Cake Factory, the temperature is adapted to each stage of the baking cycle by going up and down (getting technical: a unique temperature curve) to the exact temperature needed, while your normal oven stays at one consistent temperature. Smart, hey? Time to let the lava flow!

C​hocolate lava cake

M​ini chocolate delights to make you melt

Prep time15min

Cook time15min

Total time30min

Serves6

MealDessert

Ingredients

• 6​ eggs
• 3​60g dark cooking chocolate (55% works best)
• 3​00g cubed butter
• 1​50g caster sugar
• 9​0g plain flour

Instructions

1. Melt the butter and chocolate using the P5 programme for 13 minutes.
2. Mix the sugar, flour and eggs in a bowl.
3. Add the chocolate to the mixture.
4. Divide the mixture equally between the moulds, then place them in the Cake Factory.
5. For melting middles, start the P3 programme for 17 minutes.
6. Allow to sit for 10 minutes before removing from the mould.

Recipe Notes

M​ade using the Tefal Cake Factory

Recipe by

Tefal

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