Chocolate Fondant

Name: Chocolate Fondant
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 150g dark chocolate (70%), chopped; 150g butter; 3 eggs; 3 egg yolks; 150g caster sugar; 50g plain flour; cocoa for dusting; ice cream to serve

French warm chocolate lava cake with a liquid centre — gooey and luxurious. Baking for exactly 12 minutes, not a minute more, leaves the centre molten while the outside sets — even a short overbake loses the liquid core entirely.

Total time

30 min

Prep

15 min

Cook

15 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

French

vegetarian

Ingredients

150gdark chocolate (70%), chopped

150gbutter

3eggs

3egg yolks

150gcaster sugar

50gplain flour

cocoafor dusting

ice creamto serve

Instructions

Melt chocolate and butter. Cool slightly.

Beat eggs, yolks and sugar until pale.

Fold in chocolate mixture then flour.

Pour into well-buttered, cocoa-dusted ramekins.

Refrigerate 30 minutes minimum (can do up to 24 hours).

Bake at 200°C for exactly 12 minutes.

Rest 1 minute.

Invert onto plates.

Serve immediately with ice cream.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

554

Protein

8.4g

Fat

37.4g

Carbs

47.8g

Fiber

0.3g

Sodium

64mg

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