Chocolate Lava Cakes.

Chocolate Lava Cakes.

I asked the family what they wanted for dessert and they unanimously said oozy chocolate cake. Chocolate lava cakes do have a reputation of being difficult to make but my older daughter made this batch by herself. We think she has achieved a very good ooze.

Equipment:

6x200ml ramekins.

    Preparation:

Melt 30g butter.

Brush the ramekins with the butter. 

Refrigerate until needed.

Don't throw away the leftover butter as you'll need it again later on.

    For the cake.

In a saucepan, put in

-160g chopped butter,

-200g dark chocolate(72% cocoa solids),broken into chunks,

-pinch of salt,

Cook, stirring, on low heat until the ingredients have melted and the mixture is smooth. 

Leave aside and get on with the next stage.

In a large bowl, whisk 

-4 eggs with

-160g caster sugar, 

-1tsp vanilla bean paste.

Sift in,

-200g plain flour. 

Stir to combine. 

Gently fold in,

-chocolate mixture, a 1/3 at a time.

Transfer into a jug. 

Oven 180c fan forced.

Bring the ramekins out of the fridge.

Brush with reserved melted butter (if it has set, give it a quick blast in the microwave)

Pour in the cake batter.

Bake 14 minutes.

Let the cakes sit for a couple of minutes.

Invert onto the serving plate.

Serve with ice-cream, double cream or fruits.