Chocolate Lava Cake (Chocolate Coulant)

Name: Chocolate Lava Cake (Chocolate Coulant)
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 7/8 cup dark chocolate 70% chocolate; 3 1/2 tablespoons butter; 3 eggs; 4 tablespoons sugar; 4 1/2 tablespoons flour

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5Ingredients

430Calories

30Minutes

The best part about Chocolate Lava Cake is the melty inside the spills out as soon as you cut into it. Requiring just 5 simple ingredients, these molten chocolate cakes make a great dessert for entertaining and can be elegantly garnished with powdered sugar and fresh fruit. Featuring 70% dark chocolate, these lava cakes are rich and decadent. You can melt the chocolate and butter together in the microwave, as this recipe suggests, or over a double boiler. Make in individually sized ramekins for an individually portioned dessert option.

Ingredients

servings:

150 grams dark chocolate (70% chocolate)
50 grams butter
3 eggs
50 grams sugar
35 grams flour

Directions

Preheat the oven to 240C.
Grease 4 individual ramekins.
Melt the chocolate with the butter in the microwave on medium. Stop and stir every minute until the chocolate is melted.
Beat the eggs with the sugar until light and creamy.
Gently add the chocolate to the eggs.
Carefully add the flour to the chocolate and eggs, and stir until smooth.
Fill the ramekins 3/4 full with the mixture and bake in the oven for 6–9 minutes, or until the cake comes away from the sides.

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