Magic Chocolate Lava Cake Recipe | Chocolate Fondant
Step 1: Serve the dessert to the guests at the table.
Step 2: Add some hot chocolate sauce.
Step 3: The sauce magically drops down into the middle of the dessert.
Step 4: Take a spoonful and chocolate ganache oozes out of the centre like molten lava onto the cold plate.
Sydney is home to some great chefs, one of them Peter Gilmore came up with this impressive chocolate dessert idea. The real thing has 8 different textures and will set you back $175 to try it as part of his set menu at his restaurant Quay. I have greatly simplified the idea for you but kept the ‘magic’ and added lava. This recipe makes 6-8 lava cake desserts depending on the size you cut your circles.
Chocolate Lava Cake recipe
Chocolate Discs
140g (4.94 ounces) tempered chocolate
Chocolate Brownie Base
300g (10.58 ounces) or 1 1/3 cups plus 2 tspns butter or margarine
6 eggs
3 cups or 654g (23.07 ounces) sugar
1 tsp vanilla essence
dash of marsala (optional)
3/4 cup or 90g (3.17 ounces) cocoa powder
2 1/4 cups or 360g (12.7 ounces) plain flour
3 tsp baking powder
(optional – you can add nuts, dried fruit or chocolate chips)
Line a baking tin 26cm (10.24 inches) x 38cm (14.96 inches) with baking paper, if your tin is not deep use the baking paper to make a wall around the edge and staple into place. This prevents it overflowing in the oven.
Melt butter in the microwave, beat in sugar, eggs, cocoa, flour and baking powder until just combined.
Add the vanilla and marsala, pour into baking tray and sprinkle with chopped chocolate or nuts.
Bake at 356°F (180 degrees Celsius) (or 180°C (356 degrees Fahrenheit)) until a knife inserted into the centre comes out clean
Ganache
200g (7.05 ounces) milk chocolate
80g (2.82 ounces) dark chocolate
100millilitres (3.38 fluid ounces) cream (if you can’t get hold of cream you can use milk but use slightly less)
Place chocolate pieces in a bowl, melt the chocolate (if using a microwave be careful not to burn it, do 30 seconds, stir, 20 seconds, stir, 10 secs stir then 10 secs until melted). Then pour in your cream and keep stirring until it comes together to make a nice smooth ganache.
Make sure your ganache is warm when you place it on the dessert.
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Hi Ann I am doing a mock exam on Wednesday I would like to know how long it takes to prepare and cook
Hi Ann, I am 11+ And I love your recipe. Can you tell me how to make the brownie mixture darker also will too much dark chocolate taste bitter? Pls reply soon 🙂
Can I use all dark chocolate?
If I can then won’t the dessert taste bitter?
Also I noticed that your ganache looked a bit purpleish to me just before you served it at the tablw!
Where can I get extra dark cocoa powder?
I live in India,
I am 11+
Please reply soon.
Can you tell me that where can I get extra dark cocoa powder?
I am just 11+ and love this recipe . Can you tell me how to make the. Brownie mixture darker also will too much dark chocolate taste bitter? In your video I saw that the ganache turned a bit purple list just before you served at the table how did it happen ?
Please reply soon 🙂
Also, I am hosting a dessert party in a few days and I will re-make this! Thank you for the amazing recipe!
-Michelle
Hi Ann! I love this recipe very much. Recently, me and my sister re-created it and tasted delicious! Of course it did not look a pretty as when you did it, (we had no circle cutters!) but it was soooo good. We are huge fans. Thanks so much for everything,
-Michelle
Does the butter have to be unsalted?
hi millop77 you can use slated butter if you don’t mind the dessert having a slightly salty flavour
how long is it backing? plz i realy need to know ;D
Can you use ‘fake’ chocotlate-the kind without coco butter
Thanks
Hi Ann,
I was just wondering how many deserts this recipe makes,
-thanks
When you put the chocolate disc on the cake does the cake need to be cool. If it is warm wouldn’t it melt the disc? I need to know soon please, I am going to make this tomorrow.
harry potter cake please
i might be making it today awsome vid cant get over it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lookes so yummy!
from jessica
Sorry, referring to your Magic Chocolate Lava Cake recipe…
Hi, wonder how many portions can be made from the recipe. Please advise, thank you.
For the sauce……wouldnt the chocolate seize up after adding the cream to the melted chocolate? Please explain this because im really worried.
if the chocolate is warm it wont seize. i make ganash all the time. even in front of the TV!!!!!
Hi…Your cake look delicious,it’s really great…What kind of chocolate did you used ?? Is it Dark or….??? reply plz
Can any one tell me plz…..i gonna try this later…..Replyyyyy plzzzzzzzz!!!!!!!
you can use whatever chocolate you like Sharmeen, but dark will work fine
hi
Hi Ann,
Can we make cupcakes out of chocolate brownie base mixture
Please reply..
I like all your recipes and your channel is just amazing…
there are some great cupcake recipes on my website Nimra
for a fan forced oven how long does it usually take to bake ? also i found that when i tried it, i halved the recipe and used a smaller tray/ brownie tin but it still rose quite a lot, just wondering if is was supposed to rise that much?