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Mini lava cakes
Makes 6-8 Cakes, Bread and Pastries
Ingredients
- 120g butter
- 100g dark chocolate
- 100g milk chocolate
- 2 eggs
- 2 egg yolks
- 2tbsp sugar
- 11⁄2tbsp vanilla sugar
- 1tbsp plain flour
- 2tbsp cocoa powder
- 50g white chocolate
- butter, for greasing
- cocoa powder, for dusting
You will need
- 6-8 small silicone baking moulds or ovenproof cups, around 8cm in diameter
Method
Preheat the oven to 210C/190C fan/ Gas 7. Butter the baking moulds and dust with cocoa powder.
Melt the butter in a small saucepan. Meanwhile, break the dark and milk chocolate into pieces. Take the saucepan off the heat. Add the chocolate to the melted, hot butter and stir to melt. Leave the mixture to cool.
Whisk the eggs, egg yolks, sugar and vanilla sugar for a few minutes until thick and foamy. Slowly stir in the cooled chocolate butter. Combine the flour, cocoa powder and a pinch of salt and gently fold into the mixture. Divide the batter among the moulds to fill them around three-quarters full.
Coarsely chop the white chocolate. Push a few pieces into the centre of each cake, ensuring that the chocolate is completely covered with batter. Bake for 8-10 minutes, depending on mould size. The cakes should still be liquid in the centre. (If you want to be sure, bake a trial cake to check how long they take to cook to perfection.) Remove from the oven and leave to cool briefly. Invert onto serving plates and serve warm.
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