Easy Chocolate Fondants

These Easy Chocolate Fondants are incredibly simple to whip together and are the most delicious molten chocolate treats ever. It is gooey chocolate decadence at its best.

Easy Molten Chocolate Fondant Recipe

If you are looking for something deliciously indulgent I highly recommend making a batch of these easy decadent chocolate fondants. This recipe is so simple to make and super quick to bake. This is the perfect dessert for chocolate lovers - the rich, moist chocolate fondant cakes are filled with gooey molten chocolate centers. 

What you will need to make Chocolate Lava Cakes:

• Dark chocolate. Gives a rich chocolatey flavor to the chocolate fondant cakes.
• Butter. Salted or unsalted is fine.
• Instant coffee. Just a little to bring out the chocolate flavor.
• Eggs. This recipe uses whole eggs and egg yolks.
• Caster sugar. For a touch of sweetness.
• All-purpose flour. To give the cakes the perfect consistency.
• Lindt Lindor Chocolate Balls. Or blocks of chocolate will also work just as well.

How To Make Chocolate Fondant Cakes

This simple recipe is easy to follow and can easily be halved to serve two people or doubled to serve a crowd. To make chocolate fondant cakes:

1. Prepare oven and baking dishes. The first thing to do is preheat your oven to 200C and grease four ramekins (or small baking dishes) very well.
2. Melt butter, chocolate, and coffee together. In a medium pot over low heat, melt the chocolate, butter, and coffee together. Once melted, remove from the heat and cool to room temperature.
3. Beat together eggs and sugar. In a mixing bowl, use an electric mixer to beat the sugar, eggs, and egg yolks until light and fluffy.
4. Combine chocolate, flour, and egg mixture. Add the cooled chocolate mixture and flour to the egg mixture. Gently fold together until just combined. Do not over-mix!
5. Add more chocolate! Pour the batter into the prepared ramekins and add a chocolate ball or blocks of chocolate to the center of each ramekin.
6. Bake. Place the ramekins in the oven and bake for 13 - 16 minutes at 200C. Do not overbake as this will set up the molten centers too much.

Serving Suggestions for Warm Chocolate Fondants

These molten chocolate cakes are delicious as they are or dusted with icing sugar or cocoa powder. You can also consider the following serving options:

• A scoop of vanilla ice cream
• A drizzle of double cream, salted caramel, or white chocolate sauce (or all three!)
• Whipped cream and fresh berries
• Berry sauce or coulis

Recipe Tips & Troubleshooting

• It is important to grease your fondant molds incredibly well - and dariole molds (small pudding basins) work best for this recipe.
• Oven temperatures vary greatly – so if your oven runs hot these cakes will cook faster and they will become too firm in the center so adjust the cooking time accordingly. You may want to test the recipe with one fondant before baking the rest.
• Leftover chocolate fondants can be reheated for a few seconds in the microwave before serving.
• If your lava cake is really moist and soft on top then it probably needs a few more minutes of baking.
• Leave the fondants to cool for a few minutes before serving. This cooling time allows them to firm up slightly to the perfect consistency.

More Chocolate Recipes You May Like

• Coffee Chocolate Brownies
• Chocolate Ganache Cookie Sandwiches
• Easy Chocolate Cinnamon Rolls
• Creamy Tahini Hot Chocolate

If you give them a try, let me know what you think of the recipe over on my Instagram :)

Recipe

This post was made in collaboration with Kitchen Inspire.