Donal Skehan's chocolate lava cake
There are no dreary Mondays around here... especially when Donal is making a molten chocolate pudding with a lava-like centre!
This foolproof recipe is made with just five ingredients that you can prepare in advance, ready to bake in the oven when you need it. Delicious and stress-free too!
Chocolate lava cake
Takes 30 mins
Serves: 4
Ingredients
175g butter, plus extra for greasing
200g dark chocolate, chopped
3 large free-range eggs
125g caster sugar
30g plain flour
Vanilla ice cream, to serve
Equipment
Baking dish
Saucepan
Medium-sized mixing bowl
Sieve
Method
1. Preheat the oven 180°C/350F/Gas mark 4. Grease a baking dish with a little butter.
2. Melt the butter in a saucepan. Remove from the heat and gently stir through half the chopped chocolate until melted.
3. In a medium-sized mixing bowl, whisk together the eggs and sugar until they become pale and thick. Pour in the chocolate mixture, then sift in the flour. Add in the remaining chocolate and using a spatula, fold the mixture together until it is evenly combined.
4. Bake in the oven for 20 minutes. When cooked, the pudding should be slightly firm around the sides but the centre should still be wobbly.
5. Serve immediately with vanilla ice cream or just as it is