Chocolate Fondant: A Step-by-Step Recipe with Photos

Chocolate fondant (Lava Cake) is a popular French dessert consisting of a sponge cake with added cocoa and filled with liquid chocolate. Today, we'll tell you how to make a delicious chocolate fondant at home and offer a detailed step-by-step recipe with photos of each step.

Important! The main difficulty in preparing this dessert is strictly maintaining the correct temperature. If you don't follow the correct cooking instructions, you could easily end up with ordinary cupcakes instead of a fondant filled with liquid chocolate.

Nutritional value per serving

412 kcal

Proteins: 6.8 g
Fats: 27.3 g
Carbohydrates: 35.0 g

*Nutritional value is calculated per 100g of ingredients

Total time: 20 min
Time in the kitchen: 20 min
Complexity:

It's easy and straightforward to prepare, but it does require some experience. Not everyone can do it right the first time.
Number of servings: 4

Today, you can try this delicate chocolate fondant with a liquid filling in any café or restaurant in France, but it's also quite possible to make it at home.

Today, we invite you to master a classic recipe and make your first liquid chocolate fondant with cocoa powder. We're confident this dessert will definitely take pride of place on your list of original holiday treats, and it might even become a favorite among children.

Step-by-step recipe for making chocolate fondant

A simple recipe for chocolate fondant with liquid filling

Ingredients

Servings

Dark chocolate 80%

90 G
Butter (chilled)

80 G
Egg C1

2 pcs
Sugar

50 G
Baileys liqueur

50 ml
Cocoa powder

50 G

Preparation

Step 1

Gather all the necessary ingredients and 4 molds. For making muffins with a runny center, either ceramic or classic silicone molds are suitable.

Step 2

First, we need to melt the chocolate and butter. You can do this by placing the ingredients together in a large ceramic mug or deep bowl.

Step 3

Heat the chocolate and butter in the microwave (in short bursts, stirring) or the old-fashioned way in a double boiler until smooth.

Step 4

In a bowl, combine 2 eggs, sugar and a pinch of salt (salt will make the chocolate taste more intense).

Step 5

Whisk the contents of the bowl until the sugar is completely dissolved. You can do this with a mixer or a regular whisk.

Step 6

Add cooled chocolate to the mixture and stir until smooth.

Step 7

Add 50 ml of Baileys liqueur to the dough to give the dessert a piquant note.

This step is optional. You can make fondant without this ingredient or substitute the alcoholic liqueur with a syrup of similar flavor.

Step 8

Sift 50 grams of flour into the chocolate mixture and knead into a soft dough.

Step 9

The next step is to prepare the molds. First, grease the molds with softened butter.

Step 10

Next, using a fine sieve, sprinkle the inside of the molds with cocoa powder.

Step 11

Fill the molds with chocolate dough to 2/3 of their volume.

Step 12

Bake the chocolate fondant in the oven. Place the filled molds in an oven preheated to 180°C (350°F). The average baking time is 10 minutes, but depending on the size of the molds and the characteristics of your oven, this time may be slightly shorter or longer.

A properly baked chocolate fondant should have a baked crust and a runny center. Finding the perfect balance requires experimentation on a case-by-case basis. That's why it's not recommended to bake the cake for the first time to serve it to guests. It's worth practicing a couple of times to understand any differences in your oven and how long exactly you need to bake the cupcakes for the perfect result.

Step 13

The finished fondant needs to be removed from the mold. Typically, the cake comes out easily by inverting it onto a plate and tapping the mold lightly, like an Easter cake.

That's it, dessert is ready! Now you know how to make chocolate fondant, all that's left is to decorate it beautifully and delight everyone at home with this delicious French dish.

There are many variations of serving this incredibly delicious dessert:

classic, when the chocolate cake tastes somewhat like brownie cake, sprinkle with powdered sugar and decorate with a thick topping;
the cake can be decorated with whipped cream;
It's very tasty to combine chocolate fondant with ice cream (usually vanilla, cream or ice cream is used);
Original summer variations of the dish can be created by adding fresh berries and fruits (raspberries, strawberries, cherries, peaches, etc.).

Naturally, it's worth considering that adding ingredients such as ice cream or whipped cream increases the calorie content of the dessert.

If your first fondant turns out a bit dry, don't worry. Just reduce the baking time next time, achieving the perfect ratio of baked dough to liquid filling.

We also offer another, even faster, option for making chocolate fondant at home, with step-by-step video instructions: