Chocolate fondant

Do you love chocolate? Of course you do. Chocolate fondant is hands down one of the most delicious desserts on planet earth. For the ultimate chocolate fix and for an uncontrollable smile after the very first bite, try this recipe and spoil yourself...

Ingredients: (serves 4)

B-well baking spray, to spray ramekins 200g quality dark chocolate, chopped into small chunks 200g butter, chopped in small chunks 200g caster sugar 4 egg whites and 6 egg yolks 200g plain flour

Method

1. First get your ramekins ready. Using B-well canola baking spray, give the ramekins a good spray.

2. Place a bowl over a pot of barely simmering water, then slowly melt the chocolate and butter together. Make sure the bowl does not touch the water. Remove bowl from the heat and stir until smooth.

3. In a separate bowl whisk the eggs and yolks together with the sugar until thick and pale and the whisk leaves a trail; use an electric whisk if possible. Sift the flour into the eggs, then beat together.

4. Pour the melted chocolate into the egg mixture in thirds, beating well between each addition, until all the chocolate is added and the mixture is completely combined to a loose cake batter.

5. Tip the fondant batter into a jug, then evenly divide between the ramekins. The fondants can now be frozen for up to a month and cooked from frozen. Or if you are making it for that night, its ready to bake straight away!

6. Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas Place the fondants on a baking tray, then cook for 10 mins until the tops have formed a crust and they are starting to come away from the sides of their ramekins. Remove from the oven, then leave to sit for 1 min before turning out.

7. Loosen the fondants by moving the tops very gently so they come away from the sides, easing them out of the ramekins and serving on a small plate. Alternatively you can simply eat them out of the ramekins.

8. You could ad some vanilla ice cream to break the richness.

Voila! You can now make one of the best chocolate desserts in the world, it's seriously delicious.

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