Ingredients
Scale
- 225g of cooking chocolate (that is roughly just over 1 and ¼ slabs, so you will need to buy 2 slabs)
- 110g butter (plus a little extra to grease ramekins)
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 cup caster sugar
- 1/2 cup flour
- 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200°C and grease 4 ramekins (I used Le Creuset ramekins and they were 100ml, 5cm deep and 8cm in diameter and they were perfect!!).
- Melt the chocolate and butter together in a double boiler.
- Whilst that is melting, beat the eggs and sugar in an electric mixer until pale in colour – should take about 2 minutes on medium speed.
- Add the vanilla and mix until well combined.
- Stir the egg mixture into the melted chocolate and butter.
- Now add the flour and mix well. At this point I transferred everything back to my electric mixer and mixed it on medium speed for a minute to make sure everything was well combined.
- Divide the batter amongst the 4 ramekins, place on a baking tray and bake for 15 minutes.
- The sides of the cakes should be firm, but inside will be yummy melted chocolate that runs out as soon as you “break†the cake apart with your first spoonful.
- Serve these puddings immediately, either in the ramekins or if you’re feeling super confident, run a knife gently around the top of the sides of the cake and then invert onto a plate.
- Serve with cream or ice-cream.
- I sprinkled edible glitter over the tops of mine to give them a festive feel!
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes