French cuisine · Desserts & Sweets

Molten Chocolate Cake

Very moist chocolate cake with little flour, whose center still runs soft when cut.

Ingredients · for 6 servings

• 200 g dark chocolate
• 150 g butter
• 150 g sugar
• 4 eggs
• 60 g flour
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 tbsp cocoa powder
• 20 g soft butter
• 2 tbsp powdered sugar for dusting

Instructions

1. Roughly chop the chocolate and melt with 150 g butter over a water bath on low heat for 5 min., stir smooth and let cool to hand-warm.
2. Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F) top/bottom heat, grease a 22 cm springform pan with the soft butter and dust with the cocoa powder.
3. Beat the eggs with the sugar and salt for 4 min. until very pale and thick, until the mixture forms a ribbon when the whisk is lifted.
4. Fold in the lukewarm chocolate butter in two portions, then finally fold in the sifted flour with a spatula only until no streaks remain.
5. Pour the batter into the pan and bake for 18–20 min. – the edge should be firm, but the center should still clearly wobble when shaken; don't bake longer or the liquid core will be lost.
6. Let the cake rest in the pan for 10 min., loosen carefully, dust with powdered sugar and serve lukewarm.