Chocolate Volcano Cake paired with Santa Helena Merlot
Ingredients
- 115g semi-sweet chocolate
- 115g butter
- 100g icing sugar
- 3 eggs
- 90g flour
- Liquid cream, vanilla ice cream or a banana
Method
- Grease 8 medium soufflé baking dishes or pans with a bit of oil and put them into the oven.
- Preheat the oven to 220°C.
- Mix chocolate and butter in a bowl and microwave it for 1 minute at maximum power (if butter in not fully melted, heat in the microwave some more). Mix well with a stick or a fork until you are sure there are no chocolate lumps left.
- Add sugar and mix until you get a uniform pastry. Incorporate the eggs and flour and mix everything very well.
- Fill baking dishes or pans with the mixture, but not to the top, because it will raise a bit. Put them into the oven for 10 minutes, so as to cook just on the outside, remaining liquid inside.
- Take the volcanoes out of the oven and let them rest for while until cooler. Unmold very carefully; if necessary, run a knife around the edge to loosen them. Put the volcanoes upside down on a large dish or individual dessert dishes and decorate with vanilla ice cream, whipped cream or a banana. Serve with a glass of Santa Helena Merlot.
The pastry may be prepared the day before; if so, fill the baking dishes or pans, cover with plastic film and put them into the fridge. Calculate an hour before eating, take out of the fridge and then bake.