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Chocolate Fondant.


By mynomnomnom (Visit website)



I don't bake so much. I find all of the precision too difficult to handle. I like to cook by smell and tatse and add a splash or this or a splosh of that. If i bake I'm bound to bugger it up. It's inevitable. True to form, i over-cooked these fondants. I can't give you a gooey-centre shot because there was none. I had my oven on the wrong setting and left them in for too long trying to compensate. I succeeded in making plain old chocolate cakes. Nice one, Lu.

I took a photo and thought i'd stick these up regardless. I'm pretty sure that this recipe is a winner- I'm just in the slow group when it comes to baking. I was kindly given this recipe by Dave Howe, lovely pastry chef at City Cafe Leeds, who I'm sure does this recipe the justice it deserves. For now, we can just pretend that mine worked out fine.


You will need:
5 free range eggs5 extra egg yolks110g caster sugar250g dark chocolate- at least 70%225g soft unsalted butter110g plain flour8 ramekins to bake itSmall amount of cocoa
Preheat your oven to 180c/ gas mark 4.

Pop a little water on to boil and place a glass bowl above it. Break your chocolate into small pieces and put this in to melt gently. Cut your butter into cubes and once the chocolate has melted, add this in to melt down too. Do this on a low heat.

In a large mixing bowl, add your eggs, extra yolks and sugar. Mix using an electric whisk. This needs to be doubled in volume. The air added is key to giving the light texture that the fondants need. 

Combine the egg and the chocolate mixture, folding gently being careful not to knock the air out. Next you'll need to sift and then fold in your flour. Easy peasy- now your mixture is finished.

Take your ramekins and line these with a little butter. Pour in some cocoa, shake this around and tip this out to stick the cocoa to the butter. 

Fill these 3/4 with your mixture and bake for 10-15 minutes (closer to 10 than 15!!!!!)

Eat while still warm. Hopefully you'll have a little more luck than i did!


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