Black Forest chocolate lava cake

9 INGREDIENTS • 7 STEPS • 40MIN

Black Forest chocolate lava cake

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Who isn’t impressed with a melt-in-the-middle chocolate dessert? Wow your guests with this decadent and dreamy Black Forest lava cake, filled with berry jam and chocolate, and studded with boozy marinated cherries. It’s perfect finished off with lightly whipped cream.
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Who isn’t impressed with a melt-in-the-middle chocolate dessert? Wow your guests with this decadent and dreamy Black Forest lava cake, filled with berry jam and chocolate, and studded with boozy marinated cherries. It’s perfect finished off with lightly whipped cream.
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40MIN

Total time

Ingredients

Servings
8
200 g
M&S Collection Farmhouse British butter
plus extra for the ramekins
200 g
dark chocolate, roughly chopped
250 g
M&S Collection cherries in kirsch
300 g
soft light brown sugar
6
M&S free-range mixed size eggs
1 tsp
vanilla extract
100 g
M&S Remarksable Value plain flour
80 g
M&S merry berry cherry jam
200 ml
double cream

Nutrition per serving

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Calories
701kcal
Fat
41.9 g
Saturates
25.1 g
Sugars
50.9 g
Salt
69.7 mg
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Method

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step 1
Preheat the oven to 200°C/180°C fan/gas 6 and grease 8 ramekins or miniature pudding basins generously with butter. Place a small circle of baking parchment in the bottom of each ramekin.
step 2
In a heatproof bowl, add the butter (200 g) and chocolate (200 g), place over a pan of simmering water (ensuring the base of the bowl doesn’t touch the water) and stir until melted and smooth. Set aside to cool for 5 minutes.
step 3
Using electric beaters or a standing mixer, mix the sugar (300 g) into the chocolate mixture until well-combined, then add in the eggs (6), one at a time, followed by the vanilla extract (1 tsp) and lastly, the flour (100 g). Mix until just combined.
step 4
Fill each prepared ramekin or dariole mould halfway with the chocolate batter. Gently dollop ½ tsp of merry berry cherry jam (80 g) into the centre of each ramekin, then fill up until ¾ full with the remaining chocolate batter.
step 5
Place the ramekins onto a large baking tray and bake in the oven for 13-15 minutes until the tops are firm to the touch but the centres still have a slight wobble.
step 6
While the cakes bake, whisk the double cream (200 ml) until soft peaks form, then very gently swirl through 2 tbsp of the cherries in kirsch (250 g).
step 7
Carefully run a cutlery knife around the edge of each lava cake, then turn them out onto serving plates (use a tea towel as the ramekins will still be hot), remove the baking parchment circles and top each one with a generous tablespoon of the cherries in kirsch and a dollop of whipped cream. Serve immediately.
step 7 Carefully run a cutlery knife around the edge of each lava cake, then turn them out onto serving plates (use a tea towel as the ramekins will still be hot), remove the baking parchment circles and top each one with a generous tablespoon of the cherries in kirsch and a dollop of whipped cream. Serve immediately.

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