Molten Chocolate Cake with Vanilla Ice Cream

Author

Lisa

Prep Time

10 min

Cook Time

15 min

Servings

6

Category

Dessert

Ingredients

• 4 eggs
• 50 g sugar
• 100 g butter
• 1 bar of dark chocolate, 200 g
• 50 g plain flour or cornflour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tbsp rum vanilla extract
• 1 Bourbon vanilla pod

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 180 °C.Put the sugar in a bowl. Crack in the eggs and mix.
2. Melt the chocolate, broken into small pieces, together with the butter in a pan. Split the vanilla pod lengthways, scrape out the seeds and stir them into the melted chocolate. Add the vanilla extract. Mix thoroughly.Don't throw the vanilla pod away – drop it into your homemade vanilla extract or vanilla sugar.
3. Pour the melted chocolate into the bowl and mix well.
4. Add the flour and baking powder and stir thoroughly.
5. Pour the batter into a greased tin, or one lined with baking paper.
6. Bake for at least 15 minutes for a properly molten centre. If you prefer it firmer, give it another 5 minutes.
7. Serve the cake warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream – unbeatable!Enjoy!