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    True lava cake

    Serves: 12
    Cooking Time: 45 mins

    Ingredients

    • 5 egg yolks
    • 125g sugar
    • 5 whole eggs
    • 250g 70% dark chocolate + extra, melted, to decorate
    • 250g butter
    • 25ml brandy
    • 90g cake flour + extra, to dust
    • pinch salt
    • icing sugar, to dust
    • strawberries, sliced, to decorate

    Instructions

    1

    Preheat the oven to 200°C. Grease and dust 12 dariole moulds with flour. Place the egg yolks, sugar and eggs in a mixer and mix until pale and fluffy.

    2

    While mixing, place the chocolate and butter in a glass mixing bowl over a double boiler to melt. When the chocolate has melted, add the brandy. Remove from heat and set aside.

    3

    Fold the flour and salt into the egg mixture. Once combined, fold in the chocolate mixture. Pour into the prepared moulds and bake in the oven, about 9 minutes. Serve dusted with icing sugar and decorate with extra melted chocolate and a sliced strawberry.

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