Melt the chocolate and butter in a bain-marie (or using a microwave). Once the chocolate and butter are melted add the cardamom (or the spices/flavors of your choice).
Using an egg beater, beat the eggs and sugar until you get an off-white mixture.
Slowly add the chocolate mixture to the egg mixture. Keep stirring constantly or the eggs would cook (as the chocolate is hot).
Once the eggs and chocolate are mixed, incorporate the flour and stir well.
Coat the ramequins (small ceramic baking dishes) with butter and fill them with the chocolate batter.
Preheat your oven to 400 F degrees and bake the chocolate fondant for 12 minutes. The baking time may change based on your oven.
You can serve the fondant within the ramequins or you can carefully flip them on a plate. Let the fondant cool for few minutes before serving.
Comments (117)
hi this looks soo yummy i just want to know can we bake it in normal baking pan rather than ceramic dish?
since i dont have ceramic dish please reply me soon so i can try it soon thank u!!!
Yes, you can. I did it with a normal baking pan and it turned out delicious.
Did it come out well without baking powder?
I was wondering, it wouldn't be much soft without that/
Hi Miss Alia, Your recipe looks so delicious and I can't wait to do it. However, my oven is only up to 250F degrees. How many minutes will it take if I am using a 250F degrees of temperature. Thank you so much and I am looking forward for your immediate response 'coz I can't wait to do it...Ramadan Kareem....
Hi Riza,
I think your oven is in C not F. so 400 F = 204 C. double check the oven, I am pretty sure yours is in C.
Yes, your right...Thanks... I'm just starting to learn how bake that's why there are so many things I still need to know...Your such a big help. I do appreciate the immediate response..
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Great!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for the great website and the your time. You rock.
This looks really yummy!
thanks a lot.
This is such a great recipe! Thanks for sharing it. It really fills any chocolate cravings that I have. I didn't have any ramekins, so I used a muffin tin which made more cakes. I found that even the smaller serving was satisfying. I baked it 8-10 min.
Hello
I wanted to know if I could use milk chocolate instead of dark chocolate and add a little cocoa to add to the cocoa content because my family do not like the taste of dark chocolate. And I also wanted to know how many ramekins does this recipe make?
Thanks. Please answer quickly.
Your a great cook! And can't wait to try this.
wow... looks delicious... yummy..!!
Dear Alia. Thanks so much for the recipe which I have tried out. You can check my blog link if you like. Very nice even though I used creme truffle instead of dark chocolate.
it looks delicious!!!!!!!!!!!! i will try it tomorrow
can any one tell me how many gram of chocolate to use ? please answer this soon
Just type in google for example "8 oz in grams" and you will get all the conversions you need.
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i want this not full show only music
Hello, i was wondering, before i try this recipe. Am i able to fridge the mixture and leave it say for a hour or 2 before baking? or would that effect it in a ill way? main reason more or less its hard to get everything hidden away in the kitchen if i were to surprise my girlfriend with one for our anniversary.
hi, i'm new..
how about using normal bowl(heatproof) instead of bain-marie?
will the chocolate melt with the same texture as if i use bain-marie?
pls reply its important :)
not sure I understand the question. In general to melt the chocolate you want to do it 'bain marie' style, which means you put the chocolate in a bowl over boiling water. Otherwise, if you put the chocolate in a pan directly, the high heat will burn it. It does not matter what the bowl you are using for the chocolate, as long as it is on top of boiling water not directly in contact with the heat. hope this helps!
can i prepare the batter several hours ahead and bake it later when i ready to serve?
Not more than 1-2 hours and make sure it's refrigerated, because the batter contains eggs.
Thanks for your great recipe. May I know 5 tbsp butter is equal to how many grams of butter?
70 grams
Hi, great recipe you got there. may i know what is 400 F degrees in degrees celcius? thanks !
204 C
Its a really great dessert ♥
but I wanted to know that do i need to turn on the oven after putting the ramequin in it for 12 mins or do i leave it switched off after preheating the oven
the oven has to be turned on while the cakes are cooking.
Hey Alia!
I tried this recipe last week. Personally, I thought it was too sweet for my taste. One cup of sugar seems way too much. I think I will do it again with a third of a cup and that will (hopefully) make it perfect. Thank you so much! :)
the amount of sugar will depend on the quality of chocolate you are using. I am using high cacao content chocolate (70%) so it is less sweet and 1 cup of sugar balances it out. But if you use a sweeter chocolate, then absolutely, reduce the sugar. cheers!
I actually used half- 60% and half- 70% cocoa Ghirardelli chocolate! hehe.
Hi! I just have a few questions. I was wondering whether we use salted or unsalted butter? Also, can we use plain flour or does it have to be all-purpose? And if we already have small eggs in the fridge..do we use 4 instead since they're not large?
Thank you!
unsalted butter, plain or all-purpose is fine, and if you are using small eggs add 1 more egg to the recipe.
Thank you so much!!
if i dont know my oven is celcius or others what do i do
if you live in the UK (based on your email) it should be in C. Europe follows C and the U.S. follows F.
can i use milk chocolate instead of dark chocolate
Hi Rania, yes you can. But milk chocolate is much sweeter than dark chocolate, so you will have to reduce the amount of sugar used in this recipe. I personally prefer dark chocolate.
please can i have the ingridients in french or arabic because i dont understand verry good english
here is a video that shows how to translate my recipes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpglLlmf9cs
Hi I just wanted to know that do we have to use the ramequins to bake the cakes or can we use other pans?
you can use safe oven glass bowl. Otherwise, ramequin are needed for this recipe to come out like this. You need small ones.
Thank you and I have a big chocolate bar but I don't know how many pieces equal 5 ounces.
look on the package it says how many ounces the whole pack is. Divide the pack in half, and that will give you an idea how many ouces you will be holding in your hand.
what doe oz mean and i went on images and other things came up
and my oven goes from 1 to 9 please answer thanks
Hi Rania, here is a calculator that converts oz to grams: http://www.metric-conversions.org/weight/ounces-to-grams.htm
as for the oven, here is a table that shows the 1-9 converted into F: http://www.hintsandthings.com/kitchen/oventemp.htm
you'll have to put your oven to 6 (400F) for this recipe.
I am eating "chocolate fondant" while writting my review. I made it tonight for dessert.My husband said it's heavenly good.Thanks Alia.I used semi-sweet chocolate and only1/3 cup of sugar(brown).Meriem
Hi Alia, your fondant looks delicious! can't wait to taste it myself. I'm also Moroccan, but I'm not used to American measures, so if it's not too much asking, can you please put to some of your recipes the conversion in grams, °Celsius, etc. ? Thank you very much !!
please try to poste the ingredient with in gr i ve try it but not success i think because of that.thank to you so mush
I have to make a dessert at school and this looks good enough to do and i think everyone will enjoy it.
May I know 1 cup sugar is equal to how many grams of sugar?and can I use muffin cups instead of ramekins?thankyou :)
sounds and looks amazing! but my oven just has options for 180 and 250 degree celsius. what should i do?
oh no! the temperature I am giving is in Fahrenheit not Celsius degrees - 350 F is 176C. Just google for conversions.
hi! i dont have an oven but i have a microwave oven, can i use it instead of the real oven?? please reply soon as i want to try it please? thanks!
I have never tried it with the microwave, but I guess it would work. you would have to adjust the cooking time depending on your microwave and give it a try :-)
i want to make a whole cake to serve more than 12 people. how much batter do i need??
it's difficult to make this recipe into a big cake. much easier to put in small ramequins and also each person will get their chocolaty center!
hi alia.thanks.i have a fire oven.will it work?
what is a fire oven? you mean a stove? it should work.
Hi Alia,
Would u please tell me how many grams of the butter u are using?
I do not know if I covert it wrongly from the web site? I got 88grams. After cooling the cake in the centre was crack a big hole?
It's 70 grams. 88 grams should be fine. I dont understand what you mean by 'big hole'. I am suspecting you did not mix the batter well or did not bake enough. not sure.
Can we use light chocolate instead of dark chocolate.
hi Alia, this is looking sooo good but just wanna know 400 f is how many degree?kindly help please
200 C
hi alia,can you please calculate the recipe for 12serving for me, am getting a bit confused!
you will need to do the recipe 3 or 4 times. If I were you, I would do the entire recipe separately (one at a time) - it's much easier. so do the recipe, fill the ramequins, do the recipes again, fill the next batch and so on.
hello alia i was wondering how you get the smooth centre do you not cook it all the way through?
yes - you dont cook it so much and the center will be under-cooked, hence the gewy center. yum!
would it make a diffrence if i put less in each ramekin?
does it matter if you use 2 different brands of chocolate 1 is 75% and the other is 50% cocoa
yes, you can put less, it's ok. for the chocolates, you can definitely mix the chocolates - but you'll have to test the amount of sugar since the chocolates may have different levels of sweetness, so you may have to reduce the amount of sugar a bit.
Assalamualokum! Alia I wanted to knw that can I make these in cup cake pan with paper cups in it? And how many fondants does this recipe makes? Kindly reply ASAP I want to make them tomorrow for aftar. And if I am using dairy milk Cadbury chocolate then how much sugar should I use in the recipe. Thanks Waitin for ur reply
1- yes you can use the cupcake pan with the cupcake cups - but you may have to eat them directly from there! it wont be easy removing them like I did with the ramequin. 2- the number of cakes you will get will depend on the size of the cupcake tray! 3- if you use milk chocolate, you may have to reduce the sugar by half, otherwise it will be too sweet.
hi it looks soo yummmmy i wanna ask can i make this in a muffin tray????????
it's very hard to get them out from the muffin tray. You can try, but at least place cupcake holders in the muffin tray.
Thanks :) will make them today
hi alia ive followed the recipe and the chocolate centre come from the top and not the middle and also i can taste lots of sugar crystals. what do you recommend doing?
I think you need to beat the eggs and sugar more - it will take 5-8 minutes beating them until you get a very smooth texture. that would resolve the problem of the sugar and I would think, the texture of the whole cake (chocolate from the center issue).
alia if i was to add cayenne pepper is how much would you recommend before the chilli was to powerful?
you can add cayenne pepper - it'll give it a kick!
hola Alia, no sabes lo agradecido que estoy con Dios por haberte encontrado en web y por supuesto tu pagina siempre he querido aprender a hacer estas delicias de postres por ejemplo el fondant y me llena de orgullo todo lo que nos enseñas un saludo desde Colombia un abrazo.
Hola Frenando, muchas gracias por su mensaje agradable! Estoy tan feliz de que usted está disfrutando de las recetas!
en español latino todo el tema de galletas, fondant se llama reposteria bueno no dejes de enviarnos o enviarme jejeje recetas de estas delicias mil gracias las disfruto mucho
How many serving does it make...pls answer me....
4-5 depending on the size of the ramequins
Instead of ramequins what else i can use ? please do reply ASAP i wanna try this recipe as it looks YUM!
you could use oven-proof glass cups.
and can you please tell me that for how long i should preheat the oven ?
usually, there is an option in your oven "preheat". it takes around 10 minutes.
Hi, can I know if i can use self raising flour?
self rising flour already have baking powder on it. I would prefer to use plain all-purpose flour and add the amount of baking powder I want to it.
Hey. Anyone already tried to make them in a gas oven? I did them today and in less then 8min they were burned. How many time should I let them to cook? I was afraid to take them out after 5 min. I don't think they cook so fast. Thank you!
Hi Loa,
1 - make sure that you are using the right temperature (I am using Farenheit and not sure if you have a Celicius degree or F oven).
2- the baking time will depend on your oven - if it's really a strong oven, you may have to reduce the baking time or the temperature.
one more question.. Can I cook it in micro oven too?
hi, I had tried your dish... but i could not make the chocolate flow out of the cake... it turned into chocolate cake rather than chocolate fondant.. pls help
it sounds like you overcooked the cake. the chocolate in the center is simply the cake batter that is 'under -cooked'. if the cake is cooked too much, then the center is not 'liquid' anymore. and do you mean micro oven as 'microwave' - if so, no - you need a proper oven.
hi,i wonder is that cake flour,all purpose flour or bread flour?thanks a lot:)
Just regular all purpose flour.
Hello there. Will the chocolate still flow out if I'm leaving it before serve? Cause I have to make it for ppl's birthday party. I'll have to make it and leave it for hours before serving it. How?
I would not make the chocolate fondant for a birthday party. these have to be served right away. Check out my other recipe 'ultimate chocolate cake' - that's much better for a birthday party.
Hello.i liked ur recipe.but is it possible that a make a big amount,put them in cooking cups and freeze them,then after a week i take them out the freezer,bake them?If yes,do they need more cooking time in oven?Thanks
You can make them in small cups - cover the cups with an airtight plastic wrap (using the machine), place them in the freezer and just pop them in the oven when needed. you'll have to test the baking time to see what is the best baking time to get the ultimate liquid consistency in the middle of the cake.
HI.CAN I MAKE BIG AMOUNT,PUT THEM IN COOKING CUPS,FREEZE THEM FOR A WEEK,THEN TAKE THEM OUT THE FREEZER AND BAKE?
Hello Alia,
Thank you for this perfect recipe, but I have a question, instead of ramequins what else I can use ?
you can use small clay cups than can go to the oven.
5 oz of chocolate !!!how many grams ? plaise
Salut Alia, votre fondant a l'air délicieux ,et je veux absolument l'éssayer mais,Je suis algérienne, je ne comprend pas les mesures américaines, si ce n'est pas trop demander, pouvez-vous s'il vous plaît mettez vos recettes de la conversion en grammes, Je vous remercie beaucoup!
you can go to Google and just type "what is 5 ounces in grams" etc. and you will find the conversions online.
s'il vous plait, s'il vous plaît mettez vos recettes de la conversion en grammes, Je vous remercie beaucoup!
What kind of flour you used?
regular, all-purpose white flour.
hi good day Alia may i ask?how to convert the ounce to cups?how many cups in 5 ounce?thanks i want to try this .
1 cup = 8 oz. You can just type in Google: 1 cup in oz, and you get the answer :-)
Hi Alia my chocolate foundants didnt turn up nice, was a crusty from top and inside was very soft . Wat did i do wrong ? I think i put too much butter ..thanks
not really sure I understand the problem. Fondant has to be crusty on top and very soft (runny) inside. basically, the soft runny center is uncooked cake. try to explain the problem again and hopefully I can help.
hi ms alia. i leave a comment in your youtube video like this. im asking if i can bake this fondant right inside a STANDARD OVEN TOASTER,(if u can google that oven i mentioned) pls.. i want to try bake this one. sure its yummy!! :) pls reply.