Moelleux au Chocolat (Melt in the Middle Chocolate Cake)

Name: Moelleux au Chocolat (Melt in the Middle Chocolate Cake)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h
Cuisine: European, Mediterranean, French
Ingredients: 1 cup unsalted butter (2 sticks; cut into cubes, plus extra for greasing); 8 oz good-quality 70% dark chocolate (roughly chopped; about 1 cup); 2.6 oz cocoa powder (about 3/4 cup); Pinch of salt; 7 large eggs; 9.3 oz superfine sugar (caster sugar) (about 1 1/3 cups; divided); Heavy cream (double cream) (or ice cream or custard)

Instructions

Prep:20minCook:40min

This has to be one of the best melt-in-the-middle chocolate cake recipes I have ever made. Moelleux au Chocolat - think of it like a giant, rich, and gooey dark chocolate lava cake. It tastes amazing warm from the oven with cold cream…Although the leftovers served chilled from the fridge are pretty difficult to resist too!

Updated at: Fri, 09 Oct 2026 01:08:45 GMT