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Raspberry and White Chocolate Lava Cake (The Bleeding Heart Cake)
This super easy and decadent Raspberry and White Chocolate Lava Cake is perfect as a Valentine's day treat or even as a spooky Halloween dessert!
Servings: 6 servings
Course:
Dessert , Cake , Others
Cuisine:
European , American
Ingredients
Raspberry White Chocolate Ganache
- 4 oz raspberries pureed
- 5 oz white chocolate finely chopped
White Chocolate Cake
- 5 oz white chocolate finely chopped
- 4 oz unsalted butter
- 3 whole eggs
- 2 egg yolks
- 3.5 oz white sugar
- 60 g AP flour sifted
- 2 tsp Dutch process cocoa powder sifted (this is more for the color, you can use regular cocoa powder too)
- ¼ tsp super red gel coloring
- 1 tsp vanilla
- A generous pinch of salt
Instructions
Raspberry white chocolate ganache - you can make this a day ahead if you like.
- Place the finely chopped white chocolate in a heat-proof bowl. Set aside.
- Strain the raspberry puree to remove the seeds. You should have about ⅓ of a cup of puree.
- Heat the puree on low heat in a saucepan, until it just starts to boil.
- Add this raspberry puree to the chopped white chocolate and stir to melt the chocolate. It should become thick and glossy. Transfer this to a flat dish (so that it cools down faster) and store it in the freezer to harden (but still scoopable) - for about an hour.
- Once hardened, scoop one tablespoon of the mix, flatten it to a disc and place it on a parchment paper. Repeat with remaining ganache to make as many discs as you want. Store in the freezer for a few hours, until required.
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White Chocolate Lava Cake
- Preheat the oven to 350°F/180°C with a baking tray inside. Generously grease six, ½ cup capacity ramekins and coat them with flour. Set aside until the batter is ready.
- Melt the butter in a small heat proof bowl in the microwave. The butter should be completely melted and a little hot (not boiling).
- Add the chopped white chocolate and mix till it melts and is smooth. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, place the eggs, egg yolks and white sugar and whisk until well-mixed. DO NOT whisk until the eggs are frothy and pale - only whisk until everything is combined.
- Add the melted chocolate and whisk to combine well. Add the vanilla and red coloring, whisking them into the batter, until you get a deep red color.
- Whisk the AP flour, salt and cocoa powder together in a separate bowl, to mix well. Add this flour mix into the egg and chocolate mix in two batches, mixing well between each batch. Use a hand whisk or spoon, since you should not over-beat this.
- Once mixed through, pour the batter into the 6 prepared ramekins to fill them about ⅔ of the way up. Remove the raspberry & white chocolate ganache discs from the freezer and place one in each of the ramekins. Spoon in the rest of the batter on top, to cover the ganache disk.
- Place the ramekins on the preheated baking tray and bake in the preheated oven for 14-16 minutes. Keep checking after the 10 minute mark, and remove the cakes when the tops have browned slightly, and they are wobbly in the center, but set at the edges.
- Turn the cake out onto a dish (be careful as the ramekin is very hot at this point, so hold it with a towel), dust it with some cocoa powder or powdered sugar (the top might seem a little underdone because of the ganache, but that's OK, do not worry) and serve immediately with some creme fraiche or whipped cream and some fresh raspberries!