Recipe for chocolate fondant cake with Ardèche chestnut cream
Ingredients
100g dark chocolate
1 jar Ardèche chestnut cream (350g)
3 eggs
80g butter
Recipe
Preheat oven to 150°C.
In a saucepan, melt the butter and chocolate over a bain-marie. Mix gently.
Remove from the heat and stir in the chestnut cream, followed by the eggs.
Beat vigorously to obtain a smooth, homogeneous mixture.
Pour the mixture into a buttered cake tin.
Bake for 20/30 minutes at 150°C.
Check with the tip of a knife to adjust for doneness. the cake should remain fondant.
Suggestions
You can…
– add a dash of rum to the mixture
– serve this cake with a custard
– cover with a pretty chocolate glaze and a few pieces of marron glacé.
