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Hazelnut Molten Lava Cakes

When I received “La Tartine Gourmande” by Béatrice Peltre in the mail, I was walking around Edgartown, so I settled in for a coffee and a browsing of this gorgeous cookbook. I spent the next hour sipping on my Mocha Latte and reading this book. The author’s words enthralled me, and the colors, styling, and simply delicious food made me hungry for more than a coffee.
Béatrice Peltre is the author of the award-winning blog, LaTartineGourmande.com, and this cookbook is  living proof that we eat through our eyes. Béatrice captures the brightness in fruits and vegetables with the earthy tones of whole grains, making you just want to reach into the book and have a bite!
Her recipes are meant “to inspire”, and as I flipped through, I left a post-it in every recipe I wanted to try. More than half of them were marked, so how would I narrow down a recipe to make for the blog? I asked my husband of course!

Ultimately it came down to the Beet and Quinoa Tabouli and the hazelnut molten lava cakes.

Yeah, the quinoa didn’t really stand a chance against warm, unctuous chocolate. I’m sharing this recipe with you, thanks to permission from Roost Books in Boston.
I’ve already made the hazelnut molten lava cakes three times (small batches). I used almond meal instead of hazelnut flour in one batch, and the cakes came out beautifully!
Hazelnut Molten Lava Cakes

Here’s the recipe for the hazelnut molten lava cakes. I hope you enjoy them!

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Hazelnut Molten Lava Cakes
Author: Marnely Murray
Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: Cake
Prep time:  15 mins
Cook time:  12 mins
Total time:  27 mins
Serves: 4-6
 
Rich chocolate hazelnut cake with a center of liquid chocolate. Decadent and delicious!
Ingredients
  • 6 tablespoons (85 g; 3 oz) unsalted butter, plus more for the molds
  • Flour of your choice, to dust the molds
  • 4 oz (115 g) dark chocolate (70% cocoa)
  • 2 large eggs plus 1 egg yolk
  • ¼ cup (50 g; 1 ¾ oz) blond cane sugar
  • ½ teaspoon fleur de sel
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 3 tablespoons (22 ½ g; ¾ oz) hazelnut or millet flour
  • 1 oz (30 g) hazelnut-flavored chocolate, cut into 4 pieces
  • Confectioners’ sugar, to dust
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 450ºF (230ºC). Butter the ramekins, then coat them with flour and tap the excess out. Melt the dark chocolate and butter in a bain-marie.
  2. In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine eggs, sugar, and fleur de sel and beat until the batter has tripled in volume and is light and pale in color (about 8 minutes). Add vanilla and fold in the flour, then the melted chocolate-butter mixture, making sure to keep the batter light each time.
  3. Divide three-quarters of the batter among the ramekins and add one piece of hazelnut chocolate at the center of each mold. Cover with the rest of the batter. At this point, if you want, you can refrigerate the cakes until you are ready to bake and serve them. If you do, bring them back to room temperature before baking.
  4. Place cakes in the oven and bake for 10 to 12 minutes (if you bake 6 cakes, they tend to need 10 minutes only). The less time you bake the cakes, the more gooey the inside will be. Remove from oven and leave them to rest for 5 minutes. Invert onto dessert plates or serve them in the ramekins. Dust with confectioners’ sugar before serving.
Notes
You will need: four ¾-cup ramekins or six ⅔-cup ramekins
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Hazelnut Molten Lava Cakes

 


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  1. Abby says

    November 22, 2013 at 11:11 pm

    Thanks for sharing this recipe! I’ve had this on my to-bake list ever since I borrowed La Tartine Gourmande from the library last year. I was excited about the recipe, because at the time, I had a large bag of millet flour. I no longer had the millet flour, so I made my own hazelnut flour in the food processor and added about a tablespoon of all purpose flour since my hazelnuts were a bit chunky. The flavor and texture were nice, especially with a small scoop of ice cream to sweeten it up a bit (I used granulated sugar, so perhaps that cut the sweetness)! If I cream and a bit more time, I’d probably make a hazelnut ganache for the filling (maybe with amaretto?), but a square of hazelnut chocolate was a great time saver.

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  2. Helena / Rico sin Azúcar says

    March 17, 2012 at 5:02 pm

    Gracias por tu visita, Marnely 😉
    A mí también me encanta “La Tartine Gourmande”. Mmmmm, estupendo Chocolate Molten Cake!

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  3. Dana Rice says

    March 16, 2012 at 3:34 am

    That looks divine! Too bad I need to go on a diet to lose the last 5 lbs of baby weight after having my son 3 months ago. Maybe once I reach that goal, I’ll come back and make this recipe…then eat it in moderation! Thanks for sharing. Love your blog :)

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  4. Sanjeeta kk says

    March 12, 2012 at 4:56 am

    Yummity..yum..want to dig in…

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  5. Cathy @ Savory Notes says

    March 11, 2012 at 10:36 pm

    I love, and have made this soup so many times. It’s definitely my favorite:
    http://www.latartinegourmande.com/2006/05/03/minestrone-verte-printaniere-spring-green-minestrone/

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  6. micaela says

    March 10, 2012 at 4:32 pm

    well, you know me, I never can pick just one… so first up is the cherry soup http://www.latartinegourmande.com/2011/06/16/cherry-soup-gluten-free-ginger-vanilla/ because Ian asked me the other day if people make soup out of fruit and I replied with an enthusiastic yes. And second, the lime & raspberry custards because, d’uh! http://www.latartinegourmande.com/2010/12/22/gluten-free-baked-lime-custards/

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  7. Jersey Girl Cooks says

    March 9, 2012 at 1:53 am

    My chocolate loving kids would love this!

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  8. Kathleen Bean says

    March 8, 2012 at 3:29 pm

    Mussels in saffron broth: http://www.latartinegourmande.com/2009/09/30/mussels-in-saffron-broth-moules-au-safran/. I might have to make this tonight!

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  9. Shulie says

    March 8, 2012 at 3:17 pm

    Been salivating over the airy fresh and optimistic photography. Me. Me.

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  10. Mojca says

    March 8, 2012 at 3:03 pm

    So very hard to decide as La Tartine Gourmande is full of wonderful recipes. If I have to choose, it’d be the tiramisu – a perfect coffee-lovers dessert.

    http://www.latartinegourmande.com/2011/01/03/gluten-free-tiramisu-ladyfingers/

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  11. Junia says

    March 8, 2012 at 1:27 pm

    WOW, i love how this cake is gluten free!!! did you buy the hazelnut flour or make it yourself? i just browsed thru the website and there are some fabulous recipes on there, too many actually. this one i like because i have a small obsession with nut/seedbutters :)

    Chocolate Tahini GOOEY Cake! http://www.latartinegourmande.com/2010/04/26/chocolate-tahini-goeey-cake/

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  12. Mari says

    March 8, 2012 at 11:55 am

    It looks like an amazing book, I love her blog and pictures! The hazelnut chocolate molten cake you made looks scrumptious! Thank you for sharing the recipe :) Have a great Thursday!

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  13. LetMeEatCake Eat With Me! says

    March 8, 2012 at 8:25 am

    i love molten cake and have a ton of hazelnuts to use guess i know what i’m baking this weekend :)

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  14. Spencer says

    March 8, 2012 at 3:09 am

    What a great recipe! It looks absolutely fantastic. I would love to try some.

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  15. Monica says

    March 8, 2012 at 2:35 am

    That cake is on my list to make. I’ve made her Butternut Squash ravioli twice and I’m in love with it: http://www.latartinegourmande.com/2007/02/01/butternut-squash-and-sage-ravioli-ravioli-a-la-courge-musquee-et-sauge/

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  16. Maureen says

    March 8, 2012 at 1:29 am

    holy cow! Let me wrangle my whisk around this one day. The flight over to eat yours would take too long. :)

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  17. Carolyn says

    March 8, 2012 at 12:47 am

    Okay, first I love that you live in Edgartown. Can I come visit? I am in Boston and I love MV! Second…yeah, just a beautiful dessert!

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  18. Susan in the Boonies says

    March 8, 2012 at 12:04 am

    http://www.latartinegourmande.com/2012/03/04/gluten-free-baked-omelet-recipe-la-porte-rouge-vermont/#more-22841 Baked omelets with asparagus recipe.

    And your Hazelnut Chocolate Molten Cakes look heavenly!

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  19. Yvonne says

    March 7, 2012 at 9:52 pm

    Anything, they are all just so delicious!

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  20. Wanna Be A Country Cleaver says

    March 7, 2012 at 9:52 pm

    Oh Nelly, this looks gorgeous and just perfectly decadent. :)

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  21. Bonnie says

    March 7, 2012 at 9:08 pm

    This one looks healthy and unique. I would love to try it. http://www.latartinegourmande.com/2011/11/07/gluten-free-linguini-romanesco-recipe/

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  22. ginabad says

    March 7, 2012 at 8:54 pm

    Wow, that looks fantastic! What is fleur de sel? Is it gluten free, because it looks like everything else can be! woohoo!

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  23. Pam says

    March 7, 2012 at 7:23 pm

    Talk about heaven in a ramekin http://www.latartinegourmande.com/2008/07/07/chocolate-vanilla-pot-creme-french-dessert/

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  24. Vijitha says

    March 7, 2012 at 5:54 pm

    Pass me a bowl. Can I dig in? Recipes sounds simple and I am bookmarking this.

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  25. Diane M. says

    March 7, 2012 at 5:47 pm

    This gluten-free apple galette sounds amazing, plus I am all about addinf in chia seeds! http://www.latartinegourmande.com/2011/11/21/gluten-free-apple-galette-chia-seeds/

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  26. Karriann says

    March 7, 2012 at 5:21 pm

    Simply divine. Can I dig in? 😉

    “Happy Cooking”

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  27. Andrew's Mom says

    March 7, 2012 at 4:11 pm

    I’m a sucker for tarts — http://www.latartinegourmande.com/2008/10/30/lemon-poppyseed-yogurt-tart/ so elegant – thanks for this awesome giveaway! That cake looks delicious.

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  28. Rosaida says

    March 7, 2012 at 4:00 pm

    Now I want some Molte cake!!! Thanks for sharing the recipe, can’t wait to get back to the DR to make some of these.
    I am not so sure about the comments thingy, but I left one here http://www.latartinegourmande.com/2012/02/14/lemon-verrine-recipe-gluten-free/comment-page-1/#comment-1285504
    You know how much I love lemons and I am surely going to give a try to making that lemon verrines :)

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  29. moo77hb says

    March 7, 2012 at 3:36 pm

    http://www.latartinegourmande.com/2012/02/14/lemon-verrine-recipe-gluten-free/
    I am all about lemons! This sounds wonderful!
    moo77hb@gmail.com

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  30. MommaMary says

    March 7, 2012 at 2:52 pm

    Don’t know quite what you mean by leaving a link. I did comment on the yummiest looking strawberry tart. http://www.latartinegourmande.com/2011/06/28/gluten-free-strawberry-tartlets-mascarpone/comment-page-2/#comment-1285464
    Thanks

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  31. Elizabeth @Mango_Queen says

    March 7, 2012 at 2:52 pm

    Omg, this Molten cake looks heavenly! I want to try this right now.Heading over to La Tartine Gourmande as you suggested. Thanks for sharing this, Nelly! Now, where’s my own serving of the Molten Cake, pls.?

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