Make all of your decadent chocolate dreams come to life with our delicious chocolate lava cakes. Don’t worry, there will be enough for everyone!

MAKES 4 // COOKING TIME 30 min

INGREDIENTS
130 g dark chocolate (70% cocoa), chopped
75 g butter
120 g eggs, plus 40 g yolk (±4 eggs)
65 g golden caster sugar
30 g flour
Cherries, to serve

METHOD
1. Preheat oven to 180°C. Line 4 small round moulds or pudding basins with butter and flour.
2. Place chocolate and butter in a bowl. Melt in the microwave or over a pot of simmering water.
3. Add the eggs, sugar and flour to the chocolate mixture. Whisk together until shiny.
4. Pour the batter into the moulds and bake for 10–12 minutes.
5. Turn the lava cakes out of the moulds and serve with cherries.

Recipe & styling: Diane Heierli
Photography: Christoph Heierli

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Lunchtime snacks, delicious appetisers or treats for the kiddies, these cheesy potato lava cakes are simply too good not to try!

MAKES 4 // COOKING TIME 55 min

INGREDIENTS
6 large potatoes
4 tbsp butter
3 eggs
Salt and black pepper
200 g cheddar, cut into
4 cubes Cheddar

METHOD
1. Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease 4 ramekins generously.
2. Pierce potatoes with a fork. Boil until soft. Remove from the pot and immediately place them in cold water, so the skins can be easily removed.
3. Peel the potatoes while still warm, then place in a large bowl and mash. Add the butter, eggs, and salt and pepper. Mix well.
4. Divide the mash between the ramekins, inserting a block of cheese into the middle of each.
5. Bake for 20 minutes, until golden brown around the edges.
6. To serve, turn out on to plates. Serve with fresh greens.

Recipe & styling: Amerae Vercueil
Photography: Kendall-Leigh Nash//HMimages.co.za

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