Fondant fantasies

I've always been a little bit too scared to make a fondant because if they go wrong it's a massive failure. But recently they made them in a masterclass on Masterchef (amazing show!) and went through how to make them perfectly. So it was time to conquer it and I managed to do it! I love cooking achievements! There was no written recipe on the show but I wrote it down as they said what to do, and here is what I got. 


Chocolate fondant

Makes 6


200g dark chocolate
200g butter
4 eggs
4 egg yolks
100g caster sugar
150g flour


1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees.
2. Melt chocolate and butter. 
3. Beat eggs and sugar in mixer until creamy and foamy.
4. Sift flour. 
5. Pour egg mix over chocolate mix in bowl, fold through.
6. Add flour gradually and mix in. 
7. Butter the moulds, then dust with cocoa powder, putting a circle of buttered baking paper on the bottom of each mould. 
8. Cook for 8* minutes. 


*They stressed 8 minutes on the show, but mine needed a bit longer as they were barely cooked on the outside by that time. My advice is to give one of the moulds a little shake. If it wobbles like jelly put it back in, but if it just wobbles a bit then it should be about right.