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Chocolate and Black Hojiblanca Olive Lava Cake

Yields1 Serving

Chocolate and Black Hojiblanca Olive Lava Cake

Lava cake
 1¼ cups 60% dark chocolate
 ¾ cup soft butter
 2¼ cups superfine sugar
 ½ cup Hojiblanca black olives
 4 eggs
 ¾ cup wheat flour
Sauce
 ¼ cup Hojiblanca black olives
 1 cup superfine sugar
 1 cup whipping cream
 1½ tbsp. semi-salted butter
Lava cake
1

Cut butter and chocolate into pieces and melt in a double boiler.

2

Preheat oven to 390°F.

3

Coat inside of a 20 cm springform pan with butter and sugar.

4

Finely chop Hojiblanca black olives.

5

Beat eggs and superfine sugar with a mixer until a compact mousse forms. Add melted chocolate and chopped Hojiblanca black olives with a spatula and gently fold in flour.

6

Pour mixture into pan. Bake for about 12 minutes. Remove pan from oven and place on a rack.

Caramel sauce
7

Finely chop Hojiblanca black olives.

8

In a heavy-bottomed skillet, melt one cup of superfine sugar until it becomes caramel in colour. Add whipping cream and reduce.

9

Remove from heat, add butter, and mix well to melt butter.

10

Add chopped Hojiblanca black olives and pour sauce into a jar.

Presentation
11

Serve cake in pan with a spoon. Serve caramel sauce separately.