An 'Alice in Wonderland' Movie Premiere, a bag full of Lindor Peanut Butter Chocolate Eggs and a personalised Easter egg by Lindt. It was a happy occasion.
Dutch love peanut butter. It must be because of the strong Indonesian influence in Holland. Most of the peanut butter chocolate eggs were finished in no time by my parents-in-law (especially my father-in-law, he loves them).
This prompted me to make these peanut butter chocolate fondants for dessert last night. For their farewell dinner. They left today. It's always a sad occasion to say farewell to our parents at the airport. Holland and Australia are at two opposite ends of the world, separated by a 24-hours plane trip. We are hoping to see them again next year, at their place.
We will be back at the airport tomorrow. Our bags are packed and we are ready to go. Fiji is our destination. I doubt I will update my blog while I am away. So see you in 10 days time or find me on Twitter.
Peanut Butter Chocolate Fondant Recipe
(Loosely adapted from Adelaide's Sparrow Kitchen and Bar's Peanut Butter Chocolate Fondant with salted caramel ice-cream from Gourmet Traveller Magazine Nov 2009 issue)
Serves 10
Ingredients
250 g dark chocolate (I use Lindt Excellent 50% Cocoa), coarsely chopped
130 g crunchy peanut butter (I use smooth peanut butter)
20 g butter, coarsely chopped
6 eggs, at room temperature
200 g caster sugar
100 g plain flour, sieved
Method
- Preheat oven to 150C fan-forced (I use 160C fan-forced). Melt chocolate, peanut butter and butter in a heatproof bowl over simmering water, then stir until smooth (3-5 minutes). Remove from heat, cool slightly, stir in yolks and set aside.
- Whisk egg whites until soft peaks form (2-3 minutes), then with motor running gradually add sugar an whisk until stiff and glossy. Fold into chocolate mixture in batches, then fold in flour and divide between ten 250 ml-capacity buttered and sugar-dusted ramekins. Refrigerate to rest (1 hour), then bake until edges and just set and centres are still soft (6-7 minutes). (Note: I made them in advance and kept in the fridge for longer than 1 hour. I had to bake them for 14 minutes).
- Serve with salted caramel ice-cream.
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63 comments:
Molten Cakes are the best; simple yet indulging!! Have a great holiday!!
These are fantastic Ellie. Your desserts are always tempting and surely this will brighten someone's day. Have a fantastic and safe trip.
Love love love this! Thanks for sharing Ellie. It is now in my "to do" list
Those fondants look insane! And I want a personalised easter egg! Have a fabulous holiday Ellie, see you when you get back :)
Ellie my mouth is watering. I love fondant and I love love peanut butter. I heard all about the Alice and Wonderland event. How cool. Have fun in Fiji Ellie and I shall see you when you get back.
Molten goodness. My goodness! ;) So sweet of you to make them for your in-laws. They will miss you as much as you will miss them, that's for sure. Enjoy yourselves in Fiji.
Oh my goodness yum yum. That center picture of the spoon pressing into the fondant is just beautiful. And how'd you get the cool personalised egg! Lucky girl.
Have a lovely vacation Ellie =)
OMG, that molten cake looks to die for! Lindt chocolates are sooooo good ;-P!
Cheers,
Rosa
Hi Ellie! Enjoy Fiji and while you're gone I'll enjoy looking at this lovely fondant cake.
I love molten cake or lava cake and even better with peanut butter...looks fabulous :-)
Very tasteful blog. Molten cake is one of my favorite desserts.
Nisrine
This looks very good and evil at the same time. I hope you have a great holiday.
oh my goodness your going to fiji? that is the best place in the world. no i haven't been, but it's one of the places i am going to when i have enough money saved up. it is so beautiful there. where are you staying? i am so very jealous of you! lol. please take lots of photos for me. i am the number 1 fiji fan. ha ha
Oh yum! These look divine! Chocolate and peanut butter is a an awesome combination!
Hoep you have a great holiday!
Oh my gosh the fondants..the Lindts..and Fiji..Too beautiful :) I hear Fiji is absolutely breathtaking~ Enjoy every minute..we will be here waiting for photos..
I have to try those Lindts:)
And your Molten Marvels:)
I bet you had a wonderful visit with family♥
I so want to be in your shoes now. Fiji, huh? Have fun dear!
The molten cake looks splendid!
Oh how delicious. These look like the perfect dessert to savour slowly with a teaspoon. Love the idea of serving it with a salted caramel ice cream too. Yum! Have a lovely trip :)
Oh my goodness, these look sooooooooooo good.
Chocolate and peanut butter are a match made in heaven. Mmmm.
Molten cake! Something I have always said I would try and have not done so to date... sigh, so many things to cook and so little time!
I am not big on peanut butter but these cakes look lava-hot-delicious
Have a wonderful trip away! I knew Lindt had a PB filled egg out but I couldn't find any! Waaaaahhh...now I have to wait till next year. Never mind, I'll make this awesome looking fondants instead :)
This looks just delicious Ellie - I wish I was at your house for dessert !
That is simply stunning Ellie. I love anything with bursting sensation. And peanut butter lava sounds like a good twist compared to a usual lava cake! Have fun in Fiji and did I mention, your in laws are the luckiest folks alive!
I've said this on Twitter and I'll say it again, you're making me drool just looking at the photos! Decadence in a ramekin, what more could one ask for :)
How nice of Lindt to shell out for a personalised Easter egg.
Peanut butter and chocolate is a great pairing but in a fondant? Man, I bet that's something special :)
Have fun with your trip!
Oh my! You have been very creative with your goodie bag! These look so decadent and so good! Enjoy your holiday away Ellie!
I so know what you mean about the long distance :( It's 27 hours from here to home for me and despite technology shrinking the world, it could still get a little smaller for me, especially when I miss my peeps in NZ or Japan. Have a safe trip Ellie!
I lve molten cakes too and have loads of recipes bookmarked but would love to try urs...they look super delish...
WOuld sub peanut butter for butter though :-)))
I tried 2 chicken recipes ,rolled into one from ya site and it was super ....
sparlking day to ya...
I love molten cake, yours is absolutely mouth-watering!
My daughter just saw the movie and if she sees this post, she's going to ask for the cake! :)
Love chocolate, even better when its molten cake.
Have a great holiday.
A heavenly recipe, Ellie, and fabulous, mouth-watering photos! Nothing better than cutting into a cake and having it ooze all over the plate!
Just know you will have a fabulous trip!
I have been overdosing on chocolate, it should have killed me by now, and YET I am transfixed by these photos, desperate to eat some of the fondant.
Have a great time! Swim for us! Slurp rum for us!
the lindt peanut butter eggs were so crazily addictive oh man and these fondants look to die for! have an awesome trip ellie!
These look delicious! So sorry that you live so far from the in-laws - but it makes your time together more precious.
Nice to dip into the molten fondant center! Happy holiday!
Aww man, where were those Peanut Butter eggs??? Been dreaming of this cake since I saw your tweets at Easter.
Have super-fun times in Fiji, Ellie!
I'm in heaven looking at this, it looks amazing!
These look delicious Ellie! Lindt chocolate is the best, so I'm sure these tasted divine. Have a happy holiday in Fiji (I'm so jealous).
Magda
Ellie, molten chocolate cake is absolutely one of my faves! Thanks for sharing this with me. Reminded me so much of my first molten cake: molten choc cake with peanut butter center (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ocbcb/3510559569/in/set-72157612526791181/).
Have fun whilst being away! Will keep myself posted on yours! Take care!
That dessert looks so rich, chocolatey and delicious. I'm sure with awesome flavour from the peanut butter too. I can understand the feeling when sending loved ones to airport. But it's so wonderful to know all of you had awesome time together. Enjoy your Fiji trip and let us know all the fun there. Have fun, Ellie!
All this beautiful chocolate is missing is a Mayan Blessing!
Fantastic!
God that looks outrageously delicious. Fiji sounds dreamy, too. Have fun!
That fondant looks so perfectly melted! And I love the peanut butter twist.
Yum!
looks AMAZING even after easter!
Gosh, you always seem to make my stomach smile with glee. Have fun in FIJI! :)
I dig this, I would absolutely dig into this! Sometimes molten chocolate cakes get a little, overwhelmingly chocolately (if that's even possible) so the salty PB is bound to be doing it a great favour! :) mmmmm. No favours to my waistline tho!
My parents & brother came visiting over Easter too ... so I know that feeling of sadness well, as they left :( Still, am happy that your folks loved that GORGEOUS fondant ... my brother would be all over that!
Hope you had a safe trip! The molten cake looks devine.
Oh my, the gooey centre is delectable. i want me some of that!
Fiji AND chocolate fondants! Jealous on both counts!
What an amazing combination. That looks so good!
Another amazing treat! And that huge chocolate egg... that was generous. Fiji - sounds so far away to me but I am sure it must be beautiful. Let us know if you finds traces of 'South Pacific' there...
Oh yum this looks divine! The title name alone sounds amazing but the pictures have me drooling. I adore peanut butter and chocolate together!
Those pictures make me want to lick the screen!
Aaaaw, your dessert made my knees buckled.
Isn't it funny that Indonesian has lots of sauces with peanuts but we're not peanut butter fans.
I believe in Holland, they call peanut butter pindakaas. CMIIW.
Have a fantastic trip!
I love anything peanut butter! I've had bad luck with "molten cakes" before (I can never seem to get the cooking time right) but I may have to try this. I mean, anything that includes "serve with salted caramel ice cream" as an instruction has to be delicious!
Have a great time in Fiji!
Gorgeous!
Yum!Yum!Looks mouthwatering, I think no one will ever resist this kind of desserts.
Molten cakes are such a wonderful decadent treat. Love yours! I'm sure you're having a great time in Fiji. I'm about to visit my fam in China :).
That seriously looks like Heaven on a plate. Yum!
I hope you have a nice trip!
Ellie, this molten cake is awesome! I have never do this before, but I think I`ll do this in a few days!
So sinful.. so rich!
Btw, do you spend a lot on quality ingredients? B'cos the things you used to create the beautiful dessert and dishes are expensive back here... maybe not so in Oz.
Molten cake is my most loved thing ever!! I always go to it for comfort :(
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