The Famous Baulois Chocolate Fondant

Remember the “Half Baked” (Mi-Cuit in French) I posted? The one that sometimes mistakenly called a Chocolate Soufflé, but the closer name is Chocolate Fondant? So let’s add another twist to the plot. In France, Chocolate Fondant is a very soft and fluffy cake, one whose texture is neither liquid nor spilled, but very soft. I mean, Chocolate Fondant is actually different from “half baked”, you could say they are from the same family, but the fondant is more solid than the “half baked”.

Confused? 
Chocolate Soufflé – based on egg whites, full of air (hence its name). Due to the fact that it is full of air, a few seconds after it comes out of the oven, it drops and therefore needs to be eaten immediately, which is also the reason why few restaurants serve it.

“Half-baked” – in French Mi-Cuit, the same dessert served in many restaurants, a kind of small chocolate cake that is baked a relatively short time (hence it is called half-baked). Due to the short baking time the cake is liquid on the inside and when you open it with the spoon it is poured on the plate. Since it’s a bit strange to call a dessert “half-baked”, the translation of the name did not really catch on and the dessert gets various names like Lava Cake, Chocolate Soufflé, Chocolate Fondant, Hot Chocolate Cake, but the correct name when translated from French is “Half-Baked” (If we still want to call it In a more catchy name, the product closest to it is chocolate fondant).

Chocolate Fondant – a very moist chocolate cake with very few dry ingredients. In contrast to the Chocolate Soufflé and the “half-baked”, its texture is velvety, dense and slightly sticky (one that slightly sticks to the palate), this in light of the caramel cream and the caramel aroma created due to the long baking time at low temp’ (as opposed to the “half-baked” short-baked).

So now that everything is clear one can talk about the best Chocolate Fondant I have ever tasted, the fondant that comes from the town of Baule hence its name, Fondant Baulois. I have tasted this fondant so many times and each time I fall in love with it again. It has a wonderful combination of excellent moist texture, a deep chocolate flavor combined with a hint of salty caramel flavor, one that develops with every bite and envelops the entire mouth with delicate saltiness.

After tasting it so many times, I decided to try making this excellent fondant at home. I made a few attempts and eventually came up with a product that in my opinion very close to the original product. There is no way to describe in words this texture that on the one hand melts in your mouth and on the other hand is not too liquid, something between mousse and cake and the taste, oh the taste.

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