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Chocolate Lava Cake
Chocolate Lava Cake
Timothy and Athena: "So we're making the chocolate lava cake with mystery box mousse.
Athena: "This whipped cream is just about ready for you, babe. Are you still messing with that mousse?"
Timothy: "I think I might have over whipped it. It's a very technical dessert. The cake has to ooze with lava. The mousse needs to be smooth, and if any one of those things don't go right, we could be going home. Right now, I don't like the mousse.. The texture's not doing it for me."
Gordon Ramsay visits the kitchen
Timothy: "We're making a molten lava cake."
Gordon Ramsay: "Wow. How long's it going in the oven for?"
Timothy: "11 minutes on 450ºF"
Gordon Ramsay: "Love that. How are we gonna elevate this molten lava cake? What's the garnish?"
Athena: "So on the side is going to be mousse with the golden chocolate. And then some strawberry roses."
Gordon Ramsay: "Love that. Make sure you don't go too early with those cakes in the oven. Because in the center, it should be like, lava. Too early, they're going to dry out. It needs to be absolute, utter perfection."
Presenting to the Judges
Timothy: "The dish we made was a chocolate lava cake with a golden chocolate mousse and strawberry roses with matcha dusting."
Judges' Notes
Gordon Ramsay: "Before we start tasting. Why cook them so early?"
Timothy: "I just wanted to make sure that the outside was set, and I didn't want it to wait too long and then be undercooked.
" Visually, you know, it looks inviting."
"But aside from that, this dish is all about the malting. Right. I'm just hoping when I cut that open, that lava comes oozing out. That's what needs to happen."
Judges cut into the cake and it is moist inside, but nothing oozes out.
"Nothing."
"Complete chocolate cake cooked just a little bit too long. So it's definitely liquid, but it's not oozing."
"The actual molten lava cake tastes good. Right? But your timing is way off. With 15 minutes to go. I didn't expect to see these out of the oven. The actual golden chocolate mousse is a little bit clunky. Strawberries are nice. I just wish you'd focused as a dynamic duo on your timing."
"I will tell you, the chocolate strawberries matcha. All those flavors go together really, really nicely. But these are the differences of mistakes that can be sending you home."
"It's really a shame because all the components are delicious, but you promised us molten lava, and you just didn't deliver."
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