molten-chocolate cake

plural molten-chocolate cakes

1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of molten chocolate cake.

   Lately, I’ve been drowning in a tiramisu sea, and when I try to climb onto an island, it’s made of crème brûlée and molten-chocolate cake. Desserts have fallen into a rut.

   2006 December 27, Alison Arnett, “Five on 5: A quintet of critics picks a year’s worth of favorites”, in The Boston Globe, volume 270, number 180, Boston, Mass., →ISSN, →OCLC, page F1, column 1

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   This time we sampled the superb desserts of Pastry Chef Philippe Fallait: a molten-chocolate cake with kumquat confit; quince turnovers with a ginger creme anglaise; and a sensational passion fruit creme brulee with a pineapple sorbet.

   1998 April 11, Gerry Dawes, “Eating on the Wild Side at Union Pacific”, in Rockland Journal-News, White Plains, N.Y.: Gannett Suburban Newspapers, →OCLC, section C, page 7, columns 6–7

   Her baba rum cake is essentially classical, though the presence of dates, cocoa nibs and Amaro granite make the dish her own, and her chocolate budino has pudding on the outside and warm chocolate cake within, a sort of molten-chocolate cake in reverse.

   2014 January 23, Phil Vettel, “Dream team delivers: Formidable duo powers Kahan’s new seafood spot”, in Chicago Tribune, 166th year, number 23, Chicago, Ill., →ISSN, →OCLC, section 5, page 6, column 3