Of all places to find this recipe , in a RV travel magazine, cooking author Bob Blumer writes that an exqusite dessert can be made in a rv galley kitchen! . He sites the interesting legend of the recipe: an Alsatian chef , Jean Georges Vongerichten,was testing a flourless cake recipe, removed it too early and when cut open a warm river or rich chocloate ooozed from the center like a volcano . Read more . The chef did introduce the dessert in NYC in 1987, but another French chef states that it was already popular in France. No matter, the true origin, we are glad to have the recipe! One can search the Net for the original recipe .Note: the cake is also known as chocolate volcano, molton, or chocolate lava cake . One will find all kinds of similar recipes which supposedly stemmed from the orginal recipe which was orginally baked in a water bath Pleae note this Bob Blumers adptation of the chef's recipe famous because he does not use the select fancy chocolate the chef used in the orginal recipe and he uses less of all the other ingredients.