--- title: "Molten Chocolate Lava Cakes Recipe - Chocolate Lava Cakes" url: https://www.cookingandme.com/molten-chocolate-lava-cakes-recipe/ date: 2010-10-07 modified: 2015-12-01 lang: en author: "nags" description: "Chocolate lava cakes are a gorgeous creation. Cakes with a spongy outer layer and an oozing chocolate-y inner side - what's not to love. These lava cakes tend to be..." categories: - "Cake Recipes" - "Chocolate" - "Sweets Puddings Desserts" - "Uncategorized" image: https://www.cookingandme.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/5056025411_942e226a2e.jpg word_count: 454 --- # Molten Chocolate Lava Cakes Recipe - Chocolate Lava Cakes Chocolate lava cakes are a gorgeous creation. Cakes with a spongy outer layer and an oozing chocolate-y inner side - what's not to love. These lava cakes tend to be quite intense so breaking the chocolate with fruit or ice cream is a great idea. I know, that's a lot of chocolate discussion on this site over this week but when it comes to chocolate, there's never too much of it. Agreed? There you go! I had been meaning to make some lava cakes for a while, simply to see how well I can get the shape and inner molten centers right. For a first attempt, this turned out fabulous even if I say so myself :) [![Molten Lava Choc Cake Recipe](https://www.cookingandme.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/5056025411_942e226a2e1.jpg)](https://www.cookingandme.com/2010/10/molten-chocolate-lava-cakes-recipe.html) I baked this decadence over the weekend. It rose beautifully and the crust was cracked and heavenly. Be very careful not to burn your tongue on this. I speak from experience, like I almost always do. Learn from my mistakes, ok? The chocolate inside is burning hot when the cakes come out of the oven and they take a while to cool down which is probably the toughest thing to handle when making molten chocolate lava cakes. [![Molten Lava Choc Cake Recipe](https://www.cookingandme.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/5057230136_327da27357.jpg)](https://www.cookingandme.com/2010/10/molten-chocolate-lava-cakes-recipe.html) Since neither TH nor I like very runny centres for our molten chocolate cakes, I increased baking time but made sure that the centre is still gooey and fudgy. This consistency was perfect for us. [![Molten Lava Choc Cake Recipe](https://www.cookingandme.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/5056613229_b9ab1a9ccc.jpg)](https://www.cookingandme.com/2010/10/molten-chocolate-lava-cakes-recipe.html) **Molten Chocolate Lava Cake** *Fills 4 medium-sized ramekins* *Recipe source - *[*showmethecurry.com*](http://showmethecurry.com/desserts/molten-lava-cake.html) **Ingredients:** Semi-Sweet Baking Chocolate – 4 oz (113g) Butter – 1/2 cup + to grease ramekins![](http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=edibgard-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B000BI8NAK) Eggs – 2 Sugar – 1/3 cup (75 g) All-purpose Flour – 1/4 cup (40g) **Instructions:** 1. In a double boiler, melt chocolate. Once melted and shiny, remove pan from heat and add in butter. Mix until the butter melts fully. Set aside to cool. 2. In a medium mixing bowl, beat the eggs and sugar until light and fluffy (about 3 mins by electric mixer, 5 mins by hand) 3. Add chocolate-butter mixture into the eggs, add all-purpose flour and mix until well incorporated. 4. Butter bottom and sides of ramekins (small glass/porcelain bowls) and pour in mixture until 3/4 way full. 5. Bake in a pre-heated oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit (180 C) for 10 – 15 minutes. Shorter for gooey (molten) inside, longer for stiff inside. I baked for about 13-15 mins. 6. Serve warm with ice-cream, fruits or whipped cream. [![Molten Lava Chocolate Cake Recipe](https://www.cookingandme.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/5057229594_702d068fc9.jpg)](https://www.cookingandme.com/2010/10/molten-chocolate-lava-cakes-recipe.html) Yep, I had to push out some of the centre with my spoon to demo that ;) Now, one thing to remember is, you have to serve molten chocolate lava cakes with some fruits, whipped cream, or ice cream to balance out the dense chocolate flavour - its really overpowering. True death by chocolate!