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Molten Chocolate Lava Cakes Recipe – Chocolate Lava Cakes

December 1, 2015 87 Comments

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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 🙂

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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.

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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.

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Molten Chocolate Lava Cake
Fills 4 medium-sized ramekins
Recipe source – showmethecurry.com

Ingredients:
Semi-Sweet Baking Chocolate – 4 oz (113g)
Butter – 1/2 cup + to grease ramekins
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.

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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!

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  1. Rekha

    October 12, 2017 at 12:17 am

    I tried this recipe …it came out quite well….but how long can I keep it? Should it be stored in refrigerator?

    Reply
    • nags

      November 13, 2017 at 12:21 pm

      one day at room temperature. refrigerate if you want to keep longer

      Reply
  2. Rita Bose

    December 12, 2012 at 10:36 am

    Hi Nags! This molten chocolate lava cake looks delicious! Will try it out!

    Reply
  3. Anonymous

    November 28, 2012 at 11:51 am

    Oh ok so u use 100ml of butter izzit?

    Reply
    • Nagalakshmi V

      November 28, 2012 at 3:47 pm

      not sure how you will measure softened butter in ml but i guess that's a close enough estimate, yes.

      Reply
  4. Anonymous

    November 23, 2012 at 3:01 pm

    Sorry,typo mistake. 1/2 cup butter – 113gm?coz i had seen in a site abt measurement whr it says 1 cup butter – 226gm whereas 1 cup flour – 130gm.is dis rite n r urs measurement also follow d same?plz advice.

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    • Nagalakshmi V

      November 28, 2012 at 11:11 am

      hi, my cup measure is 200ml and i am not sure how much it is in grams. i always measure my ingredients in cups

      Reply
  5. Anonymous

    November 23, 2012 at 1:35 pm

    Hi is ur 1/2cup butter is 133gm?

    Reply
  6. Anonymous

    November 23, 2012 at 11:14 am

    Hi may i knw how many grm is equal to 1 cup?i.e.flour.

    Reply
  7. PureVeg

    November 20, 2012 at 3:53 pm

    Hi Nags.

    This looks delicious. Is it possible to get a similar result without using eggs?

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    • Nagalakshmi V

      November 21, 2012 at 1:44 am

      i don't think so but maybe using silken tofu may work

      Reply
  8. MAYURI

    October 23, 2012 at 11:06 am

    hey nags..
    M big Chocolate lover and wants 2 try this..
    Bt the problem is I don't have Oven Only BASIC MICROWAVE..
    So plz tell me can it b prepared in the same??
    I really wants to try this…..

    Reply
    • Nagalakshmi V

      October 25, 2012 at 9:49 am

      you need an oven to bake these molten chocolate lava cakes

      Reply
  9. arpitha

    October 19, 2012 at 7:05 pm

    Wow…am drooling looking at the yummy cake.. amazing job..love your blog 🙂

    Reply
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