Easy Chocolate Lava Cakes {for two!}
Simple. Rich. Gooey. My Easy Chocolate Lava Cakes are made in 20 minutes or less, oozing with molten chocolate, and are the perfect date-night treat for two!
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup (56g) Unsalted Butter
- 3 oz (85g) Bittersweet Chocolate (semi-sweet/baking chocolate)
- 1/4 cup (50g) Sugar granulated or light brown sugar
- 1 Egg large
- 1 Egg yolk large
- 1 tbsp Flour All-purpose
- pinch of salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450F (425F Convection bake). Butter and flour 2x 8 oz ramekins (shaking off additional flour). Set aside.
- In a small microwave-safe bowl, melt chocolate and butter (Note: I recommend heating in 30s increments). Then stir melted chocolate with the butter. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl and using an electric mixer, beat egg, egg yolk, salt, and sugar on high until pale and fluffy (~3 mins). Fold melted chocolate and flour into the egg mixture until homogenous, chocolate-y mixture forms.
- Divide chocolate mixture amongst two ramekins.
- Bake at 450F for ~11 to 13 min or until edges are set and they are still jiggly in the centre (note: you may want to check on your lava cakes after 11 min to check readiness). Remove from oven and allow the lava cakes to cool for 1 minute in the ramekins. Gently loosen the edges of each ramekin with a knife and invert onto a plate. After a few seconds, unmold lava cakes from ramekins (Note: ramekins will be hot - be sure to use a towel/oven mitt to handle the hot ramekins).
- Decorate with a dusting of icing sugar and berries, ice-cream, or whipped cream. Serve hot and enjoy!
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Notes
Sofia’s Tips:
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- Don't forget to generously grease your ramekins!! To allow lava cakes to slide out from their moulds without sticking, make sure to grease and flour your ramekins!
- Afraid of inverting your ramekins?! No problem! This can be the most nerve wrecking part of making a lava cake and is by no means essential to having a perfect lava cake. Simply decorate your lava cake inside your ramekin and spoon out that delicious molten centre!
- Can I reduce the sugar in this recipe? These Easy Chocolate Lava Cakes are purposefully quite sweet to taste like a bowl of melted chocolate! If you are looking for a slightly less sweet alternative, simply half the sugar in the recipe and omit the icing sugar garnish!
- Timing is everything with these Lava Cakes! For best results, be ready with your serving plate once you take your ramekins out of the oven so that the lava cakes do not continue to cook for too long in the ramekins.
- Want to make these lava cakes ahead of time? Refrigerate the ramekins with the lava cake batter inside overnight. On day of desired use, return lava cakes to room temperature, and bake.
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