Molten Nutella Lava Cakes {flourless}
Decadent. Gooey. Stress-free. If you're a Chocolate Lava Cake lover and are looking for a fun, delicious, and gluten-free lava cake idea for Valentine's Day - look no further! This Molten Nutella Lava Cake recipe only requires 5 simple ingredients, less than 10 minutes to prepare and is oozing with molten...chocolate...hazelnut...perfection!!
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup (56g) Unsalted Butter
- 1/3 cups, approx 3 oz (98.6g) Nutella or other chocolate-hazelnut spread
- 2 tbsp (25g) Granulated Sugar
- 1 Egg large, room temperature
- 1 Egg yolk large, room temperature
- 1 tsp Cocoa Unsweetened, dutch processed
- pinch of salt
- crushed hazelnuts, icing sugar, ice cream, berries, or extra Nutella for garnish optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450F. Generously butter two 4 ounce ramekins (or similar size, oven safe and small containers) and dust with unsweetened cocoa powder. Set aside.
- In a small microwave-safe bowl, melt Nutella and butter (Note: I use the microwave for this step - heating in 15-30s increments between stirs).
- In a medium sized bowl, whisk together egg, egg yolk, salt, and sugar until egg mixture is a slightly paler colour, and frothy (2-3 mins). Slowly mix warmed Nutella/butter mixture into the egg mixture.
- Add 1 tsp of cocoa and a pinch of salt to the batter. Stir mixture together one final time and divide equally, into your two prepared ramekins.
- Bake at 450F for ~11 min or until edges are set and the middle is still slightly sunken in/wobbly. Remove from oven and allow the lava cakes to cool for 3-5 min in the ramekins. (Note: ramekin will be hot - be sure to use a towel/oven mitt to handle the hot ramekins!).
- Gently loosen the edges of each ramekin with a knife and invert onto a plate. After a few seconds, remove ramekin from lava cakes using a towel/oven mitt.
- Decorate with a dusting of icing sugar, crushed hazelnuts, drizzled Nutella, berries, or ice-cream.
- Serve hot and enjoy!
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Notes
Sofia’s Tips:
Have you tried this recipe!? I would love to know what you think! Leave a comment below!
- Don't forget to generously grease your ramekins!! To allow lava cakes to slide out from their moulds without sticking, make sure to grease your ramekins!
- Can I reduce the sugar in this recipe? These Molten Chocolate Pots 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.
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