Chocolate Lava Cakes. Here's how to make incredibly decadent homemade chocolate lava cakes! This decadent easy to make chocolate lava cake will melt on your plate and in your mouth! The cake whips up in a few minutes and there's NO decoration to.
Reviews for: Photos of Chef John's Chocolate Lava Cake. Chocolate Lava Cakes look impressive but are super easy to make! Molten Chocolate Lava Cakes have a signature molten liquid chocolate center. You can cook Chocolate Lava Cakes using 7 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Chocolate Lava Cakes
- Prepare 1 tsp of Vanilla Extract.
- Prepare 4 oz of Semi-sweet Chocolate Chips.
- You need 1 Stick of Unsalted Butter.
- You need 2 of Eggs.
- It’s 2 of Egg Yolks.
- Prepare 1/4 Cup of Sugar.
- It’s 2 of Tblsp Flour.
Homemade lava cakes are so easy to recreate and taste even better! Serve with powdered sugar, vanilla ice cream. Chocolate Lava Cakes are ultra right, decadent, and gourmet but surprisingly simple! Let the chocolate lava cakes cool for two to three minutes.
Chocolate Lava Cakes step by step
- Preheat oven to 400*.
- Grease and dust with flour, or spray with nonstick cooking spray, or line four large muffin cups..
- Using a double boiler, or a large glass mixing bowl over a boiling pan of water melt butter and chocolate chips. Continue stirring until smooth and remove from heat. DO NOT allow to over heat, only heat enough to melt smoothly..
- Add flour, sugar, eggs, and egg yolks to the melted chocolate mixture..
- Divide batter into four prepared baking cups..
- Bake about 10 minutes, until crusty layer forms and middle isn't jiggling when gently moved. Do not over bake, or you will not have Lava..
- Allow to cool for about 5 minutes. Slide butter knife gently along the edge to make sure cake is not sticking. Gently lift cake out and invert on plate, or invert pan on plate to remove cakes. Serve warm..
- Topping ideas: powdered sugar, drizzle frosting, ice cream, drizzle flavored syrup, whipped topping..
Then with a butter knife gently loosen the edges from the top. The cake is so light and soft, you do not need to use the butter knife way to. These chocolate molten lava cakes are such an indulgent treat! Perfect for a special occasion, yet easy enough for every day. You'll love the deep chocolate flavor and the warm liquid center!
