Chocolate Molten Lava Cakes
Impress your friends and family with these fabulous chocolate molten lava cakes. The recipe is easier than you may think!
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 13 minutes
- Total Time: 23 minutes
- Yield: 4 servings 1x
- Category: Cakes, Chocolate, Desserts, Valentine's Day
Ingredients
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- Cocoa powder (for dusting the ramekins)
- 4 ounces unsalted butter (1/2 cup)
- 4 ounces bittersweet chocolate, broken into pieces
- 1 1/4 cups confectioners’ sugar, plus more, for sprinkling
- 2 large eggs
- 3 large egg yolks
- 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour (2 1/4 ounces)
- Pinch salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425 F.
- Spray four 6-ounce ramekins with nonstick cooking spray or lightly grease with shortening. Dust lightly with cocoa powder.
- Place a large stainless steel bowl or the top of a double boiler over simmering water. Add the butter and chocolate and cook until melted, stirring constantly. Remove the bowl from the heat.
- Add the confectioners’ sugar to the chocolate mixture and blend well.
- In another bowl, whisk the eggs; add the eggs to the chocolate mixture, blending thoroughly. Add the vanilla and then stir the flour and salt into the mixture.
- Place the ramekins on a baking sheet. Fill the ramekins with the chocolate mixture.
- Bake the cakes just until firm, but still soft in the center, about 13 to 14 minutes.
- Remove the cakes from the oven and let them rest for 2 minutes. Invert onto dessert plates.
- Sift powdered sugar over the cakes, if desired.
Find it online: https://classic-recipes.com/chocolate-molten-lava-cakes/