Molten Lava Cakes

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  • Time icon
    Total Time
    1hr 22mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    5
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    468
based on 12 ratings

Back by popular demand! Utterly decadent and deceptively impressive; keep a close eye on these little chocolate bombs while they're in the oven to ensure a molten center.

recipe updated Feb 28, 2022

Ingredients

  • Unsalted butter icon
    Unsalted butter
    130 g
  • Cocoa powder icon
    Cocoa powder
    as needed
  • Dark chocolate icon
    Dark chocolate
    100 g
  • Egg icon
    Egg
    2
  • Egg yolk icon
    Egg yolk
    2
  • Granulated sugar icon
    Granulated sugar
    100 g
  • Salt icon
    Salt
    1 pinch
  • All purpose flour icon
    All purpose flour
    50 g

Tools

  • kCook icon Spatula
  • kCook icon Oven
  • kCook icon Whisk
  • kCook icon Microwave
  • kCook icon Water
  • kCook icon Pastry brush
  • kCook icon Water bath
  • kCook icon Ramekin
  • kCook icon Medium glass bowl
  • kCook icon Large mixing bowl
  • kCook icon Large roasting dish
  • kCook icon Small glass bowl

Step preview

  1. Add unsalted butter to a clean small glass bowl
  2. Melt in microwave until completely melted - low heat
  3. Brush the inside of 5 ramekins with the butter
  4. Chill in fridge until set
  5. Dust with cocoa powder
  6. Add dark chocolate and unsalted butter to a clean medium glass bowl
  7. Heat in double boiler until completely melted
  8. Leave until cool - 5 min
  9. Add egg, egg yolk, granulated sugar and salt to a clean large mixing bowl
  10. Whisk until well combined
  11. Add all purpose flour to the mixture
  12. Mix until combined
  13. Fold chocolate mixture into mixture gently
  14. Pour mixture into 5 ramekins
  15. Chill - 1 hr
  16. Pre-heat oven - 200°C
  17. Prepare a clean large roasting dish with water
  18. Transfer ramekins to large roasting dish carefully
  19. Bake in water bath - 12 min, 200°C
  20. Remove content of 5 ramekins from ice bath
  21. Bake ramekins - 5 min, 200°C
  22. Invert carefully
  23. Serve
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