Recipe: Perfect Chocolate Lava Cakes

Chocolate Lava Cakes. Spray four custard cups with baking spray and place on a baking sheet. Microwave the butter, bittersweet chocolate and semisweet chocolate in a large bowl on high. Lava Chocolate Cakes True decadence at its best, this rich chocolate cake created by the Taste of Home Cooking School features a warm, gooey chocolate center that oozes out onto the dessert plate.

Well, there was no time to take them off the plates and bake them more, so the chef simply had his wait staff introduce the dessert as Chocolate 'Lava' Cake. The best chocolate lava cake recipe I've ever had. Serve topped with powdered sugar or vanilla ice cream. You can cook Chocolate Lava Cakes using 7 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Chocolate Lava Cakes

1. You need 1 tsp of Vanilla Extract.
2. Prepare 4 oz of Semi-sweet Chocolate Chips.
3. Prepare 1 Stick of Unsalted Butter.
4. You need 2 of Eggs.
5. You need 2 of Egg Yolks.
6. It's 1/4 Cup of Sugar.
7. You need 2 of Tblsp Flour.

Spoon up the sides to create a divot in the middle. Spoon in level measuring teaspoon of chilled lava mixture into each divot. Then carefully cover with remaining chocolate batter, carefully spreading to edge, if possible. Molten lava cakes are the king of chocolate desserts.

Chocolate Lava Cakes step by step

1. Preheat oven to 400*.
2. Grease and dust with flour, or spray with nonstick cooking spray, or line four large muffin cups..
3. 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..
4. Add flour, sugar, eggs, and egg yolks to the melted chocolate mixture..
5. Divide batter into four prepared baking cups..
6. 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..
7. 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..
8. Topping ideas: powdered sugar, drizzle frosting, ice cream, drizzle flavored syrup, whipped topping..

We like to make them on special occasions such as birthdays, anniversaries, and especially Valentine's day. You can't go wrong with a rich and chocolate dessert that's loaded with a gooey molten lava center. Lava cake is not just an undercooked cake. It's a unique combination of a traditional chocolate cake and a soufflé. Think of it as a custard or lemon curd.