Chocolate Lava Cake

Decadent molten chocolate lava cake that goes perfectly with a scoop of ice cream.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 8

Total Time 23

Servings lava cakes

Calories 420kcal

Author Dina

Preheat your oven to 410 degrees Fahrenheit. Over a double boiler, melt butter and chocolate chips. Keep stirring until it reaches a smooth silky consistency. Tip: make sure the bottom of your glass bowl does not touch the hot water of your double boiler. You only need the steam to gently melt the butter and chocolate.
In a separate bowl, lightly beat the eggs and egg yolk. Then mix in the powdered sugar, vanilla, and melted chocolate. Sift the flour with a fine-mesh strainer and whisk it into the chocolate mixture.
Spray each ramekin with nonstick spray and fill with the batter. Make sure NOT to fill each one all the way to the top. I used 4 oz ramekins.
Place each filled ramekins on a baking sheet and bake for 8 minutes. Tip: you can fill the ramekins in advance then cover them with plastic wrap and keep them in the fridge until ready to bake. If you refrigerate your lava cakes, bake them for about 10-12 minutes.
Once they're done, immediately flip them over onto a plate using a kitchen towel. Or you can always eat them straight out of the ramekin if you prefer not to flip them. Serve warm with berries or ice cream.

Stir the chocolate constantly- Avoid burning the chocolate by continually stirring as the butter and chocolate chips melt. The steam from the double boiler will do this pretty quickly.
Sift the flour- Avoid lumps that can dry out the batter by using a fine-mesh strainer to sift the flour in. This also incorporates more airy, lightening the actual cake.
Generously grease the ramekins- To remove the lava cakes without sticking, make sure to spray the ramekins generously with oil prior to filling them with the lava cake batter.
Carefully flip the ramekin to serve- The Chocolate Lava Cake will be super hot when you take it out of the oven, so place a small plate on top of the ramekin, then grab the side of the ramekin with a kitchen towel and flip it over.