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Today I’m sharing with you how to make a chocolate lava cake.
It’s a warm chocolate cake with a gooey chocolate centre witch melts out like lava
when you break it open.
It’s delicious and if you like chocolate it’s the perfect dessert to make so let’s
get started.
To make these lava cakes more decadent in this recipe I’m using melted chocolate.
You can melt this in the microwave or over a double boiler like I am, whichever is easiest.
Dark chocolate works best with this dessert as it’s quite sweet so bitterness of the
chocolate balances it out.
Cut your chocolate up into smaller pieces and place it into a bowl.
Fill a medium sized saucepan with a small amount of water and place it over high heat
until it comes to a boil.
Turn the heat off and place the bowl of chocolate over the top of the saucepan.
Stir the chocolate a few times and remove it from the heat once it is silky smooth and
completely melted.
Set the chocolate to the side to cool slightly while we prepare the remaining ingredients.
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Next into a medium sized mixing bowl we’re going to add room temperature butter and white
sugar.
Make sure the butter is at room temperature as we are going to be creaming the ingredients
together.
Use a whisk to beat the butter and sugar together until well combined and a little lighter in
colour.
This should only take a couple of minutes.
To the creamed butter and sugar we’re going to add 3 medium good quality free ranged eggs.
Crack these eggs in one at a time, beating them well into the creamed butter and sugar
before adding the next one.
The batter should start to thin out and hold together well.
Once the eggs are well incorporated add a teaspoon of good quality vanilla extract.
The vanilla pairs really well with the chocolate and helps to bring out some of it’s flavour.
Lastly before the melted chocolate we need to add a small amount of regular white flour.
The recipe only needs a small amount to help stabilise the cakes so they don’t fall apart
while still allowing them to have a lava centre.
Measure out the flour and add to the batter.
You can sieve it here, but if you are using a whisk you can just beat the batter to remove
any lumps.
Once the batter is smooth we can pour in the melted chocolate.
It should have cooled by now, you don’t want it to be hot but it shouldn’t have
set either.
Whisk together until you have a smooth chocolate batter.
The lava cakes are now ready to be baked, or it can be stored in the fridge for later
so it works well as a make ahead dessert.
Divide the lava cake batter between four ramekins.
Make sure the ramekins have been greased and floured well as these lava cakes love to stick.
Place the ramekins into a 200 degree celsius or 400 degree fahrenheit oven for 14 minutes.
Everyones ovens are slightly different so make sure to watch the cakes so the batter
isn’t over cooked.
As soon as the lava cakes have finished baking remove them from the oven and turn out onto
plates straight away.
If the ramekins were greased well the cake should just slide right out.
Sprinkle with some icing sugar and serve with some vanilla ice cream.
Once you break the cake open, the lava centre should melt out.
Make sure you give these lava cakes a try and let me know what you think.
Take a look at my channel for more recipes, thank you for watching and I will see you
in my next video bye!