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Chocolate Lava Cake
French Medium

Chocolate Lava Cake

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Individual warm chocolate cakes with a gooey molten centre. The ultimate chocolate dessert that takes only 15 minutes!

10 min
Prep
🔥
12 min
Cook
22 min
Total
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4
Serves
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✓ Vegetarian ⚠ Gluten ⚠ Dairy ⚠ Eggs

Ingredients

200g
Dark chocolate (70%), chopped
Baking

1

100g
Unsalted butter, plus extra for greasing
Dairy

2

4
Eggs
Dairy

3

4
Egg yolks
Dairy

4

100g
Caster sugar
Baking

5

2 tbsp
Plain flour
Baking

6

2 tbsp
Cocoa powder
Baking

7

Pinch
Salt
Spice

8

To serve
Vanilla ice cream
Dairy

Instructions

1

Preheat oven to 200°C (180°C fan). Butter 4 ramekins and dust with cocoa powder.

2

Melt chocolate and butter together in a bowl over simmering water (or microwave in bursts). Stir until smooth and let cool slightly.

3

Whisk eggs, egg yolks, and sugar together until pale and thick, about 3 minutes.

4

Fold the chocolate mixture into the egg mixture, then gently fold in flour and salt.

5

Divide evenly among ramekins. (Can refrigerate up to 24 hours at this point.)

6

Bake 10-12 minutes — edges should be set but center should still wobble.

7

Rest for 1 minute, then run a knife around the edge and invert onto plates. Serve immediately with ice cream.

Chef's Tips

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Timing is everything! 10 minutes gives a very runny centre; 12 minutes is slightly more set. Test with one ramekin first.

Nutrition (per serving)

520
calories
10g
protein
55g
carbs
30g
fat

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