Chocolate Lava Cakes

Name: Chocolate Lava Cakes
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 27 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 200g dark chocolate; ½ cup butter; 1 cup icing sugar; 3 eggs plus 3 egg yolks; ½ cup all-purpose flour; pinch salt; butter and cocoa for ramekins; vanilla ice cream to serve

Restaurant-worthy chocolate lava cakes with a molten centre, ready in 30 minutes. Baking for exactly 12 minutes, not a minute longer, is the fine line between a proper molten centre and a fully cooked cake.

Total time

27 min

Prep

15 min

Cook

12 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

American

dessertcomfort

Ingredients

200gdark chocolate

½ cupbutter

1 cupicing sugar

3eggs plus 3 egg yolks

½ cupall-purpose flour

pinchsalt

butter and cocoafor ramekins

vanilla ice creamto serve

Instructions

Melt chocolate and butter; cool slightly.

Whisk in icing sugar, eggs, and yolks.

Fold in flour and salt.

Pour into buttered cocoa-dusted ramekins; bake at 425°F for 12 min. Invert and serve with ice cream.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

935

Protein

7.6g

Fat

67.6g

Carbs

76.4g

Fiber

6.3g

Sodium

1955mg

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