Individual Lava Cakes
Individual Chocolate Lava Cakes, heavenly rich and gooey, and so chocolaty. Spoil your senses with these little beauties, it's time for a treat! These molten lava cakes are quick and easy to make, perfect for every celebration.
Servings: 6 people
Calories: 217kcal
Ingredients
- 100 g dark chocolate (3.5 oz)
- 100 g butter plus 1 tablespoon extra for greasing (3.5 oz)
- 2 tablespoon cocoa powder
- 50 g plain flour (1.8 oz)
- 80 g icing sugar (confectioners' sugar, 2.8 oz)
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 2 eggs
- 1 egg yolk
Instructions
- Break the chocolate into small pieces and cut the butter into small cubes.
- Place them in a heatproof bowl and set them over a pan of boiling water to melt, then remove from the heat and allow the mixture to cool.
- In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, icing sugar, cocoa powder and baking powder.
- Mix the eggs and the egg yolk with an electric mixer for about 1 minute until foamy, then add the melted chocolate and butter and mix well.
- Fold in the dry ingredients.
- Butter 6 ramekins and dust well with cocoa powder, then turn them upside-down and tap to remove the excess cocoa powder.
- Divide the mixture between the 6 ramekins. Be careful not to fill the ramekins, ideally you want them only about half to 3 quarters full, otherwise they will rise too much and overflow.
- Bake in the preheated oven at 200 degrees Celsius (390 Fahrenheit) for 10 minutes or until firm on the outside but gooey on the inside.
- Carefully remove from the oven, then run a knife around to ease up the edges. The top will be firm, but the middle nice and gooey.
- Place a small plate on top of the ramekin and quickly turn it onto a plate.
- Sprinkle some icing sugar on top and decorate with raspberries and mint.
- Serve warm.
Notes
- Don't bake them for longer than 10 minutes, otherwise the centre won't be gooey anymore.
Nutrition
Calories: 217kcal | Carbohydrates: 28g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 87mg | Sodium: 26mg | Potassium: 217mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 17g | Vitamin A: 120IU | Calcium: 45mg | Iron: 3mg