One of my m0st favorite desserts to make for Valentine’s Day or special occasions are molten lava cakes. If you’re not familiar with these special chocolate cakes you’re in for a real treat. Each cake is baked in individual cups (or cupcake tin) and served warm with a melt in your mouth chocolate liquid center (lava).
Don’t let the photo intimidate you from making these miniature decadent chocolate cakes from heaven. This recipe is really easy, quick to prepare and bake, forgiving, and will make you look like a rock-star. As a warning, if you dust them with a little powdered sugar, whipped cream, or a scoop of vanilla or mint ice cream, you may earn a reputation as a “Dessert Diva” and will be required to make these every time company comes over. And if you are a guy making this for your sweetie… trust me on this, chocolate is the way to a woman’s heart.
These cakes are as good as the ones you order in fancy restaurants not to mention for a lot less expensive. So if you’re looking for a great easy chocolate cake dessert to serve for your next romantic dinner or dinner may I suggest these molten lava cakes? Enjoy!
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- 10 tablespoons (1 1/4 stick) butter
- 8 oz (1 cup) chocolate chips (any type of chocolate chips will work but I recommend semi-sweet or a combination of bitter and semi-sweet)
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 cups confectioners’ (powdered) sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 3 egg yolks
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- OPTIONAL : 2 tablespoons coffee liqueur (Kahlua) OR 1 tsp. instant coffee powder
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Spray 6 -6 ounce custard (ramekin) cups or cupcake tin. In a medium microwavable bowl, melt chocolate chips and butter in the microwave for 60 seconds and then in 30 second increments until smooth (about 1.5-2 minutes total). Add flour and sugar to chocolate/butter sauce. Stir in the eggs and yolks until smooth. Add vanilla and coffee liqueur/instant coffee and mix everything until combined. Divide the batter evenly among the each cups. Place cups on top of a cookie sheet and bake for 10 minutes. The edges should be firm but the center will be runny. Run a knife around the edges to loosen and invert onto dessert plates or you can serve each molten lava cake still in the cup.
Some optional “finishing” ideas are: sprinkle powdered sugar on top, add a dollop of whipped cream of ice cream, add raspberries or strawberries, or any combination of the above. Enjoy!
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This recipe is GOLD!!!
I’ve been racking my brain to figure out what to make for my husband’s birthday dinner coming up this Sunday! I think I hit the jackpot here! Thank you, Alice!
These did not work out well for me. Sorry, I really wanted to love them. They just….weren’t very flavorful at all.
I made these for a practice round for Valentine’s Day and they came out perfect. I served it with vanilla ice cream and my husband said this was the best dessert I’ve ever made. Thank you so much for this recipe!
My husband made this for us for our Valentine’s Day Celebration – perfect with some ice cream and strawberries! Thanks for sharing.
I ♥ Molten Lava Cakeee ☻ . It Is Delicious If You Serve It With A Ice – Cream Float .
This recipe turned out perfectly! The outside was moist, but firm and the inside was perfectly filled with molten chocolate. I baked them for exactly 10 minutes using cupcake tins, which made 10 total cakes. Would love to try it with dark chocolate next time!!
Three large eggs AND three egg yolks? No idea how that is different from six eggs! Help!!!
Really? 3 large and 3 yolk …3 yolk means JUST the yolk..not the white.
1 egg consists of 1 egg white and 1 egg yolk.
Therefore, 3 large eggs means 3 egg whites and 3 eggs yolks.
Now split 3 more eggs and discard the whites. Add this to the other 3 eggs and you’ll have the 3 eggs and 3 egg yolks!
Good luck!
THIS IS A KEEPER, I can’t wait to make them again!! It was so easy, I literally made them while my guests were in the living room chatting, I whipped it all together, put them in the oven and Oh Man! They were a huge hit. I do have to work on my presentation a bit….but no one cared what they looked like once they took their first bite. I just served them with Ice Cream…match made in heaven!
P.S. I remember thinking it was very “eggy” while i was mixing it…but it’s the way it’s supposed to be…trust the recipe!
Another wonderful recipe – thank you. I made these two nights ago for my family and it was easy and delicious. Very very rich, which I love. There were two leftover and I put them in the refrigerator until the next night and warmed them for about 25 second each in the microwave and they were perfect. It’s nice to know that they could be made ahead of time and still be amazing for guests if I’m not able to make them while the guests are here.
theses are amazing! i’d been experimenting fw/ different recipes for awhile, and this is the best one!
Fantastic recipe. Its utter simplicity and swiftness belies the decadence of outcome. Thank you for sharing it.
Great recipe. Very easy and delicious. However, I just didn’t know what to use to spray the cups. I wasn’t able to invert the cakes into dessert plates. Any suggestions?
could you change powdered sugar to brown sugar?
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