A treat for all chocolate lovers – chocolate lava cake ?
Whenever I would see pictures of a chocolate lava cake, I would always think that it would be a very complicated recipe. How can something which looks so delicious be easy to make? However, I was totally wrong. One of the simplest and tastiest recipes which I have come across, it made be realize that everything which looks complicated need not be. I followed a Sanjeev Kapoor recipe for this, however most of the chocolate lava cake recipes which I had read were similar.
If you are a chocolate fan like us, we have some amazing chocolate recipes for you like cola cake, chocolate cake, choco coffee delight, chocolate fudge brownie.
Coming back to the chocolate lava cake, just imagine biting into a chocolate cake and having sweet warm molten chocolate flowing into your mouth….doesn’t it sound yummy? Yes, it is. Go ahead and try it to know what I mean and I am sure you will love it.
Makes: 11 cakes
Preparation Time: 20 minutes
Cooking Time: 8 minutes
Ingredients:
Plain Chocolate: 125 gm broken into pieces
Unsalted Butter: 9 tbsp + for greasing
Cocoa Powder: 1 tbsp
All purpose Flour: 1/2 cup + for dusting
Powdered Sugar: 6 tbsp
Baking Powder: 1/2 tsp
Eggs: 4
Vanilla Essence: 1/2 tsp
Method of Preparation:
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees celsius. Grease the muffin tray and dust with flour. Remove the excess flour. I used ALDA Muffin Tray for 6 Muffins Bakeware
. - Put the chocolate and butter in a microwave safe bowl and microwave on high for 1 and 1/2 minute.Mix well.
- Break eggs in a bowl and beat well. Add sugar and beat well till light. Sift cocoa powder and add to egg-sugar mixture. Whisk well.
- Add chocolate mixture from step 2 to the egg mixture and beat well.
- Sift the flour and baking powder together. Add to the egg-chocolate mixture of step 4 along with vanilla essence.
- Pour the cake mixture into the muffin cups till around 3/4 full.
- Let bake for 7-8 minutes. Take the muffin tray out of the oven, loosen the edges carefully with a knife.
- Carefully unmould the cakes onto a serving plate and serve hot.
Chocolate Lava Cake
- Plain Chocolate: 125 gm broken into pieces
- Unsalted Butter: 9 tbsp + for greasing
- Cocoa Powder: 1 tbsp
- All purpose Flour: ½ cup + for dusting
- Powdered Sugar: 6 tbsp
- Baking Powder: ½ tsp
- Eggs: 4
- Vanilla Essence: ½ tsp
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees celsius. Grease the muffin tray and dust with flour. Remove the excess flour. I used ALDA Muffin Tray for 6 Muffins Bakeware.
- Put the chocolate and butter in a microwave safe bowl and microwave on high for 1 and ½ minute.Mix well.
- Break eggs in a bowl and beat well. Add sugar and beat well till light. Sift cocoa powder and add to egg-sugar mixture. Whisk well.
- Add chocolate mixture from step 2 to the egg mixture and beat well.
- Sift the flour and baking powder together. Add to the egg-chocolate mixture of step 4 along with vanilla essence.
- Pour the cake mixture into the muffin cups till around ¾ full.
- Let bake for 7-8 minutes. Take the muffin tray out of the oven, loosen the edges carefully with a knife.
- Carefully unmould the cakes onto a serving plate and serve hot.
Wow looks.yummy… never thought that we can make chocolava cup cakes can’t wait to try themy …. Thanks for sharing the recipe
Thanks Anisha ? Yes it is a very simple recipe. Till I tried it, even I used to think it is very difficult to make. Do try it. Hope you like it.
Sana says
Tried your recipe today and it came out wonderful ? a big thank you :-*
Glad you liked it ?
Mohini verlekar says
Hi! If u culd also gv eggless recipe for choco lava cake pls…..tryd above ws awesome. Thku!
Hi Mohini,
I have not tried the eggless version of choco lava cake. However, I know that usually apple sauce, banana, yogurt or vegetable oil is used as a substitute for egg in baking cakes. As and when I try the recipe without eggs, I will update it.
Thanks.