Double Chocolate Lava Cake Recipes

CHOCOLATE LAVA CAKE FOR TWO

Steps:

• Heat oven to 425 degrees and butter a 10-ounce ramekin. Dust the buttered ramekin with granulated sugar.
• 2. Combine the chocolate and 3 tablespoons butter in a heat-safe bowl set over a pan of simmering water. Cook, stirring occasionally, until melted and smooth. (Alternatively, combine in a bowl and microwave in 30-second blasts, stirring in between, until melted and smooth, about 1 minute.) Remove from the heat and set aside.
• In a medium bowl, combine the 3 tablespoons sugar, egg, egg yolk, vanilla and salt. Whisk vigorously until the mixture is thick, foamy and pale, about 2 minutes. Whisk in the flour until smooth.
• Using a spatula, add the chocolate to the egg mixture and stir gently until combined.
• Pour the mixture into the ramekin. Bake for 12 to 14 minutes or until the edges are set and puffed, but the center is still soft when lightly pressed. (You can also cover and refrigerate the batter up to a day in advance. Add an additional minute or 2 to baking time if you are baking the cake directly from the refrigerator.)
• Use an offset spatula or small knife to loosen the edges of the cake from the ramekin. Place a plate over the ramekin and carefully invert the warm cake. Use an oven mitt or clean kitchen towel to remove the ramekin, dust the cake with confectioners' sugar and serve with ice cream or whipped cream.

DOUBLE-CHOCOLATE LAVA CAKE (WHITE WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR)

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. In ungreased 9-inch square pan, mix flour, granulated sugar, 2 tablespoons cocoa, baking powder and salt. Stir in milk, butter and vanilla with fork until smooth, making sure to incorporate dry ingredients in corners of pan. Stir in chocolate chips.
• Spread batter in pan. Sprinkle with brown sugar and 1/4 cup cocoa. Pour hot water evenly over batter.
• Bake about 40 minutes or until top is dry. Cool 10 minutes. Spoon warm cake into dessert dishes. Spoon sauce from pan onto each serving. Top with ice cream; sprinkle with nuts.

LAVA CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease and flour four 6-ounce ramekins.
• Place chocolate and butter in the top of a double boiler over simmering water. Stir frequently, scraping down the sides with a rubber spatula to avoid scorching, until chocolate is melted, about 5 minutes.
• Combine eggs and sugar in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until pale and thick, about 5 minutes. Mix in melted chocolate, cocoa powder, and flour until combined. Pour batter into the prepared ramekins and place on a baking tray.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the sides are set but the middle is still jiggly, 10 to 13 minutes. Let cool for 5 minutes before serving.

CHEF JOHN'S CHOCOLATE LAVA CAKE

Steps:

• Generously butter the inside of 4 (5 1/2 ounce) ramekins. Place them in a casserole dish.
• Whisk together egg yolks, eggs, and sugar in a bowl until light, foamy, and lemon colored.
• Melt chocolate and butter in a microwave-safe bowl in 30-second intervals, stirring after each melting, 1 to 3 minutes.
• Stir melted chocolate mixture into egg and sugar mixture until combined.
• Sift cocoa powder into the mixture; stir to combine.
• Sift flour and salt into the mixture; stir to combine into a batter.
• Stir vanilla extract into the batter.
• Transfer batter to a resealable plastic bag. Snip one corner of the bag with scissors to create a tip.
• Divide batter evenly between the prepared ramekins; tap gently on the counter to remove any air bubbles.
• Refrigerate 30 minutes.
• Preheat an oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• Arrange the ramekins in a casserole dish. Pour enough hot tap water into the casserole dish to reach halfway up the sides of the ramekins.
• Bake in the preheated over for 15-18 minutes. Set aside to cool for 15 minutes.
• Loosen the edges from the ramekin with a knife. Invert each cake onto a plate and dust with powdered sugar.

SLOW-COOKER CHOCOLATE LAVA CAKE

Steps:

• Spray 6-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. In large bowl, beat Cake ingredients with electric mixer as directed on cake mix box. Pour into slow cooker.
• In medium bowl, beat pudding mix and 2 cups milk with whisk as directed on box. Pour into slow cooker over cake batter. Do not mix. Sprinkle chocolate chips over top.
• Cover; cook on Low heat setting 2 hours 30 minutes to 3 hours or until cake is set and pudding is beginning to bubble out of cake.

3-MINUTE MOLTEN DOUBLE CHOCOLATE MUG CAKE

Steps:

• Stir together the oil and sugar in a 12- or 14- ounce ceramic, microwave- safe mug, using a fork. Stir in the egg yolk and vanilla, and then the sour cream. Stir in the baking powder and salt, and then the flour and cocoa powder.
• Stir in the chocolate chips and microwave on high for 1 to 2 minutes, depending on your microwave (in my microwave, 1 ½ minutes is just about golden). The cake is done when it rises above the edge of the mug (or close to it) and its top looks glossy and set, but not wet.
• Let cool briefly- it will collapse-sorry, but true. The center will be more molten-like than cake-like, very soft, and very hot-be careful! Enjoy ASAP with vanilla ice cream.

DOUBLE CHOCOLATE BABY LAVA CAKES

Steps:

• For the praline sauce:.
• In a medium, heavy bottomed sauce pan, combine the granulated sugar, brown sugar and dark corn syrup.
• Stir in the heavy cream and cook over medium-high heat until the mixture boils, stirring constantly to dissolve the sugars.
• Reduce the heat and cook, stirring occasionally, until thickened, about 8-10 minutes.
• Cover and keep warm over very low heat until needed.
• For the Baby Lava Cakes:.
• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Lightly butter and flour four 6oz ramekins.
• Place the ramekins on a baking sheet and set aside until needed.
• In a small, heavy-bottomed sauce pan, melt the butter and chocolate over low heat, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and set aside to cool.
• Using an electric mixer with a whisk attachment, whisk the whole eggs, egg yok, sugar and vanilla on high speed until thick and lemon-colored (about 5 minutes).
• Whisk in the cooled chocolate mixture on medium speed.
• Sift the flour and cocoa powder together and add to the egg mixture, whisking on low speed until just combined.
• Spoon the batter into the prepared ramekins and smooth the tops with a spatula.
• Bake for 10 minutes, then remove the cakes from the oven.
• Using a knife, carefully puncture the top of each partially cooked cake. Spoon 1 heaping tablespoon of the warm praline sauce into the center of each cake.
• Return the cakes to the oven and bake until the cakes feel firm at the edges and are beginning to pull away from the sides of the ramekins, about 5 minutes more.
• Cool the cakes in the ramekins on a wire rack for 3 minutes.
• Using a knife, lossen the edge of the cakes from the ramekins and slip them out upright onto individual dessert plates.
• Stir the toasted pecans into the remaining praline sauce and spoon some of the warm mixture on top of each cake and serve imediately.
• Enjoy!