Chocolate Molten Lava Cake Recipe (2024)

FAQs

What is the difference between molten cake and lava cake? ›

Lava cakes are typically small individual-sized cakes baked in a ramekin. In summary, molten cake is a broader term that can refer to cakes with a liquid center, whereas lava cake is a specific type of chocolate cake with a melted center.

Molten Chocolate Cakes, also known as Lava Cakes, are warm individual-size chocolate cakes with oozing chocolate centres. Most recipes will simply have you undercooking a chocolate cake batter, so the outside is set like cake but the inside is raw batter that pours out like lava when you cut into it. Hence the name!

Some recipes for chocolate lava cakes just have you undercook the cake so that the "lava" center is really just undercooked cake batter. However, a molten chocolate ganache center is the superior way to make them! With ganache you don't have to worry about the middle getting overcooked, the center will always be runny!

And bonus, if you don't have ramekins, you can use a muffin pan instead! 5 Pantry friendly ingredients. This recipe is made with just chocolate, butter, sugar, eggs, and flour. Quick to make and bake.

The idea behind it is to have a warm cake with a warm to hot center. If you're served a room temperature or cold lava cake, send it back. Some high volume restaurants will pre-bake them, and then pop them into a microwave or hot oven to warm them before serving. This type of dessert should always be warm, never cold.

Store. Store leftover lava cakes in the refrigerator for up to 5 days. Reheat in the microwave or in the oven set to warm.

Molten chocolate cake is a French dessert that consists of a chocolate cake with a liquid chocolate core. It is named for that molten center, and it is also known as mi-cuit au chocolat, chocolat coulant ("flowing"), chocolate lava cake, or simply lava cake.

If you over mix the cake batter, your molten lava cake is going to collapse or sink in. Reason being when you over mix the batter, you are incorporating too much air bubble into the batter resulting it in losing its structure to hold the cake together.

Most would cite Chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten as the creator of the cake, the story of how the chef accidentally pulled a chocolate sponge cake out of the oven before it was finished and discovered a runny center. Chocolatier Jacques Torres claims that the dish itself has been available in France before, by himself.

With relaxing and euphoric effects that will encompass your whole body, Lava Cake offers a potent high that won't knock you out. Whether smoking or dabbing, you're sure to want seconds of this exotic treat.

Is it OK to eat lava cake? ›

Is it Safe to Eat Lava Cake? Lava cakes typically include eggs so a common question, given that the center is molten, is if Lava Cakes are safe to eat. These Chocolate Peanut Butter Lava Cakes are baked at 425 degrees so the batter is able to reach 165 degrees in the center, rendering them safe to eat.

If you like to make individual side dishes, quiches, and desserts, but don't enjoy unmolding each ramekin separately or dealing with little dishes scooting around the baking pan, try this. Both problems are solved when I use a muffin tin for the mold.

While most of the time a ramekin and a small cup are interchangeable, it's highly recommended to use a ramekin for baking small soufflés or crème brûlée.

No. Ramekins are ceramic containers/molds often used for custard desserts like creme brulee or flan. The smaller versions are used often for dipping sauces or other condiments. Cupcake trays/holders are generally metal molds lined or sprayed then filled with cake batter.

Molten chocolate cake is a French dessert that consists of a chocolate cake with a liquid chocolate core. It is named for that molten center, and it is also known as mi-cuit au chocolat, chocolat coulant ("flowing"), chocolate lava cake, or simply lava cake.

The ingredient list is short — butter, chocolate, eggs, sugar and flour — and the video that accompanies this recipe shows exactly how the magic of the chocolate-oozing molten cake comes to be.

Is molten chocolate cake raw in the middle? This is a tricky one. The technical answer is no, molten lava cake is not raw in the middle. However, the centers of molten lava cakes are under-baked, in the sense that the centers are not fully set.

Serve with

While chocolate molten cakes easily stand alone, they're over-the-top when served with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.