Chocolate lava cake is a very simple recipe, the secret is not to over-bake the cake. If you are a chocolate lover, you will definitely love this chocolate-rich cake!
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CHINESE VERSION: 苦甜黑巧克力岩浆蛋糕
Chocolate Lava Cake-with Bitter Sweet & Dark Chocolate | MyKitchen101en
Yields: 8 cakes
Ingredients:
- 120 g dark cooking chocolate
- 50 g bittersweet cooking chocolate
- 110 g butter
- 3 eggs (size: grade A/Large)
- 50 g fine sugar
- pinch of fine salt
- 1/4 tsp vanilla essence
- 2 tbsps low protein flour (cake flour)
For coating:
- butter
- cocoa powder
Instructions:
1 Grease the inner part of the molds (Volume: 80 ml, Width=7.5 cm, Depth=3 cm) with butter, then coat with cocoa powder (or plain flour), and discard any excess.
2 Preheat oven to 200°C/390°F。
3 Combine chocolate and butter in a mixing bowl, heat until melted using double boiler method, mix well.
4 Combine eggs, sugar and salt in a mixing bowl, beat the egg mixture until thick and pale yellow.
5 Add in vanilla essence and low protein flour, mix well.
6 Add in melted chocolate mixture gradually, mix until well combined.
7 Pour the batter into prepared moulds, bake at 200°C for 8 minutes. (Reminder: If you use bigger moulds to make 6 cakes, increase the baking time to 10 minutes. Do not over-bake, or you will have only chocolate cakes without the melting lava.)
8 Chocolate Lava Cake is done!
9 To unmould, run a knife around the edges, then invert onto a serving plate.
Chocolate Lava Cake-with Bitter Sweet & Dark Chocolate
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Equipment
- 8 small cake mould (80 ml)
Ingredients
- 120 g dark cooking chocolate
- 50 g bittersweet cooking chocolate
- 110 g butter
- 3 eggs size: grade A/Large
- 50 g fine sugar
- pinch of fine salt
- ¼ tsp vanilla essence
- 2 tbsps low protein flour cake flour
For coating:
- butter
- cocoa powder
Instructions
- Grease the inner part of the molds (Volume: 80 ml, Width=7.5 cm, Depth=3 cm) with butter, then coat with cocoa powder (or plain flour), and discard any excess.
- Preheat oven to 200°C/390°F。
- Combine chocolate and butter in a mixing bowl, heat until melted using double boiler method, mix well.
- Combine eggs, sugar and salt in a mixing bowl, beat the egg mixture until thick and pale yellow.
- Add in vanilla essence and low protein flour, mix well.
- Add in melted chocolate mixture gradually, mix until well combined.
- Pour the batter into prepared moulds, bake at 200°C for 8 minutes. (Reminder: If you use bigger moulds to make 6 cakes, increase the baking time to 10 minutes. Do not over-bake, or you will have only chocolate cakes without the melting lava.)
- Chocolate Lava Cake is done!
- To unmould, run a knife around the edges, then invert onto a serving plate.
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