Make the Best Choco Lava
This recipe's half cup of sugar yields perfectly sweet and flavorful lava cakes. Sugar may be replaced with a 1:1 ratio of low-carb sweetener in these lava cakes if you watch your carb intake.
How to Make
• The temperature in the oven for the Chocolate Lava Cakes will be 425 degrees F. The high temperature will thoroughly bake the outside while leaving our core soft and melting.
• Put the butter and the baking chocolate in a large microwave-safe bowl. We'll use this bowl as our mixing bowl, so make sure it's big enough to hold all the lava cake components. Heat the butter and chocolate in the microwave for 1 minute, then mix until the cocoa is melted and smooth.
• Then, gradually add the sugar while continuing to stir. This step is necessary because the eggs must be added to the chocolate mixture while it is still warm.
• Beat in the egg yolks for a full minute.
• Toss in the flour and mix until it's incorporated. Over-mixing causes the wheat gluten to develop, resulting in a thick and difficult cake, a problem common to all cakes.
• For 12–13 minutes, or until the edges are hard but the interiors are still mushy, bake the ramekins on a baking sheet.
• You may wish to set a timer and let the Molten Lava Cakes for exactly 2 minutes to cool down. The lava in the middle of the lava cakes may likely disappear if the cakes are kept in the ramekins for too long. Instead, slide a knife around the circumference of each ramekin to release the cakes, then flip them carefully onto serving plates.
• Sprinkle brown sugar (optional) or one of the other toppings I recommend below on Chocolate Lava Cakes. It's important to serve the lava cakes as soon as possible since the middle will continue to cook even after they've been removed from the heat.
LAVA CAKES: HOW TO SERVE THEM
The choco lava recipe is perfect, but they also taste great with a dusting of cocoa powder, powdered sugar, and some fresh berries sprinkled on top. Add some vanilla ice cream and chocolate syrup for an additional special treat. The outcome is a cosmic mashup of heated lava cake and icy ice cream.
How Can I Freeze Them?
Lava cakes may be made in advance and frozen without losing their quality is a little-known technique. Make the recipe up to the point when the batter is poured into the ramekins, cover, and chill in the fridge overnight. It should not change how long it takes to bake.
Proceed with the recipe as far as pouring the batter into the ramekins, then cover securely and freeze for up to 2 weeks. When ready to bake, let ramekins sit at room temperature for 30 minutes to 1 hour, then proceed with the recipe, adding 5 minutes to the baking time.
Conclusion
Remember that reheating cooked Chocolate Lava Cakes solidifies the middle so that the lava may leak out. Even so, you get to enjoy a decadent chocolate cake!
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