Quick and Easy Lava Cakes
Individual chocolate cakes, filled with molten chocolate lava.
Equipment
- 6 one cup ramekins (they should hold one cup of water)
- an electric mixer (just for the whipped cream topping)
Ingredients
- baking spray
- 4 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
- 4 ounces bittersweet or extra bittersweet chocolate, chopped
- 10 tbsp. unsalted butter, sliced (140g)
- ½ cup cake flour (not self-rising) (56g)
- 1½ cups powdered sugar (180g)
- 3 large eggs, at room temperature
- 3 egg yolks, at room temperature
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp. brewed coffee
Toppings:
- 1½ cups heavy cream
- 1 tbsp. powdered sugar
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- halved strawberries
- 1 quart strawberries, halved and cored
- fresh mint
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Spray 6 one cup ramekins with baking spray.
- In a microwave safe bowl, melt the chopped chocolate and the butter in the microwave in 20 second increments. Stir every 20 seconds and cook until just melted. You could also do this on top of a double boiler of simmering water, or in a pot on very low heat.
- Stir in the flour and sugar and stir until just combined. Stir in the eggs, yolks, vanilla, and coffee. Stir until just combined.
- Also, make the whipped cream: In the bowl of an electric mixer, add the heavy cream and beat until it starts to get fluffy. Add the sugar and vanilla and beat unitil soft peaks appear. Refrigerate until serving.
- Divide the batter between the ramekins and bake on the middle rack for about 15 minutes. The edges should be set, and the middle should be a little unset. Invert on to plates and serve right away with whipped cream, strawberries, and mint.
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