Chocolate Lava Cake

Chocolate Lava Cake

⏱ 20 minutes 🍽 2 serves 580 kcal

This isn't traditional Australian cooking, but it's what you'll find on dessert menus from Sydney to Perth — molten chocolate cake, lava cake, whatever you want to call it. Break it open with a spoon and warm chocolate pours out like, well, lava. It's dead simple to make if you know the trick: good chocolate, not too much flour, and exact timing. Twelve minutes in a hot oven and you're done. Serve it straight away while it's still molten, with cream or ice cream. It's the kind of dessert that makes people think you're a better cook than you are.

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 200°C. Generously butter two 200ml ramekins and dust with cocoa powder, tapping out any excess.
  2. Melt chocolate and butter together in a heatproof bowl over simmering water, stirring until smooth. Remove from heat and let cool slightly.
  3. In a separate bowl, whisk together whole eggs, egg yolks, and sugar until thick and pale — about 3 minutes with electric beaters.
  4. Fold the melted chocolate into the egg mixture gently.
  5. Sift in flour and cocoa powder. Fold gently until just combined — don't overmix.
  6. Divide mixture between the prepared ramekins. Place on a baking tray.
  7. Bake for exactly 12 minutes. The edges should be set but the centre should still wobble slightly when shaken.
  8. Let rest for 1 minute, then run a knife around the edge and turn out onto serving plates. Serve immediately with ice cream or cream.

Nutrition (per serve)

580
Calories
12g
Protein
42g
Carbs
42g
Fat