Chocolate Lava Cakes are self-saucing, warm, sweet, chocolate-y desserts. It's easy to make for any night of the week, yet so elegant for special occasions.

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Chocolate Lava Cakes

Hi Everyone, guess what I made this past Valentine's Day for my husband?

These Chocolate Lava Cakes!

For some odd reason, I've always been afraid of making a "self-saucing" cake like this.

Well, guess what?

It was super easy and only took 8 required ingredients!

These Chocolate Lava Cakes are so good, decadent, and enjoyable, I'm kicking myself for not making them sooner!

It was so nice to feel fancy at home with this delicious homemade dessert.

Add Some Toppings

The Chocolate Lava Cakes are delicious on their own but you can add toppings.

I sprinkled more confectioner's sugar on top when serving and then I added mint chocolate gelato to these Chocolate Lava Cakes but you can use vanilla ice cream.

I think lemon, raspberry or mango sorbet would be delicious too.

You can go even further and add fruit or berries too!

I love how these Chocolate Lava Cakes puff up when baking.

Ingredients for Chocolate Lava Cakes

• Canola cooking spray or unsalted butter for greasing ramekin cups
• 4 ounces unsalted butter (½ cup/113 grams/8 tablespoons)
• 2 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped
• 2 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
• 1 ¼ cups confectioner's sugar, sifted, plus more for topping before serving
• 2 large eggs
• 3 egg yolks
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• ½ cup all-purpose flour, sifted
• ice cream or gelato for serving, optional

I have whole a list of helpful kitchen tools that I use for this recipe in the recipe card below.

I also link to some ingredients that I used for the recipe too.

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*This Chocolate Lava Cakes recipe was first published on 3/6/2019 and updated and republished on 2/13/2020

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Chocolate Lava Cakes

Yield: 4 servings

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes

Chocolate Lava Cakes are self-saucing, warm, sweet, chocolate-y dessert. It's easy to make for any night of the week, yet so elegant for special occasions.

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Ingredients

• Canola cooking spray or unsalted butter for greasing ramekin cups
• 4 ounces unsalted butter (½ cup/113 grams/8 tablespoons)
• 2 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped
• 2 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
• 1 ¼ cups confectioner's sugar, sifted, plus more for topping before serving
• 2 large eggs
• 3 egg yolks
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• ½ cup all-purpose flour, sifted
• ice cream or gelato for serving, optional

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 435 degrees F.
2. Grease 4 ramekins and place on a baking half sheet.
3. Chop both kinds of chocolate.
4. In a medium-large mixing bowl, microwave both kinds of chocolates and the unsalted butter in 30 second intervals, stirring in between. Stir the chocolate-butter mixture until smooth.
5. Add the confectioner's sugar and stir until completely dissolved. Add the vanilla extract and stir to combine. Gradually add the flour and stir to incorporate until blended together.
6. Add the whole eggs and egg yolks, stir to combine.
7. Distribute the chocolate batter between the 4 ramekins.
8. Bake the ramekins for about 13 minutes.
9. When they are done allow them to cool for about 1 minute before eating. You can eat the chocolate lava cake right in the ramekin or turn them out onto a plate for serving. Sprinkle with confectioner's sugar (optional). Add a scoop of ice cream (optional)

Notes

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Nutrition Information:

Yield: 4 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 783Total Fat: 51gSaturated Fat: 29gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 18gCholesterol: 351mgSodium: 104mgCarbohydrates: 73gFiber: 4gSugar: 54gProtein: 12g

Please note that the Calculated Nutrition is an estimate at best.

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