Chocolate (lava) Cake

I decided to try and make chocolate lava cake for Mandy's birthday. I'm not entirely sure why I chose this, but Mandy likes chocolate so I'm sure that had something to do with it.

It was fairly easy to make, and I'll certainly try it again with one or two adjustments. I would be to only make two cakes (the recipe called to split the batter between 4 small ramekins). Between the baking time and the amount of batter in the ramekins (not enough), it was basically baked through. It came out more like a flourless chocolate cake than a chocolate lava cake. Luckily Mandy's was still fairly molten or however you want to describe it.


(These are 5 oz ramekins but look pretty large here for some reason)



2 large eggs
2 large egg yolks
5 tbsps butter
3 tbsps sugar
3.5 oz dark chocolate (basically one bar)
3 tbsps flour
4 tsps cocoa powder (teaspoons here)
pinch of salt
1/8 tsp vanilla

Butter the ramekins.

Whisk the eggs, yolks and sugar together until they are a light/lemony color.

Break the chocolate bar, melt with butter. Don't cook the butter to the point where it breaks down, just melt it all. Either do it real low in the microwave or in a double boiler setup.

Add the chocolate mixture to the egg mixture. Whisk until combined

Add cocoa powder and flour (sifted in). Add the pinch of salt and vanilla. Mix well.

Split the mixture between ramekins (it called for 4, but I would do 2). Tap down to get rid of air bubbles.

Wrap & chill for 30 minutes.

Pour hot water into the baking dish (should come halfway up the ramekins). Rest the ramekins in the dish. Bake at 425 for 15 to 18 minutes. Let cool for 15 minutes.