Chocolate Molten Lava Cake Recipe

Chocolate Molten Lava Cake Recipe

Ever since the days that my husband worked at Roy's of Hawaii ^[3] and they had their signature chocolate molten lava cake recipe ^[4] dessert, I have had a special place in my heart for it. I love this warm chocolate lava cake recipe. If it is on a menu in a restaurant, I order when I order my food because I know it takes a while to perfectly prepare. I also like to serve my lava chocolate cake ^[5] recipe with vanilla bean ice cream. This is seriously the best ever mini molten lava cake recipe that I have tried and one of our favorite easy michelin star dessert recipes.

Mini Molten Lava Cake

Ingredients for the individual lava cakes

• 1 cup chocolate chips ^[6] or dark chocolate chips ^[7]
• ¼ cup butter
• ½ cup all-purpose flour
• 1 1/4 cups powdered sugar
• 3 egg yolks
• 3 large eggs
• 1 tsp pure vanilla extract ^[8]

Directions

1. Preheat your oven to 425 degrees F and grease 6 ramekin cups.
2. Melt chocolate chips and butter together in the double boiler or microwave and stir until smooth.
3. Add sugar (1 cup – save remaining 1/4 cup for sprinkling on top) and flour together to chocolate mixture.
4. Add eggs, yolks and vanilla and stir once again until smooth.
5. Pour batter evenly into ramekins and place  onto a cookie sheet.
6. Bake on the middle rack for 13-15 minutes depending on your oven
7. Cakes are done when your edges are firm. The center will be runny.
8. Run a knife around the edges to loosen and flip onto plates. Sprinkle generously with powdered sugar. 
9. Serve warm with ice cream.
10. Enjoy!

This easy chocolate lava cake recipe is seriously the best chocolate lava cake recipe I have had yet. Whether you were looking for a chocolate lava cake recipe for 2, a dark chocolate lava cake recipe, a chocolate lava cake recipe home, a chocolate melt lava cake recipe or even a moist chocolate lava cake recipe, this chocolate lava cake recipe from scratch ^[9] is absolutely amazing. We hope that you are inspired by this Chocolate Molten Lava Cake Recipe. Happy baking!

Print Recipe ^[10]

Molten Chocolate Lava Cake Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1 cup chocolate chips ^[6] or dark chocolate chips ^[7]
• ¼ cup butter
• ½ cup all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 3 egg yolks
• 3 large eggs
• 1 tsp pure vanilla extract ^[8]

Directions:

1. Preheat your oven to 425 degrees F and grease 6 ramekin cups.
2. Melt chocolate chips and butter together in the double boiler or microwave and stir until smooth.
3. Add sugar and flour together to chocolate mixture.
4. Add eggs, yolks and vanilla and stir once again until smooth.
5. Pour batter evenly into ramekins and place  onto a cookie sheet.
6. Bake on the middle rack for 13-15 minutes depending on your oven
7. Cakes are done when your edges are firm. The center will be runny.
8. Run a knife around the edges to loosen and flip onto plates.
9. Serve warm with ice cream. Enjoy!