Molten Chocolate Lava Cake Recipe for Two – Valentine’s Dessert
The perfect molten chocolate lava cake recipe for two just in time for Valentine’s day! Can be made ahead for easy serving as a romantic Valentine’s day dessert!
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 7 minutes
- Total Time: 22 minutes
- Yield: 2 1x
- Category: Desserts
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
Scale
Chocolate Lava Cake Ingredients
- ¼ c. (1/2 stick) unsalted butter
- 2 oz. high quality chocolate
- 1 egg + 1 egg yolk
- 2 T. sugar
- 1 tsp. flour
- Pinch of salt
- 1 T. cocoa powder, sifted
- ½ T. melted unsalted butter for coating
- Powdered sugar for finishing
Special Equipment
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450° Fahrenheit.*
- Melt the butter and chocolate in the microwave using 30 second intervals.
- In a separate bowl, whisk the egg, egg yolk and sugar until pale and thick, about 1 minute.
- Add the egg mixture, flour and salt to the chocolate mixture and stir to combine.
- Coat 2 ramekins with butter and dust with cocoa. Don’t leave any uncoated spots as the cake will stick! If you are making these ahead, you can transfer them to the fridge.*
- Place on a baking sheet and bake for 7-9 minutes until the cake has rounded and puffed up a bit the tops are barely set and the center still looks wet. Underbaked is better than overbaked. Remove from oven and let sit for 1 minute. Place serving plate on top of ramekin and flip both pieces over so ramekin is upside down. Let sit for 10 seconds before removing ramekin.
- Serve with a dusting of powdered sugar or ice cream.
Notes
This recipe can easily be made ahead up to the night before. You can transfer directly from the fridge, just add 2 minutes to the cooking time.
Find it online: https://asideofsweet.com/molten-chocolate-lava-cake-recipe/