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Chocolate Lava Cake with Salted Caramel Recipe
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Chocolate Lava Cake with Salted Caramel Recipe

It doesn't get more delicious than infamous chocolate lava cake. With a cakey exterior and irresistible warm chocolate caramel center, it's the perfect individual dessert for dinner parties and special occasions. It's surprisingly easy to make, and ready in an hour!

Prep Time
40 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
1 hr
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 1298 kcal
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: North American

Ingredients

Chocolate Caramel
  • 5 ounces semi-sweet chocolate
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 tablespoons water
  • ⅓ cup heavy cream at room temperature
  • 2 tablespoons butter cut into small pieces
  • 1 teaspoon salt sea salt
Lava Cake
  • cocoa powder for greasing and dusting ramekins
  • butter for greasing and dusting ramekins
  • ½ cup butter
  • 10 ounces semi-sweet chocolate or unsweetened chocolate
  • 3 large egg
  • 3 large egg yolk
  • ½ cup all-purpose flour
  • ½ cup powdered sugar
  • ¼ cup cocoa powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt sea salt
  • sea salt Maldon
  • powdered sugar for dusting

Instructions

To make chocolate caramel
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  1. Melt the chocolate in a double boiler or metal bowl over a pot of simmering water.
  2. Add the sugar and water to a large pot over medium heat (make sure the pot is large, it will bubble up lots). Cook until it is dark amber in color and reaches 350 degrees Fahrenheit then remove the pot from the heat.
  3. All at once add the whipping cream. Be very careful as it will steam and bubble ferociously. Whisk the mixture until the bubbling stops and the mixture is smooth. Add the melted chocolate and whisk till combined. Stir in butter and salt.
To make the lava cake
  1. Liberally butter 4 (¾-cup) ramekins. Dusk each with cocoa powder and tap upside down to remove excess.
  2. Melt the butter and chocolate in a double boiler or a metal bowl set over a pot of simmering water.
  3. In a large bowl, whisk the eggs and egg yolks.
  4. In a medium-sized bowl, whisk the flour, powdered sugar, cocoa powder, and salt.
  5. When the chocolate has melted (allow it to cool for several minutes if it is hot) add it to the eggs and stir well. Then add the flour mixture and mix until it's smooth.
  6. Fill each ramekin halfway full with the cake batter. Then, place a small tablespoon of caramel on top and sprinkle it with a little Maldon salt. Cover with cake batter until ½ inch from the top of the ramekin.
  7. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit. Bake the cakes for 15-18 minutes. Remove from the oven and run a knife along the edges of the cake to loosen. Hold a plate over the top of each ramekin. Using oven mitts, turn the plate and ramekin over together so that the ramekin is inverted on the plate. Carefully remove the ramekin. Repeat with remaining ramekins and dust with icing sugar.

Notes

  • The cake is delicious both with and without the salted caramel.
  • You will have more caramel than you need. Spoon the extra over the cakes after they come out of the oven, or just eat it by the spoonful :)
  • To clean the pot you made the caramel in, fill it with water and put it on the stove till the sugar has once again melted.
  • These can be made up to three days ahead of time. Store filled ramekins in the fridge and bring to room temperature before baking.
  • The baking time can vary considerably depending on the size of your ramekins (see story above). If this amount of cake batter fills many more than 4 (please please) reduce the amount of time they spend in the oven so they do not cook all the way through!

Nutrition Information

Serving 1 lava cake Calories 1298kcal (65%) Carbohydrates 121g (40%) Protein 21g (42%) Fat 95g (146%) Saturated Fat 56g (280%) Polyunsaturated Fat 4g (24%) Monounsaturated Fat 28g (140%) Trans Fat 1g (50%) Cholesterol 383mg (128%) Sodium 1505mg (63%) Potassium 978mg (21%) Fiber 17g (68%) Sugar 79g (158%) Vitamin A 1580IU (32%) Vitamin C 1mg (1%) Calcium 163mg (16%) Iron 17mg (94%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 4 servings

Amount Per Serving

Calories 1298

% Daily Value*

Serving 1 lava cake
Calories 1298kcal 65%
Carbohydrates 121g 40%
Protein 21g 42%
Fat 95g 146%
Saturated Fat 56g 280%
Polyunsaturated Fat 4g 24%
Monounsaturated Fat 28g 140%
Trans Fat 1g 50%
Cholesterol 383mg 128%
Sodium 1505mg 63%
Potassium 978mg 21%
Fiber 17g 68%
Sugar 79g 158%
Vitamin A 1580IU 32%
Vitamin C 1mg 1%
Calcium 163mg 16%
Iron 17mg 94%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.