CREAMY CHOCO LAVA CAKE

One of my most favorite chocolate desserts is choco lava cake. It is a cake on the outside and has a nice and luscious creamy lava inside. It is ultra chocolaty and decadent. The best part of lava cakes that the cake itself is moist and tender around the edges but once you get into that molten gooey rich and thick lava filling. When tender creamy chocolate oose from the cake makes you mesmerize and you cant stop by eating.

Choco lava cake is a simple and easy recipe that is made by few ingredients. Its name derives from the dessert’s liquid chocolate center, and it is also known as chocolate moelleux, chocolate lava cake, or simply lava cake. Across the globe is known as chocolate decadence cake, soufflé, chocolate fondant, and even flourless chocolate cake. 

History Of Choco Lava Cake

The United States-based chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten claims to have invented molten chocolate cake in New York City in 1987, but the French chef and chocolatier Jacques Torres disputes this, arguing that such a dish already existed in France. According to Vongerichten, he pulled a chocolate sponge cake from the oven before it was done and found that the center was still runny, but was warm and had both a good taste and texture. Regardless of who invented the dish, Vongerichten has been credited with popularizing it in the United States, and it became almost a very popular dessert at high-end restaurant menus.

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Tips To Make Choco Lava Cake

• To make it healthy you can make it with wheat flour too it is not mandatory to use all-purpose flour.
• Use dark Lindt chocolate which easily melts and forms runny chocolate at the center.
• Use good quality of chocolate.
• Use a pinch of salt to enhance the flavor of chocolate.

You can make choco lava cake with the same batter in the microwave. Use the same batter, in a microwave-safe mug add dark chocolate chunks in the bottom and then pour the batter on it and do not over-fill it. Put in the microwave on full power for 90 sec to 2 minutes max. Remove and enjoy it warm. Drizzle chocolate syrup on top and serve it. 

Choco Lava Cake Recipe

Ingredients

For Wet Ingredients

• Chilled water 1/2 cup
• Oil 3 tbsp
• Lemon juice 1 tsp
• Powdered sugar 1/3 cup
• Vanilla essence 1 tsp

For Dry Ingredients

• Salt pinch
• Cocoa powder 2 tbsp
• All-purpose flour 1/2 cup
• Baking soda 1/2 tsp
• Dark chocolate 100 gm

For Dusting Mould

• Butter 1 tbsp
• All-purpose flour 2 tbsp

Method 

For Wet Ingredients

1. In a bowl add chilled water, oil, lemon juice, powdered sugar, vanilla essence, and mix everything properly.
2. Set it aside for further use.

For Dry Ingredients

1. In another bowl add salt, cocoa powder, maida, baking soda, and mix everything properly.
2. Set it aside for further use.

For Dusting Mould

1. Take any desired mold and apply butter to it and keep it in the freezer to set the butter.
2. Now remove it and dust some maida on each side of the mold properly and again set it in the freezer until further use.

For Choco Lava Cake

1. Now add the dry ingredients to wet ingredients and combine them properly but do not over mix it.
2. Once it’s mixed remove the mold from the freezer and add 2-3 spoons of batter, then add a small cube of dark chocolate and again add 1-2 spoons of butter. Repeat this in all other molds.
3. Keep the filled molds in the freezer for a minute.
4. Now remove and place in a hot steamer and steam it for 4-5 minutes not more than that.
5. After that remove the cake from the mold gently and serve warm.