DARK CHOCOLATE LAVA CAKE – Super gooey and decadent chocolate cake, ideal for parties or dinner
Extra chocolate lava cake are by far my classic go-to dessert for any event, any dinner and any craving! Those chocolate lava cakes are so delicious and melt so much in you mouth, you can’t even stop eating them! It’s very dangerous!
How to make my lava cakes:
Personally, I don’t think sugar is necessary in this recipe. Your chocolate is already sweet enough if you use one from 50% to 70%. It all depends of your taste. If you like very sweet desserts, then I recommend adding the spoons of sugar. If you are like us and on a sugar detox, you’ll enjoy not having added sugar in your lava cakes.
Moreover, I would recommend using 4 medium molds (I used small ones to make minis on my picture) if you want them super super lava. After baking them, let them cool for a few minutes. They will become harder. Other wise they’ll fall apart.
Also if you want to freeze them or eat them another time, undercook them of 1 minute!
Extra Chocolate Lava Cake
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 6 mins
- Total Time: 16 mins
- Yield: 4-6 1x
Description
DARK CHOCOLATE LAVA CAKE – Super gooey and decadent chocolate cake, ideal for parties or dinner
Ingredients
- 200g (7 oz), usually one tablet of extra dark chocolate (between 60% and 72%)
- 4–8 chocolate squares
- 1/3 cup of almond or nut oil
- 4 eggs
- 50g (1/4 cup) of almond flour
- Optional: 2 tbsp of sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven at 435F.
- Melt chocolate and oil together.
- Whip eggs and salt (and sugar) until mixture blanches on high speed.
- Add almond flour and mix on medium speed.
- Add the cooled chocolate to eggs and mix slowly at low speed.
- Pour in 2 large, 4 medium, or 6-8 small molds.
- Add 1 chocolate square in the middle of each mold.
- Cook for 6 minutes for the small ones and 7-9 minutes for the large ones depending on the size.
- (I usually put a timer every minute after 6 minutes to make sure they don’t overcook)
Notes
- Freeze well when cooked and can be made a few hours in advance.
- Tip: if you make it in advance and are planning to reheat in the oven, undercook for 1 minute so the middle will stay fudgy.
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and this would be perfect! Who am I kidding? I want these now.
I love this! I’ve never seen Lava Cake Cupcakes before – what a great idea. This will be perfect to make my husband for Valwntines Day.
Wow these look so fudgy and delicious! I love that they are made with healthy ingredients 🙂
I like how you made these minis. Such a fun idea for a party or as a snack 😛
Lava cakes are THE BEST. And I love these rich, extra chocolatey ones that aren’t full of sugar. I’ll be putting this on my list for when I’m craving some but still want to be healthy!
You had me at ‘extra chocolate’. Yummy!
Great post.