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Molten Chocolate Lava Cakes

Six-ingredient chocolate cakes with a warm liquid center.

27 min total (prep 15 · cook 12)· Serves 4· Beginner·New
Molten Chocolate Lava Cakes
Born in the storied kitchens of French haute cuisine, these individual chocolate treasures epitomize the art of precise timing and luxurious simplicity. The marriage of bittersweet dark chocolate and rich butter creates a glossy foundation, while whole eggs and extra yolks deliver the signature velvety texture that flows like molten silk when the spoon breaks through the delicate outer shell. This dessert demands attention at the crucial moment when oven heat transforms liquid batter into som...

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Method

  1. 1
    Butter and dust 4 ramekins with cocoa; preheat oven to 220°C.
  2. 2
    Melt chocolate and butter together, stir until smooth.
  3. 3
    Whisk eggs, yolks and sugar until pale. Fold in chocolate then flour.
  4. 4
    Divide into ramekins. Bake exactly 10-12 min — edges set, center wobbly.
  5. 5
    Invert onto plate; dust with icing sugar. Serve immediately with ice cream.

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