FAMICOOK

Lava cake

Name: Lava cake
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 6 People
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: "4 ounces unsalted butter"; "6 ounces bittersweet chocolate (preferably Valrhona)"; "2 eggs"; "2 egg yolks"; "1/4 cup sugar"; "Pinch salt"; "2 tbsp all-purpose flour"

If you're looking for the definition of a molten lava cake, this recipe walks you through how to make a cake where the center is cooked at 160oF but still "liquid". It's not undercooked completely. It's still safe to eat eggs once they've reached that temperature. Let's try this lava cake.

Ration

6 people

Cooking time

35 minute

Ingredient

4 ounces

unsalted butter

6 ounces

bittersweet chocolate (preferably Valrhona)

eggs

egg yolks

1/4 cup

sugar

Pinch

salt

2 tbsp

all-purpose flour

How to do

Preheat the oven to 450oF/232oC. Prepare four buttered and lightly floured 6-ounce ramekins. Place the ramekins on a baking tray.

Melt butter and the chocolate in a double boiler over simmering water. Whisk eggs, egg yolks, sugar, and salt on high speed in a bowl until thick and light in color. Beat the chocolate until smooth. Pour the chocolate mixture into the egg mixture along with the flour, and fold until combined.

Scoop the batter into the four ramekins. Bake the cakes for 12 minutes until all sides are firm but the centers are still soft. Remove the cakes from the oven. Leave the cakes to rest in the ramekins for 1 minute.

Carefully remove the cakes from the ramekins and let them cool for a few more minutes. Split the cake in half for the lava to melt and enjoy immediately.