Lava cake/ Eggless chocolate lava cake is a moist, spongy, gooey and delicious treat that has a warm, molten chocolate center surrounded by decadent chocolate cake. This simple yet sumptuous eggless choco lava cake can be prepared with handful ingredients in jiffy but still will be so perfect/ taste just like the shop ones. You guys must have guessed by now why this lava cake post popped in the blog all of a sudden after a banana blossom/ vazhaipoo kebab recipe, and you are right!! VALENTINE’s day is almost there and I thought this recipe would be a perfect one to surprise your loved ones. Who would say NO to a cup of warm chocolate lava cake??

I have been trying for years to get this eggless lava cake right with few basic ingredients and no special techniques and now with confidence I can say I perfected it and super happy to share with you guys. This is a recipe of a simple chocolate lava cake with gooey center, if you want it to he more gooey add few chocolate chips in the center of the batter just before baking. So let’s get to the making of eggless choco lava cake!

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Lava cake, Eggless chocolate lava cake

Recipe by Sandhya Riyaz

5.0 from 1 vote

Course: Cake/ Cupcake/ Muffin, DessertCuisine: Other world cuisineDifficulty: Easy

Servings

servings

Prep time

minutes

Cooking time

minutes

Total time

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Lava cake/ Eggless chocolate lava cake is a moist, spongy, gooey and delicious treat that has a warm, molten chocolate center surrounded by decadent chocolate cake.

Ingredients

1/2 cup All purpose flour/ Maida
1/3 cup Powder sugar
3 tbsp Unsweetened Cocoa powder (heaped)
Salt – a pinch (optional)
1/4 tsp Baking soda
1/4 tsp Baking powder
1/2 cup Milk
2 tbsp Unsalted butter
1/3 cup Chocolate chips

How to make eggless Choco lava cake

Grease 4 ramekins with unsalted butter. Keep it aside. Preheat oven at 400 F.
In a bowl add unsalted butter and choco chips. Microwave it for 30 seconds. When melted ix it well until combined.
Now the chocolate mixture add all purpose flour/ maida, powdered sugar, unsweetened cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder and a pinch of salt. Mix well.
Now add milk gradually to form a cake batter.
Now pour the batter in the greased ramekins and place it in preheated oven at 400F and bake for 8 minutes. Mine took only 8 minutes to get perfect gooey center and cake. If it is not done in the prescribed time keep it for some more time. Every oven is different so timing might vary.
When done remove lava cake from the oven and serve it immediately.

Notes

* 1 cup = 235 ml

HOW TO MAKE LAVA CAKE WITH STEP BY STEP IMAGES

Grease 4 ramekins with unsalted butter. Keep it aside. Preheat oven at 400 F. In a bowl add unsalted butter and choco chips. Microwave it for 30 seconds. When melted ix it well until combined.
Now the chocolate mixture add all purpose flour/ maida, powdered sugar, unsweetened cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder and a pinch of salt. Mix well. Now add milk gradually to form a cake batter.
Now pour the choco lava cake batter in the greased ramekins and place it in preheated oven at 400F and bake for 8 minutes. My lava cake took only 8 minutes to get perfect gooey center and cake. If it is not done in the prescribed time keep it for some more time. Every oven is different so timing might vary. When lava cake is done remove it from the oven and serve it immediately.