Chocolate Lava Cake

For all of you with a sweet tooth, here's a easy home-made chocolate lava cake recipe...

Ingredients for Chocolate Lava Cake:

150g - Dark chocolate (120g for batter & 30g as small cubes)
120g - Unsalted butter
2 - Eggs
1/3 cup - Sugar
1/4 cup - All purpose flour (Maida)
100g - Cocoa powder
** 1 Cup = 200g

Procedure - Chocolate Lava Cake:

• Melt 120g of chocolate in a microwave. Add butter to the melted chocolate and stir it till it melts.
• In another bowl, blend eggs & sugar.
• Then add the chocolate mixture to the sweetened egg mix.
• Finally sift the flour into the chocolate mixture.
• Blend thoroughly to avoid lumps in the batter. 

Tips on melting the chocolate:

• Always use a glass bowl and not microwavable plastic containers.
• Even after the timer goes off, the chocolate retains its shape. However, take it out and stir it so that it melts with the heat it holds.
• Do not over-heat the chocolate as it may end up burnt.

Pre-heat the oven for 5 min at 350°F/180°C.

Pour the batter in the cocoa powder coated ramekins (ceramic bowls) as in the picture. Fill 3/4th of the ramekins & not till the rim as the batter will rise while baking. Insert the small cubes of chocolate in each ramekin, in the middle of the batter.

The cooking time should range between 8-10 min. The moment you see the top of the cake cooked totally, just poke in a toothpick to make sure there is liquid chocolate inside and not totally baked cake. That's when you take them out.

Serve hot! do not let it set for long as the heat of the ramekin will bake the cake completely. Dig in immediately to enjoy the gooey lava effect of your Chocolate Lava Cake.