There’s been a down-and-out craving for lava cakes
around our house lately. For one thing, you can never really get enough
of those chocolate-y, gooey lava cakes. For another thing they are
splendidly simple to make, taste like a dream, and take just a few basic
ingredients. Add a candy bar to the middle of these one-serving
wonders, and you’ve got a dessert that’s perfect for spontaneous guests
while still being fancy enough for an evening feast. Here’s our family’s
super-simple recipe for chocolate lava cake perfection.
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Candy Bar Lava Cake
- 4 oz. dark chocolate, coarsely chopped
- 3 tbsp unsalted butter, room temperature
- 2 large eggs, room temperature
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp all purpose flour
- 6 miniature, square chocolate candy bars
- (or Fun size bars cut into squares)
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Preheat oven to 400F. Butter a 6-cup muffin tin and dust each well with cocoa powder.
In a small bowl, melt together 4-oz chocolate and the butter. Set aside to cool for a few minutes.
In a large bowl, combine the eggs, sugar, vanilla and salt. Beat with an electric mixer until the mixture triples in volume and is very thick (about 5-7 minutes).
Sift flour over egg mixture and fold in. Add cooled chocolate/butter mixture and fold in until batter is uniform.
Divide batter evenly into prepared muffin tins.
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Press one mini candy into the center of each cake. Use a knife or small spatula to ensure that it is covered with batter.
Press one mini candy into the center of each cake. Use a knife or small spatula to ensure that it is covered with batter.
Bake for 9-11 minutes, until the tops are set. Let cakes cool in pan for 5 minutes before running a knife around the edge of each cake and turning them out onto a flat surface.
Serve immediately on individual plates.
