Hi guys ! Heartly welcomes you all to Christmas season . Christmas is a season of a great joy , a time for remembering of past and hoping for the bright future . So , to welcome this warm Christmas season and to rejoice it , we are going to celebrate it with preparations of a yummy and delicious cake recipes . Now , in this blog I'm going to share you , a chocolate Lava cake recipe .
Content :
- Introduction
- Note
- Ingredients
- Chocolate melting
- Preparation of cup
- Preparation of batter
- Baking
- Cooking tips
Introduction :
Chocolate Lava cake or molten chocolate cake is one of the popular dessert . It is made up of butter , egg and chocolate which serves as a main ingredients for this cake baking . But , now I'm going to share you this recipe without egg . It is a delicious chocolate cake with gooey molten centre .
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| Cake recipe - chocolate Lava cake |
Note :
⏱️ preheating time : 425°F in oven ; 15 minutes in cooker
⏲️ preparation time : 10 minutes
🕰️ Baking time : 8-9 minutes in oven ; 10-12 minutes in cooker .
🔖 Course : Dessert
Ingredients :
- Maida / all purpose flour
- Choco powder
- Powdered sugar
- Baking soda
- Baking powder
- Oil / butter
- Milk
- Chocolate
- Vanilla extract
( Measurements are given below in the preparation column )
Preheating :
If you are going to bake in oven ;
Preheat the oven to 425° F ( 218°C ).
If you are going to bake in cooker ;
Preheat the cooker for 15 minutes in a medium flame .
Before preheating the cooker , spread the layer of salt on the base . Above that place a stand and plate on that to balance the ramekin in which you are going to bake the cake .
Chocolate melting :
For chocolate Lava cake recipe , we should melt the chocolate in a double boiling procedure .
- In a pan heat the water .
- When the water starts to boil , place the another of chocolate in that boiling water by holding it tightly .
- Place it until the chocolate melts . After that turn off the flame and take off the chocolate pan out of water .
Preparation of cup :
For baking , this chocolate Lava cake , first you have to prepare the cup in which you are going to bake . For Lava cake , ramekins are best . If you don't have ramekins , you can also use any other small aluminium moulds which suits as like ramekins to bake the Lava cake .
Grease the ramekins or the mould which you choose for baking with butter .
Tip : keep the butter in a room temperature before you start to prepare the cake .
After applying butter , dust the ramekins with either maida or with coco powder .
Tap the ramekins to remove the excess maida or coco powder from it .
Why should the ramekins should be greased and dusted ?
This procedure prevents the cake from sticking , tearing or breaking while you take it off from the pan after baking .
Preparation of batter :
- In a mixing bowl , add 1 cup of maida or all purpose flour .
- To this , add 1/2 cup of cocoa powder , 2 cup of powdered sugar, 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda , 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder .
- Mix all these ingredients well . And sieve all these well .
- Then , add 2 tablespoon of butter , 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract .
- Then , add 3/4 th cup of milk and mix .
Tip : the consistency of batter should be slight watery means a flowing consistency .
- After adding milk whisk well .
- Then , to this add the melted chocolate which you prepared before .
- Again whisk once well .
Baking :
- After preparing the batter for cake , take the ramekins which you dusted before .
- Now , pour the batter 3/4th of the each ramekin .
- Place 2-3 pieces of chocolate on each ramekin and with the help of spoon gently push it inside and cover with batter .
In pressure cooker :
In a cooker , it takes 10-12 minutes in a medium - high flame .
In microwave oven :
It takes 8-9 minutes approximately in 450 F .
After the given minutes over , take it off from the heat and let it cool for 5 minutes . Then , place the ramekin upside down in a plate and tap it gently . The cake will get removed from the ramekin .
Now , sprinkle a small amount of powdered sugar on that and serve with love .
Cooking tips :
Why baking soda and baking powder is added for cake baking ?
Baking soda helps the cake to rise up and doesn't let it to flat . Baking powder helps the cake in a soft and lighten the texture by enlarging the air bubbles in the batter .
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