Molten Lava Cakes. This molten chocolate cake, created by master chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten is ready in under an hour! These irrisitable cakey desserts with a center. Molten cakes are obviously a crowd favorite, but believe me when I say this: they're infinitely better freshly made at home with pure chocolate and lots of butter.

Its name derives from the dessert's liquid chocolate center, and it is also known as chocolate moelleux (from French for "soft"), chocolate lava cake, or simply lava cake. These molten chocolate lava cakes may be my favorite small batch recipe to date and that's saying a lot given the number of times I've made this small batch chocolate chip cookie recipe. Easy, delicious and impressive chocolate desserts that can be made ahead of time and frozen for later too. You can cook Molten Lava Cakes using 5 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Molten Lava Cakes

You need 1/2 cup of butter.
It's 2 large of eggs.
It's 3/4 cup of chocolate chips.
It's 1/4 cup of sugar.
It's 2 tsp of flour.

Molten chocolate cakes — also known as chocolate lava cakes — are rich individual chocolate cakes with oozing molten centers. The original recipe was created by master chef Jean-Georges. These chocolate molten lava cakes are such an indulgent treat! Perfect for a special occasion, yet easy enough for every day.

Molten Lava Cakes step by step

in a double boiler, melt butter and chocolate chips.
in a separate bowl beat the eggs and sugar with a hand mixer.
slowly mix the chocolate mixture to the eggs and sugar.
beat in flour.
spray four custard cups and place on baking sheet.
divide batter into cups.
bake at 450°F for 8-10 minutes.

You'll love the deep chocolate flavor and the warm liquid center! Molten Chocolate Lava Cakes have a signature molten liquid chocolate center. Homemade lava cakes are so easy to recreate and taste even better! Serve with powdered sugar, vanilla ice cream. These Molten Lava Cakes are dangerously delicious.