Chocolate lava cake

Name: Chocolate lava cake
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cup cake flour; 1/2 cup cocoa powder; 2 tsp baking powder; pinch salt; 1 cup caster sugar; 1 cup unsalted butter; 1 cup whole milk; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 2 eggs; 1/8 tsp cream of tartar; For chocolate ganache; 1 cup dark chocolate; 1/2 cup whipping cream

Niki @NikiTH

Thailand

Chocolate lava cake

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Ingredients

12 servings

1 1/2 cupcake flour
1/2 cupcocoa powder
2 tspbaking powder
pinchsalt
1 cupcaster sugar
1 cupunsalted butter
1 cupwhole milk
1 tspvanilla extract
2eggs
1/8 tspcream of tartar
For chocolate ganache
1 cupdark chocolate
1/2 cupwhipping cream

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Steps

1

Beat butter and sugar until fluffy
2

Separate egg yolk and white. Beat egg yolk in the mixture then add vanilla extract
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Beat egg white and cream of tartar until soft peak meringue is formed. set aside
4

Add dry ingredient (sifted cake flour, baking powder, cocoa powder, salt) in 2 portion with milk
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Then gently fold meringue into the batter
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Transfer the batter in 4 inch cake pan. Bake at 170c for 15 minute
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Once the cake is cooled down to room temperature. Use small cookie cutter to make a hole at the center of the cake
8

Prepare chocolate round shape for the top of the cake by melting dark chocolate chip in microwave. Spread it on plastic/silicone sheet and leave in the fridge until set. Use 4 inch cookie cutter to cut the chocolate sheet in to round shape
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Place the chocolate disc on the top of the cake. Pour warm molten chocolate ganache when serving
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