Grammy's Kitchen · Chocolate Cake · Molten Chocolate Cakes
One of 76 chocolate cake recipes we measured
It ranks #5 of 76 for rise among the chocolate cake recipes we compared. 33 cooks on www.recipetineats.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 76.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 0% | 101% |
| total sugar | 0% | 232% |
| egg | 0% | 48% |
| leavener | 0% | 4% |
| salt | 0% | 2% |
| liquid | 0% | 200% |
| dairy | 0% | 117% |
| chocolate | 0% | 67% |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 85 g | 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips or melts/ semi sweet chocolate chips ((Note 1)) |
| 60 g | 4 tbsp cream (, heavy/thickened) |
| 170 g | 1 cup dark chocolate chips or melts/ semi sweet chocolate chips ((Note 1)) |
| 100 g | 100g / 7 tbsp unsalted butter (, cut into 1cm / 1/2" cubes) |
| 100 g | 2 eggs (, at room temperature) |
| 100 g | 2 egg yolks (, at room temperature (Note 2)) |
| 100 g | 1/2 cup caster/superfine sugar ((sub ordinary white sugar)) |
| 15 g | 2 tbsp flour (, plain / all purpose) |
| Ice-cream or cream ((highly recommended!)) | |
| Cocoa or icing sugar / powdered sugar (, for dusting) | |
| Strawberries (, raspberries or edible flowers, optional decoration) |
Method: 13 steps, published by www.recipetineats.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“This is the first time I have made lava cakes and they were soo good. Just like in a fancy restaurant. I thought they would be difficult to make but I had the ganache ready in the fridge the ramekins greased and dusted and the ingredients all weighed and ready” — a cook, 5.0★
“I made this for my hubby’s birthday. feedback was good. Easy to follow recipe. My ganache didn’t ooze out. I wonder if it’s because I put in about 1 tablespoon of filling instead of 1 teaspoon. Will try less ganache next time. I managed to fill 3 ramekins wit” — a cook, 5.0★