Lava(ish) Cake

I’ve made this recipe a few times and it’s super easy and it’s pretty good.  It’s not super sweet.

The Recipe - CAKE

1 cup flour

1/2 cup sugar

2 TBS of cocoa powder

1 1/2 tsp. baking powder

1/4 tsp. of salt

1/2 cup milk

2 TBS. oil

1 tsp. vanilla

1/2 cup of chocolate chips

The Recipe – Lava

1/3 cup of sugar

3/4 cup of boiling water

2 TBS of cocoa powder

The Directions

Mix flour, sugar, cocoa powder, salt and baking powder.  Add milk, oil and vanilla.  Stir until smooth and add chocolate chips stir.  Spread in a 1 quart casserole dish or divide into 6 ramekins.

MAKE LAVA by mixing the sugar and the cocoa powder and adding the boiling water stirring to combine. Pour evenly over the batter. 

BAKE at 350 degrees for 30 minutes for full cake and for about 20-22 minutes for ramekins.

The Pictures of the Directions

the cake batter

It’s not a lot of batter but it works.

Yes, you really pour the boiling water over the top. 

The water magically goes to the bottom while cooking and forms a nice lava.

some people didn’t think it was chocolaty enough so I put more chocolate chips on the top of this one when it was hot and let them melt.

I usually just serve it in the ramekin, but so you could see the lave I turned this one out on a plate.

The bigger cakes lava was more like pudding.

Enjoy!!