Description
Delightful Lemon Lava Cake Dessert featuring a golden crust and a molten lemon custard center, perfect for any occasion.
Ingredients
Scale
- 170 g white chocolate baking chips
- 113 g unsalted butter, cubed
- 85 g all-purpose flour
- 110 g granulated sugar
- 4 large eggs
- 4 large egg yolks
- 150 g lemon curd
- 2 tbsp lemon zest (from 2 lemons)
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp powdered sugar for dusting (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 220°C.
- Grease six 175 ml ramekins generously with nonstick spray.
- Arrange them evenly on a baking sheet for easy transport.
- Combine the white chocolate baking chips and cubed unsalted butter in a medium heatproof bowl and microwave for 1 minute.
- Stir the mixture and continue microwaving in 15-second intervals until smooth.
- Stir in the all-purpose flour and granulated sugar until fully combined.
- Add the lemon curd, lemon zest, and vanilla extract, mixing until just blended.
- Fold in the eggs and egg yolks gently, ensuring not to overmix.
- Divide the batter evenly among the prepared ramekins, filling each about two-thirds full.
- Bake for 20 to 25 minutes until golden and slightly springy when touched.
- Let the cakes stand for 5 minutes, then run a knife around the edges to loosen.
- Invert the ramekins onto dessert plates and gently lift away.
- Dust with powdered sugar before serving warm.
Notes
Make the batter a day in advance and store it in the refrigerator. Use dark chocolate for a richer flavor.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: French
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 25g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 18g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 40g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 6g
- Cholesterol: 145mg