Chocolate Day Recipe- Delicious and Eggless Chocolate Lava Cake

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Chocolate lava cake is also known as choco lava cake and molten chocolate cake the recipe is very simple and has whole wheat flour and cocoa powder. Serve as a dessert by itself or with vanilla ice cream, chocolate ice cream, or mango ice cream.

Ingredients

Dry ingredients

½ cup whole wheat flour (atta), 60 to 65 grams
3 tablespoons cocoa powder
1 pinch salt
¼ teaspoon baking soda

Wet ingredients

⅓ cup sugar, 75 grams, about 5 to 5.5 tablespoons sugar
½ cup cold water
2 tablespoons oil, sunflower or olive oil
½ tablespoon lemon juice or vinegar
½ teaspoon vanilla extract or ¼ teaspoon vanilla essence

To be added later

90 to 100 grams semi sweet, bitter sweet or sweet chocolate

Method

Sifting dry ingredients for cake

- Take a bowl and place a sieve on it. Add whole wheat flour, salt, cocoa powder and baking soda.

- Sift directly in the bowl. Keep aside.

Preparing wet ingredients solution

- In another bowl take sugar and cold water.

- Stir till all the sugar is dissolved.

-Then add oil and stir very well.

- Next add vanilla extract and lemon juice. Again mix.

Making chocolate lava cake batter

- Now add the wet ingredients in the dry ingredients.

- Mix very well with a wired whisk. However, do not over do the mixing.

- Pour the batter in greased ramekins or muffin cups.

- Then place chocolate squares in the batter. Gently press the chocolate squares, so that they get immersed in the batter.

Baking choco lava cake

- Place the ramekins in a preheated oven and bake for 200 degrees celsius for 30 to 35 minutes. Preheat oven for 15 to 20 minutes at 200 degrees celsius before you start baking.

- Once done, remove the ramekins from the oven. Let the cake cool for 2 to 3 minutes.

- Then gently invert the ramekins on a serving plate or tray. Be careful as the ramekins will be hot.

- Tap the base of the ramekins and let the lava cake slid through and fall on the plate.

- Using a small sieve, dust some cocoa powder or powdered sugar on the choco lava cakes.

- Serve choco lava cake immediately.