Last Updated on December 6, 2017
I have been getting request of posting lava cake from many of my viewers. So i thought of trying it. I have shared a eggless lava cake recipe. But i wanted to try the traditional lava cake recipe. One day i got the spirit to make it, but when i looked in my fridge i was out eggs. But i wanted to make lava cake because i was craving for it so much. Then i decided to try microwave version. And i was totally surprised by the result, it was perfect and i loved it so much.
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Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turned out for you..
Preparation Time : 2 min
Cooking Time : 1 min
Serves : 1
Recipe Source: Tarla Dalal
Ingredients:
All Purpose Flour / Maida - 1 tblspn
Cocoa Powder - 11/2 tsp
Sugar - 1 tblspn
Baking Powder - ⅛ tsp or a pinch
Baking Soda / Cooking Soda - ⅛ tsp or a pinch
Salt a pinch
Milk - 4 tblspn
Oil - 2 tsp + 1 tsp for greasing bowl
Chocolate Bar ( Use dairymilk, silk, good melting chocolate)
Method:
Take all the ingredients except chocolate in a bowl and mix really well.
Now grease a ramekin bowl really well with oil.
Pour the batter in and place chocolate chunk in the center.
Pop this in microwave and cook for 1 min on high power.
Remove it and let it sit for 2 to 3 mins.
Now run a butter knife in the sides and invert it to a plate.
Cut and enjoy the molten lava cake..
Notes:
1)I used a 250 ml microwave safe ramekin to cook this.
2)Use good quality melting chocolate for the best lava part. Dairy milk, bournville, dairymilk silk is perfect.
3)Dont over cook the cake, it will get cooked in 1 min. After you remove the cake from oven it will keep on cooking.
4)Cook on high temp in microwave.
HERE IS A QUICK VIDEO:
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| Take all your ingredients |
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| Take flour in a bowl |
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| Add in sugar |
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| add salt |
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| cocoa powder |
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| baking soda and baking powder |
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| mix well |
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| add in milk |
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| and oil or butter |
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| mix well..The batter will be very very runny |
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| Take a ramekin |
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| Oil it really well..Because this what makes the cake slide out easily later |
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| This is really important..grease really well |
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| pour the very liquidy batter into the bowl |
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| once it is filled |
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| take a good chocolate bar.you can use something like dairymilk, silk or whatever.. |
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| i put two big chunks in |
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| pop this in microwave |
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| cook for 1 min |
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| remove it and let it cool down for 2 to 3 mins |
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| run a butter knife around the sides |
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| invert it to a plate |
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| cut it to see the molten lava part |
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| OMG it is delicious.. |
Anonymous
Thank u soo much for this one.....gonna make this on 31st
But one qustn.......
It shud b cookd on microwave or convection mode???
Anonymous
Hmmm yummy very delicious
Priya.G
Can we make it in Otg?
Anonymous
Micro mode or convection???
Anonymous
I tried it yesterday and it was tooo yummy!!!! Gonna try your other posts too 🙂 My cake was little sticky and was not that spongy also.. can you tell me what i should take care?
dhivyadove
Delicious..... Wil try it for sure... Continue posting ur al superb recipes
dhivyadove
Can we do it in pressure cooker... If yes pls tel how to do
Aarthi
@AnonymousIt should be made in microwave cooking mode.
Aarthi
@Priya.GThat will be a diff recipe.
sam
I just tried them...best recipe ever....thanlks yummy tummy
Aarthi
@AnonymousThis is cooked in microwave cooking mode.
Aarthi
@AnonymousWHen you mix the batter, mix well till the sugar is melted..You can even powder sugar and add that
Aarthi
@dhivyadoveSorry you cannot
Anonymous
Can we use cooking chocolate??
Sowmya Shankar
The cake was good but dairy milk chocolate were not melted and sitting down. When I used other chocolate it melted at the base. Please help me Aarti. .....
Aarthi
@AnonymousYes u can use..
Warda R
Thank you so much for sharing the recipe; I tried it as soon as I read it... but it turned out so hard... 🙁
Can you please tell why did it turned so hard (like a rock)?
Aarthi
@Warda RI think u have cooked it too long.Each oven varies always keep a eye on it
Anonymous
Hi aarthi can i use chilld milk
Aarthi
@Anonymousno use room temp milk.
Anonymous
aarthi i dont know y my cake not bake its melts 🙁 can i give u my microwave photo dont know how to use it plz tell me
Anonymous
Wat to do for more quantity. ..temperature. ..etc...TIA
Kanika Lamba
Hi aarthi, can we keep the mixture for some time. Half a day or few hours.. Want to serve it to my guests so..I want to keep it handy
Anonymous
I have read may recipes of choco lava cake.....it is baked in ramekins.....I don't have it.....can I bake in plastic oven proof containers or cup cake moulds...I have twicw tried choco lava recipe from show me the curry....but didin't came out well
Anonymous
Very nice ,quick and easy
Anonymous
Very nice,quick and simple...my entire family approved!
Aarthi
@Anonymousjust make individual diff cakes.
Aarthi
@Kanika Lambai dont suggest that.
Aarthi
@Anonymousyes u can make it in any microwave safe bowl or mug
Anonymous
Can u tell cocoa powder quantity. Is it 5.5 tblspn
Anonymous
hi aarti,tried this cake,it was great !! but my chocolate was not melt and was sitting down on the base..please help,what could be the reason
Aarthi
@Anonymousno it is 1.5 tsp
Aarthi
@Anonymousit depends on what chocolate u use..some wil melt some wont
Sneha Jadhav
I tried.. Yummy.. But no lava inside.. Why??? I used dairy milk silksilk n silicon mould. Thanks..
Aarthi
@Sneha Jadhavit depends on how much chocolate u use..it will melt and get gooey..
himank
I love your recipies.
Prachee Shah
Can I use cooking chocolate??
Claudine
@himankMade this today and it was the most delicious dessert I made under 5 mins. To those who find their chocolate not melted try using chocolate in room temp and not straight from fridge and you can also chop it into smaller pieces and be generous in the amount of chocolate you put. Also use a good quality cocoa powder I used bensdorp and it was delicious.
Aarthi
@Prachee Shahyes u can use..
ritika
I don't have ramekin so can I use borosil glass bowl?
srilata.m
Hi aarti. .love ur recipes. ..I have a doubt. Can I use silicon mould instead of remekins. .
Anonymous
Hi aarthi.. i tried this yesterday.. but it was a disaster
... the batter was very watery.. i used the exact same measurement.. wat could be the reason??
Aarthi
@srilata.mYes u can use silicon mould
Aarthi
@ritikayes u can use..u can use any microwave safe bowl or mug
Aarthi
@AnonymousI think u must have used wrong measuremnets.try it once more.
Anonymous
Hi aarthi,
I made this today and it was a disaster.
Firstly the batter wasnt liquidy so I tryed to add milk to make it into a liquid and secondly after I put it in the microwave for 1 min it was all wierd and liquidy. Please please please can u tell me wht I did wrong 🙁
Aarthi
@Anonymoussomething wrong with measurement. try it once more with proper measuring spoons
Anonymous
Hi Aarti, we tried and it was yummy .we will make tomorrow as well.thanks,awesome instant cake.have to check ingredients if I buy any time from outside.this time just gulped it
Anonymous
Wt is da quantity of da baking powder n baking soda?i dont understnd
Anonymous
It tasted worst... Yucks... Chocolate didn't melt evn...
Aarthi
@Anonymousit depends on the chocolate u use. you can grate the chocolate and add it in, so it will melt down a lot faster
Aarthi
@Anonymousit is mentioned in the recipe, if you have a 1/4 tsp measuring spoon use half the measure that is 1/8th spoon
Anonymous
Hi Arti, please advice me how to cook food in microwave n keep it soft bcoz anything I cook or heat up in the microwave turns hard as soon as it cools down. I tried some of your recipes and it turned out wonderful but got hard n lost its taste as soon as it cooled down.
Aarthi
@AnonymousIt is because of microwave, since it heats in really high temp. no solution for that.
Jamila Inayat
Hii..i tried it n my cake ws nyc n tasty but as i tried removng fem bowl it dint cme n broke..wht cud b d reason n 1/8 is less than 1/4 or more n can u temme lyk whts itz propr measurment
Anonymous
Hi Aarthi,
You have mentioned in one of ur posts that ur microwave is 800w... my microwave is 1100w and I m not able to adjust the power level exactly to 800w.. so how many minutes shd I hav my cake baked with 1100w power?
Aarthi
@Anonymousu should bake it for less time say 45 secs.
Aarthi
@Jamila Inayatit may be because you didn't grease the bowl properly. 1/8th tsp is half the amount in 1/4th tsp
Anonymous
Thank you Aarthi.. the cake was awesome and my husband loved it ☺ .. so can I continue this timing (45sec instead of 1min) for all the cakes that you have posted for microwave baking?
Say for example for the vanilla cake you have baked it for 3 mins and can I do it for (0.45 ×3) 1.35 min in my microwave(1100Watts) ?
red rose
hii
i tried your recipe for choco lava .i just made onw change as the batter was too runny i used only 2 tbsp of milk and it turned out delicious.also one more problem that i faced was the dairymilk silk that i put went down to bottom and didnt melt as i had wished.i used silk at room temp .
Aarthi
@red roseoh ok..you can grate the chocolate and put it n the middle for melting evenly
Aarthi
@Anonymousit depends on your microwave, experiment with it
Anonymous
hi aarthi...all ur recipes are superb and very well illustrated...please suggest how to modify these recipes to sugarfree ones for the diabetic people..so they can also enjoy these
Anonymous
hi aarthi.. i tried it and the cake part was delicious and yummyyy!! 🙂 :P.Thank u for the simple recipe. but the problem is the choclate is not melting dairy milk is just staying as it is and i tried an other already melted chocolate and it just settles at the bottom.. please help me out with this!!! 🙁
Anonymous
hi aarthi.. i tried it and the cake part was delicious and yummyyy!! 🙂 :P.Thank u for the simple recipe. but the problem is the choclate is not melting dairy milk is just staying as it is and i tried an other already melted chocolate and it just settles at the bottom.. please help me out with this!!! 🙁
Aarthi
@Anonymousu can grate the chocolate form it into ball and them place it in, it will melt
Anonymous
It worked !! I cooked mine in The oven tho
Anonymous
Hi mam! I tried this using mu micro safe cup ! I used exact measures ! But my batter spill all over the cup ! Y so? N itwas watery evn after I cooked for a minut! I used homemade chocolate
Aarthi
@AnonymousDid you fill the batter too much, or u must have used wrong measurements.
Neethu
Hey.. good receipe. Is there a substitute for Baking soda
Aarthi
@Neethuno sub for baking soda
Rasha Pv
Hi Aarthi...can we keep the batter ready for one day...
Rasha Pv
Hi aarthi....can we keep the battet for one day or half a day..?
radhika
The recipe came out amazing. My 7 years old daughter enjoyed like anything. I had heavy cream in my refrigerator, so I just substitute cream instead of milk With an extra spoon of milk to dilute thin. Thanks for your perfect recipe.
Aarthi
@Rasha Pvmaking the batter ahead of time will wont give proper texture
uma mahi
hie akka..im very fond of your blog..checking your blog have become a routine work for mee..tried many of your recipes as a beginner in cooking n lot more passion about cooking..coming to the point yesterday i tried this recipe,the cake was very spongy..bt the dairy milk was not melted rather it settled at the bottom..pls suggest me to get rid of that problm akka 🙁 :(..thankyou 😀
Shivani Desai
Was craving some chocolate cake and tried this today! Turned out great, super quick and delicious. My cocoa powder was unsweetened so it was slightly bitter but tasted heavenly after I drizzled some condensed milk over it to cut the bitterness! Thanks for the wonderful recipe 🙂
Shivani Desai
Was craving some chocolate cake and tried this today! Turned out great, super quick and delicious. My cocoa powder was unsweetened so it was slightly bitter but tasted heavenly after I drizzled some condensed milk over it to cut the bitterness. Thanks for the wonderful recipe 🙂
Aarthi
@uma mahiyou can do one thing, grate the chocolate, and place it in the center, this way it will melt easily
Cherry
Hey aarthi..the cak was awesome but the chocolate didnt melt though i cooked on high for 1 min 15 sec. I used dairy milk silk. Please help
Aarthi
@Cherryit depends on each chocolate, use room temp chocolate
anjana gnana
Aarthi.. Can I use silicon mould for baking?
Neha
Amazing quick recipe. ... just tried it...Thanks!
Rajani Dalmia
Aarti it turned out a hit in my home.... Awesome receipe
Aarthi
@anjana gnanayes u can use silicone
Anu
Hi..
Bumped into your blog yesterday, and tried your recipe today. I dunno where I went wrong, but my chocolate didn't melt. Tried twice to make sure, but no luck. First I used Dairy milk (not silk), and then Galaxy chocolate. Bot were at room temp. Followed the measurements, but had to cook for more time (I think my oven wattage is less). Still it isn't molten lava.. what could be wrong?
Anu
Aarthi
@Anu it depends on each chocolate. you can do one thing, grate the chocolate, and place it in the center, this way it will melt easily
Anonymous
Hi I have tried it today but sweetness was very low and it was bitter.what went wrong?
Aarthi
@Anonymousi think u must have used a dark bitter cocoa
Anonymous
I have tried it twice but chocolate was not melted.I used cadbury cocoa powder.
My oven is 1450w
Aarthi
@Anonymousit depends on each chocolate. you can do one thing, grate the chocolate, and place it in the center, this way it will melt easily
Anonymous
How to prepare this in electric oven?
Shalini
The whole thing is tasty,but it did not give the molten lava flowing out consistency, I put grated chocolate n it sin work, then put soft chocolate, that too din work.The grated chocolate cake helped a lil as the whole chocolate cupcake was tastybasvhe grated chocolate bsoread all over the cake and not in center.Thatbitbwas yummy,but howbto get the lava flowing effect?
Amita Choudhary
can i use plastic bowl instead of ramekin bowl???
Amita Choudhary
i dont have ramekin bowl can i use plastic bowl
Aarthi
@Amita Choudharyyes u can use plastic. but make sure it is oven safe
Aarthi
@Shaliniit depends on the chocolate dear..will look into it and get u the proper method.
Anonymous
Can i use baking powder instead of baking soda..if yes then quantity
Aarthi
@Anonymousno u cannot sub them,
Paanu
Turned out delicious aarti ma'am!! Thank you for the wonderful recipe !!!
Niki
I tried making it but the cake was not spongy and dairy milk didn't melt it was in the bottom.my microwave is 600w should I still cook it only for a minute or more?? Help
Aarthi
@Nikidont cook longer, else it may turn hard. it may depend on each chocolate..
Niranjana Binoy
Hi Arathi... Thank you so much for the recipe I have been looking for a chocolava recipe with out cooking chocolate since I couldn't find cooking chocolate anywhere in my locality... 🙂
But unfortunately my cake did not turn out good,dont know where I went wrong 🙁 I never cooked an eggless cake before so I dont know how it will look like, my cake texture was kind of similar to half cooked egg and when I increased the cooking time my chocolate hardened.What to do? 🙁
My microwave is 1200W. And my chocolate was frozen so I defroze it in microwave before adding to the cake... Am looking forward to your responds.. 🙂
Thanks in advance
Niranjana
Aarthi
@Niranjana Binoytry it once more with the same measurement. dont over cook it..Just cook it for mentioned time even less
[email protected] Beniwal
Hi Aarti can u please tell me which microwave nd oven u hv in ur kitchen for a long time wanna buy a good microwave nd oven bt fail always cz last yr I bought godrej microwave bt it is not a gud at ol .. plz tell me ur microwave name nd model nd oven too??
Aarthi
@[email protected] Beniwali have a basic LG microwave which has just cook mode. I use a OTG oven for baking
Deepti Kumar
Hi Aarthi Dii... Tried many of ur recipes n all came out very well.
My doubt is can I make this lava cake in OTG???
Aarthi
@Deepti Kumarthis is meant for microwave..
Devu
Hi Aarthi,
Love your blog. Tried chocolava cake recipe twice and failed. First time when I tried the batter overflowed as I took more baking powder and soda and second time I took the right measurements but the cake didn't cook nor the chocolate melted.My microwave is 900 watts and I baked for 1 minute. I'm really disappointed, plz help me
Aarthi
@Devuit depends on each oven. increase the cooking time a little
Ravinder Kaur
Hi dear....please cnfirm chocklate quantity...how much chocklate we need to add????
Nighat
Hey Aarthi,
In my first attempt it turned out to be the yummiest I have ever eaten. If I follow the recipe religiously it turns out amazingly. Plus every time I make more then 4 cakes. Highest upto 9.I need to know can I double or triple the quantity of ingredients and make bigger one? If yes let me know about the temperature
Aarthi
@Nighatnot sure about doubling it..it will change the texture and baking time as well..
Aarthi
@Ravinder Kaura small chunk isgood..u can add more if u wish
nisha arora
Hi Aarthi...just now tried ur lava cake...religiously followed recipe word to word ...it tasted good...but there was no flowing when the cake was cut...instead there was sticky chocolate bars when the cake was inverted fr eating...please help me find out where I went wrong...thnx
Aarthi
@nisha arorait depends on each chocolate. you can do one thing, grate the chocolate, and place it in the center, this way it will melt easily
rajesh chaurasia
Cake was good. I melted chocolate in microwave then left it to solidly. Then I used in cake.
sumaiya
It looks yummy. I always had a doubt how to make choclte lava. Thanks so much for the help n such amazing dishes. I m going to try it in cooker bcozz i had made cakes in cooker n they came out pretty good
Jincy Firoz
Is it gud possible to add choc chips instead of choc bars?
Anonymous
I tried this cake but it was not good. cake texture has changed. i followed all ur ingredients and method. i throwed it. what went wrong... can u explain?
Anonymous
when i tried the cake got all burned and become hard in 1 minute (normal microwave mode). What would be the reason?
Anonymous
Can i put this batter to silicon cake mould
Aarthi
@Jincy Firozyes u can use chocolate chips too
Anonymous
wow your cake looks yumm but any process to bake in oven I don't have a microwave.. thnx
Aarthi
@Anonymousno this recipe is for microwave
Aarthi
@Anonymousu can use silicone mould as well
Aarthi
@AnonymousEach oven will vary. SO reduce the cooking time as per your oven
vaishu chandrasekaran
Can I cook in convection mode instead of cooking mode??
Aarthi
@vaishu chandrasekaranno this has to be done in microwave
Arpita Karmakar
I tried it out, and it turned out the yummiest. Soft and fluffy from outside. Gooey and flowy in the center. Loved it. Thank you for uploading it.
Shwethu Ramulu
Hi madam ur chocolate lava mug cake is really so tempting..... madam OK let me know if I want to add egg when should I add n how many.... thanks
Aarthi
@Shwethu Ramuluthat recipe dont need eggs
Nalini Pandey
Hi Aarthi...I have made this cake in cup in 2 min...it didn't get its fluffy texture, it become little bit tight...is it due the use of cup or due to not getting the proper proportion of the ingredients... 🙁
Aarthi
@Nalini Pandeyit is because of not getting proper measurements
shital patil
Hi Aarthi,
really nice recipe, can i do it in air fryer?
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Shital
Aarthi
@shital patilnot sure about air fryer
nivi
Hello aarti ji first of all thank you for such wonderful recipes ...
I tried 1 min molten lava cake everything was fine but the chocolate didn't melt. Why???
What should I do to get it perfectly... ??? Pls help me
Dafney Joshua
hi i have a smart samsung microwave. I bake a cake in convection mode, can i also bake in convection mode, i have the othere option in microwave that's microwave +convection mode. Please help me in which mode should i put
Aarthi
@niviu can grate the chocolate and shape it lightly in a ball and use that
Aarthi
@Dafney Joshuayou have to make it in microwave mode
Anonymous
Hi! Aarthi,
I am new to microwave baking/ cooking. And the first recipe that I tried was the choco lava cake.
I increased the quantity of milk to 5 tbsp as the batter was not smooth.
and cooked it for 1 min only. I did not select microwave method.
The cake was yummy. My family enjoyed it.
Thank you. Keep posting your delicious recipes.
Lucky Sign
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Unknown
Best microwave lava cake recipe ever, I can't believe I got the recipe n the cake was ready to eat within 5 min. Perfect for late night chocolate cravings. Thanks a lot
ramya pai
Best lava cake recipe ever. Can't believe I got the recipe n the cake was ready to eat within 5 min. Perfect for late night chocolate cravings thanks a lot
ramya pai
Best microwave lava cake recipe ever, I can't believe I got the recipe n the cake was ready to eat within 5 min. Perfect for late night chocolate cravings. Thanks a lot
Akshata Ramesh
Hi!... Can I know which chocolate did u use.. And which chocalte you reccomand ?
Thanks
Aarthi
I used compound chocolate at room temp
Sarika
Awesome cake Aarthi!! Thanks
Shivangi Jain
Hi Aarthi, my 1 minute lava cake turned out horrible. I used meetha soda instead of baking soda, will that make any difference??!
Aarthi
no baking soda and meetha soda are same. Not sure what must have went wrong. try it again.
Dolly
Hi Aarthi
Thanks for the wonderful recipe, But unfortunately My cake was horrible , I took perfect measures but it turned to be sticky unbaked, I want to know when i added the bowl in microwave within 15 sec my cake rise ( as it was boiling ) then suddenly it went down & was unbaked. what mistake i have done ?
Aarthi
I am not at all sure. May be try it again.
Suba
Hi Aarthi, mixed everything with exact measurements but it didn't get cooked in a min. Even after 3 mins it had the consistency of kali or thick halwa. Wat is the temp r watts that you used? I mixed them in a mixer jar,would that have been the cause?
Aarthi
Dont mix them in blender. it will affect the texture
Suba
Thank you Arthi. Can you let me know the temp r watts that u used for this molten lava cake
Aarthi
i used 800 watts.
Reshmi Saro
I tried but dunno what mistake. Cake came like halwa consistency..
shobitha
Hi Aarthi
I tried it, came out well but a bit dried.Took exactly the same quantity mentioned above. In convection mode it took me more than 6 minutes. Any tips to get exactly as in picture.