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    Microwave Chocolate Lava Cake Recipe

    Last Updated On: Apr 14, 2025 by Aarthi

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    Microwave Chocolate Lava Cake Recipe with step by step pictures. Moist molten chocolate cake with gooey centre made in less than 5 mins in microwave which is egg free.

    Microwave Chocolate Lava Cake Recipe

    I have been getting request of posting lava cake from many of my viewers. So i thought of trying it. I have shared an 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.

    Table of Contents

    • About Microwave Chocolate Lava Cake Recipe
    • 📖 Recipe Card
    • Microwave Chocolate Lava Cake Recipe
    • Microwave Molten Lava Cake by Step by Step
    • Tips & Tricks

    About Microwave Chocolate Lava Cake Recipe

    What is so special about microwave cakes are the convenience. You can make a delicious cake from scratch to stomach in just less than 5 mins.

    You get moist and gooey chocolate cake fast yet it turns out so perfect. This also need basic ingredients like flour, sugar, milk, oil, cocoa powder and chocolates. Did I need to say that this recipe is EGGLESS too.

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    Microwave Chocolate Lava Cake Recipe

    Delicious molten lava cake made in a microwave in less than 1 min.
    3 from 12 votes
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    Prep Time: 2 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 1 minute minute
    Total Time: 3 minutes minutes
    Servings: 1 servings

    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

    Instructions

    • 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..

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    Notes

    • I used a 250 ml microwave safe ramekin to cook this.
    • Use good quality melting chocolate for the best lava part. Dairy milk, bournville, dairy milk silk is perfect.
    • Don't over cook the cake, it will get cooked in 1 min. After you remove the cake from oven it will keep on cooking.
    • Cook on high temp in microwave.
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    Microwave Molten Lava Cake by Step by Step

    1)Take your ingredients

    2)Take flour in a bowl.

    3)Add sugar

    4)Add in salt.

    5)Add in cocoa powder

    6)Add in baking soda, baking powder.

    7)Mix well.

    8)Add milk.

    9)Add in oil.

    10)Batter done.

    11)Take a ramekin.

    12)Grease it well

    13)Grease it well.

    14)Pour it in.

    15)Add in chocolate

    16)Place it in the center.

    16)Microwave for 1 min.

    17)Remove it to cool.

    18)Unmould.

    19)Enjoy

    20)Serve

    Tips & Tricks

    • I used a 250 ml microwave safe ramekin to cook this.
    • Use good quality melting chocolate for the best lava part. Dairy milk, bournville, dairy milk silk is perfect.
    • Don't over cook the cake, it will get cooked in 1 min. After you remove the cake from oven it will keep on cooking.
    • Cook on high temp in microwave.
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