Chocolate Lava Cake
Caputo Chocolate Lava Cakes – delicate, delicious, and ready in under 30 minutes. No water bath needed for this irresistible dessert!
- Yield: 4-5 Cakes
- Prep Time: 15 min
- Cook Time: 7-9 min
Ingredients
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
- Butter and dust 4-5 (4 oz) ramekins with Caputo “00” Baking Flour.
- In a large metal or glass bowl, combine chocolate and butter. Create a double boiler by placing the bowl over a pot of simmering water. Stir the chocolate and butter in the bowl until melted and combined. Set aside to cool slightly.
- In a medium-sized bowl, combine eggs and sugar. Using a hand mixer or whisk, beat for about 5 minutes until light yellow and frothy. Add the chocolate butter mixture, salt, and sift in Caputo “00” Baking Flour. Fold in the flour until combined.
- Spoon the batter into 4 or 5 ramekins. Adding more or less batter depending on how thick you would like the lava cakes to be.
- Bake for 7-9 minutes or until just set on the edges and the center is still wet.
- Using a kitchen towel, take the hot ramekin and flip it out onto a plate while still hot. Sift powdered sugar over the top.
- Slice, serve and enjoy!
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About the Chef
Meet Michele Loffreno
Michele Loffreno owner of Food Is Good F.I.G. Food Styling has served on the line at various restaurants throughout New York City and Italy. Desired to remain creative, Michele pursued the TV industry by becoming a Food Stylist on ABC's Emmy-Award-Winning show The Chew and Food Network’s Chopped. More recently, she was the culinary lead Food Stylist at THP, one of the world’s leading content and social media service providers for brand managers and marketers. As well as Brand Ambassador and Chef for Middleby Residential representing their luxury brand portfolio which includes Viking Range, AGA, La Cornue and Lynx in NYC.
Currently, Michele works as a Chef, Culinary Producer and Food Stylist for some of the most established food brands and television companies in the industry.