Simple Way to Prepare Homemade Lava Cake

Lava Cake.

You can cook Lava Cake using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Lava Cake

1. It's 1 1/4 cup of Sugar.
2. You need 1 cup of Flour.
3. It's 1/2 cup of Unsweetened Cocoa powder.
4. Prepare 2 tsp of Baking Powder.
5. You need 1/4 tsp of Salt.
6. It's 1/2 cup of Milk.
7. It's 1/3 cup of Melted Butter.
8. Prepare 1 1/2 tsp of Vanilla Extract.
9. It's 1/2 cup of Packed Brown Sugar.
10. You need 1 1/4 cups of Hot Water.

Lava Cake step by step

1. Preheat oven to 350 F. Heat a pot of water on the stove to just under a simmer..
2. In medium bowl, combine ¾ cup of the granulated sugar, ¼ cup of the cocoa, flour, baking powder, and salt. Stir in milk, melted butter and vanilla and mix until smooth..
3. Pour batter into an lightly greased 9-inch square glass baking dish and spread evenly..
4. In a small bowl, stir together the remaining ½ cup granulated sugar, ¼ cup cocoa, and brown sugar and mix well. Sprinkle evenly over the batter in your dish. Pour the hot water over top, but do not stir!.
5. Bake 35-40 minutes – or until the center is almost set. Remove your dish from the oven and allow it to stand for 15 minutes. Standing is a crucial step to allow the fudgey "lava" to set..
6. Spoon the lava cake into bowls – making sure to get the fudgey sauce from the bottom of the pan. Add a scoop of vanilla ice cream if desired and serve..