Vegan Chocolate Lava Cakes
These vegan chocolate lava cakes are decadent and rich and will wow any dinner party you are hosting! Gluten free and oil free batter.
Servings: 3 lava cakes
Calories: 719kcal
Equipment
- 3 4in ramekins
Ingredients
For the molten (inside filling)
- 4 oz 70% dark chocolate (can be bar of chips)
- ½ cup coconut cream, room temperature or slightly warm
- ¼ cup maple syrup
For the Cake Batter
- 1 cup flour (all purpose or this gluten free flour works)
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoon cocoa powder
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ cup dairy free milk
- ½ tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- ¼ cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
For the molten (inside filling)
- In a bowl over a double boiler, melt the chocolate.
- Once melted and smooth, slowly pour in the coconut cream while constantly stirring.
- Add in the maple syrup. Combine again.
- Remove from heat and put in freezer. Freeze until hardened, about an hour.
For the Cake Batter
- Make batter, while molten freezes.
- Combine dairy free milk and apple cider vinegar together and let sit for 10 minutes. This makes a vegan buttermilk.
- Combine all the dry ingredients in a large bowl and whisk together.
- Add all the wet ingredients and combine with a spatula.
- Place in fridge until molten is ready.
- Once ready, heat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Liberally grease your ramekins or use silicone ramekins if oil free.
- Place a thick layer of cake batter in the bottom of ramekin.
- Place a scoop of the molten in the middle.
- Fill the ramekin with cake batter to ¾ way full.
- Place on a baking sheet and cook for 20-25 minutes.
- When done remove and use a plate to invert. Very carefully pull off the ramekins. Top cake with powdered sugar and ice cream if desired
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Notes
*We highly encourage you to read the section of tips in the post for these vegan lava cakes
*See post for notes about Top 8 Allergy Free variation
**Nutritional facts are just estimates. Please utilize your own brand nutritional values to double check against our estimates.
Nutrition
Serving: 1lava cake | Calories: 719kcal | Carbohydrates: 114g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 26g | Saturated Fat: 17g | Cholesterol: 1mg | Sodium: 129mg | Potassium: 647mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 68g | Vitamin A: 155IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 158mg | Iron: 8mg