Printable Recipe
Chocolate Lava Cakes in the Air Fryer
Rich individual chocolate cakes cooked in the air fryer with soft molten centres and lightly set tops.
Prep time
5 min
Cook time
13 min
Total time
18 min
Yield
2
Ingredients
10
Steps
10
Filed under: chocolate, air fryer.
Source channel: Fitwaffle Kitchen
Key ingredients
unsalted butter, melted, for greasing, cocoa powder, for dusting the ramekins, semi-sweet or dark chocolate, chopped, unsalted butter, cubed, medium egg.
Ingredients
- 1 tsp unsalted butter, melted, for greasing
- 2 tsp cocoa powder, for dusting the ramekins
- 50 g semi-sweet or dark chocolate, chopped
- 50 g unsalted butter, cubed
- 1 medium egg
- 1 medium egg yolk
- 50 g icing sugar
- 30 g plain flour
- 10 g cocoa powder
- Pinch of salt
Method
- Brush your ramekins with melted butter.
- Dust the ramekins with cocoa powder and tap out the excess.
- Microwave chocolate and butter on medium heat, stirring gently until smooth, then set aside to cool.
- In another bowl, add one egg, one egg yolk, and icing sugar, then whisk until light and fluffy.
- Stir in the cooled chocolate and butter mixture until combined.
- Add flour, cocoa powder, and salt, then fold these in.
- Divide the mixture between two prepared ramekins.
- Place the ramekins in the air fryer and cook for about 13 minutes until the tops spring back when lightly pressed.
- Leave the cakes to cool for about 10 minutes.
- Optionally, flip the cakes out of the ramekins if coated well, or serve directly in the ramekins.