Chocolate-Nutella Lava Cakes

These Chocolate-Nutella Lava Cakes are super easy to make yet are a special-occasion-worthy dessert. You'll love the chocolate and hazelnut flavor combination and how quick and easy these are to make!

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Diet Vegetarian

Recipe Type Birthday, Cakes, Chocolate, Christmas, Holiday Baking, Nutella, Strawberry, Valentine's Day

Skill Level Easy

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 15

Total Time 25

Servings

Calories 815kcal

Author Angela G.

Equipment

Ingredients

½ cup butter plus more to grease ramekins
¼ cup semisweet chocolate chips
¼ cup Nutella hazelnut spread
1 ¼ cups powdered sugar
2 eggs
3 egg yolks
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ cup all purpose flour

Optional Batter Ingredients

1 teaspoon Dutch cocoa powder for added chocolate flavor
2 dashes sea salt

Toppings

4 scoops vanilla ice cream
4 strawberries

Instructions

Preheat oven to 425ºF.
Prepare baking dishes. Grease 4 ramekins with butter and set on a baking sheet.
Make cake batter. In a large glass bowl, microwave butter, chocolate chips, and Nutella for 1 minute. Stir with a fork until combined.
Stir in powdered sugar until dissolved.
Stir in eggs, egg yolks, vanilla.
Stir in flour.
Fill ramekins and bake. Spoon batter into each ramekin, dividing evenly.
Bake for 13-14 minutes or until sides are firm but center is still wobbly.
Remove pan from from oven. Then, using rubber tongs, carefully move hot ramekins to a cutting board and let cool for 1 minute.
Plate lava cakes. Slide a butter knife along the outside edge of each of the cakes in the ramekins to loosen.
Place a plate, upside down on top of each ramekin, then turn over so that the cake drops from the ramekin onto the plate.
Serve with ice cream. Top each cake with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and strawberries then serve immediately!

Notes

Use tongs to gently shake the ramekin to see if the center is wobbly. The sides should be firm, if they are not, you need to cook longer.
If cakes are not coming out easily: Loosen the cakes again by sliding a knife around the outside edge of the cakes to separate the cake from the ramekin, gently push the cake away from the edge of the ramekin then place a plate, upside down on top of the ramekin. Gentle flip the cake onto the plate. If it doesn't fall out, loosen it more.

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