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5-Ingredient Molten Maple Lava Cakes in 20 minutes

Molten Maple Lava Cakes
Step-by-step of Molten Maple Lava Cakes.Alessandra Bulow / TODAY
Cook Time:
12 mins
Prep Time:
8 mins
Servings:
8
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Chef notes

Baptiste Peupion, Culinary Director at Le Château Frontenac in Quebec City, uses flavor-packed maple sugar to create this warm and comforting dessert that comes together in only 20 minutes.

Ingredients

  • 8 ounces white chocolate
  • 2 sticks unsalted butter, plus more for ramekins
  • 8 large eggs
  • cups maple sugar
  • cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting ramekins
  • Vanilla ice cream, for serving

Preparation

Molten Maple Lava Cakes: Ingredients
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Preheat the oven to 350°.

Molten Maple Lava Cakes: Butter and lightly flour ramekins or round baking molds
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Butter and lightly flour eight 6-ounce ramekins or round baking molds. Tap out the excess flour. Set the ramekins on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

Molten Maple Lava Cakes: In a double boiler, over simmering water, melt the butter with the white chocolate
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In a double boiler, over simmering water, melt the butter with the white chocolate.

Molten Maple Lava Cakes: In a large bowl, combine the maple sugar and flour
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In a large bowl, combine the maple sugar and flour.

Whisk the butter and white chocolate until smooth. Remove from the heat and add the maple sugar and flour mixture. Add the eggs and with a rubber spatula, gently combine until fully incorporated.

Molten Maple Lava Cakes: Bake for 12 minutes until golden
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Pour the batter into the prepared ramekins or baking molds and bake for 12 minutes until golden.

Molten Maple Lava Cakes: Unmold the cakes
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Let the cakes cool in the ramekins for 1 minute, then cover each with an inverted dessert plate. Carefully turn each one over, let stand for 10 seconds and then unmold.

Molten Maple Lava Cakes: Serve immediately with vanilla ice cream
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Serve immediately with vanilla ice cream.