Lava cake
Ingredients
- Coconut oil, melted
- 120g plain flour
- 110g icing sugar
- 30g cocoa powder
- ½ tbsp instant coffee
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 1 small ripe banana
- 120ml dairy-free milk
- ½ tbsp apple cider vinegar
- ½ tbsp vanilla bean paste
- 120g chocolate, broken into chunks
Steps
- Preheat the oven to 180°C. Grease 3 ramekins with coconut oil.
- Sift the flour, icing sugar, cocoa, coffee, baking powder and bicarb into a medium-sized bowl and mix to combine.
- In a separate bowl, mash the banana, then add the milk, apple cider vinegar and vanilla bean paste. Whisk to combine.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry and fold together – don’t over mix!
- Divide half the batter between the ramekins, then press a third of the chocolate into the centre of each ramekin.
- Spoon the remaining batter over the chocolate chunks until they are completely hidden.
- Place the ramekins on a baking tray and place the tray in the centre of the oven.
- Bake for 20–25 minutes. Once baked, run a knife around the edge of each ramekin to help loosen the sponge.
- Place a plate on top of each ramekin in turn, flip upside down, then lift off the ramekin.