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No-bake chocolate lava cake dusted with cocoa powder on a white plate

No-Bake Chocolate Lava Cake

A silky chocolate cake made from egg yolk, sugar, light cream and 65% dark chocolate, set in the fridge and dusted with cocoa.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Chill 4 hours
Total Time 4 hours 15 minutes
Servings: 1 small cake
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: International
Ingredients Method Video Notes

Ingredients
  

Chocolate cake
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 15 grams granulated sugar
  • 200 grams light cream
  • 120 grams dark chocolate 65%
To decorate
  • cocoa powder for sprinkling

Method
 

  1. Put 1 egg yolk, 15 grams of granulated sugar and 200 grams of light cream in a small pot.
  2. Mix well until smooth.
  3. Turn on low heat and warm the mixture, stirring, until small bubbles form at the edge of the pot.
  4. Add 120 grams of 65% dark chocolate and stir until the chocolate is completely melted and smooth.
  5. Pour the chocolate cream into a mold lined with baking paper.
  6. Refrigerate until set, about 4 hours.
  7. Lift the cake out of the mold and sprinkle it with cocoa powder to decorate.

Video

Notes

All amounts and the 4 hours in the fridge are from our video. It doesn't give the mold size or the amount of cocoa powder; it uses a small square mold lined with baking paper.
The 10 minutes prep and 5 minutes on the stove are our estimate.