Eggless Molten Chocolate Lava Cake

For weeks together,we scheduled our dinner at 9 only so that we could watch Masterchef Australia together.We absolutely loved it and watched it from the very beginning till the finale.The invention tests,the team tests and the cooking challenge for the immunity pin,ah I am missing it so much!!Sadly,our Indian counterpart was no where near the Australian one and I didn't tune in to watch it at all,the TRP tricks they used were too much for me to sit through the whole episode.Here's an interesting article which explains it all.

So it was with apprehension I decided to sit through this video that a reader sent me asking me to check out the recipe.Ever since I've had success with Molten lava Cake(one of the most popular recipe on this blog)I've been getting queries for an eggless version.Many of you have also tried the same recipe replacing eggs with condensed milk and curd successfully.

Since I've been off sweets for a while and since 'anything' chocolate was a welcome indulgence,I decided to try this one out.The recipe is very similar to a basic eggless recipe,only thing,the lava here is chocolate chips and not uncooked batter.The cake baked beautifully and lava oozed out well.Though I prefer my previous recipe for Lava cake,since it is more chocolaty and rich,I wouldn't mind this one on a no-eggs day too.

Eggless Molten Chocolate Lava Cake
Recipe source- Shipra Khanna Masterchef India


Ingredients

Maida – 1 cup

Baking powder – 1 tsp

Baking soda – 1 tsp

Cocoa powder – 6 tbsp

Salt a pinch

Chocolate Chips – ¼ cup

Cherries – ¼ cup

Butter - ½ cup

Curd - ¾ cup

Caster Sugar - ¾ cup

Milk - 1 cup

Coffee powder - 1 tsp*

Method

Preheat oven to 180C.

Sift together dry ingredients starting with maida,baking powder,baking soda,cocoa powder and a pinch of salt.

Mix together cherry and chocolate chips.

Mix milk with coffee powder and keep aside.**

Beat together butter,sugar and curd till creamy.

Add sifted dry ingredients and coffee/milk alternately and mix well till you get a smooth batter.

Grease and flour muffin moulds with butter.

Pour 2 tbsps batter into the moulds and layer with cherry-chocolate filling.Pour another 2 tbsp batter on top of it.

Bake for 10-12 minutes.

Notes

• The size of my ramekin is small hence the batter makes enough for 6-8 muffin moulds.
• The temperature for baking differs in each oven so bake till the top looks firm but the center slightly jiggles when you shake the ramekin.
• *The original recipe calls for milk,I decided to add some coffee for an extra punch,you could use plain milk if that is what you prefer.
• Here is my Molten Lava Cake and the Cupcake version.

On a different note,Easycooking turns 4 today.Yes,can you imagine!!Thank you all of you for your support and encouragement and for being with me throughout on our journey together.Happy Cooking!!