Chocolate lava cake
A very simple chocolate cake: 4 eggs, 200g of butter, sugar, flour, and chocolate, baked for 20 minutes to ensure a still-soft center.
This chocolate cake requires only five ingredients and takes just 35 minutes to prepare. The recipe is simple to remember: 200g of each ingredient and 4 eggs. It’s best served with a warm, gooey center, alongside a fruit-based ice cream.
Ingredients and directions
- Prep time15 min
- Cook time20 min
- Total35 min
- DifficultyEasy
- CostBudget
- Cooking methodFour
- Estimated cost$3.73 $0.62 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 8, 2026.
- Vegetarian
Ingredients
people
- $1.40
- $0.26
- $1.85
- $0.22
Prices from US supermarkets for 3 of 4 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.
Directions
- Melt the butter and chocolate together.
- Combine all the ingredients. ≈ 4 min
- Pour: Pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, pour, ≈ 3 min
- Bake the cake for 20 minutes in a preheated oven at 200 °C.
The bill
Chocolate lava cake
- 4 eggs$1.40
- 200 g of wheat flour$0.26
- 200 g of butter$1.85
- 200 grams of sugar$0.22
Total$3.73
that's $0.62 per person
Estimated price; varies by store.
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