🍒🔥 CHERRY LAVA CAKE (MOLTEN CHERRY CENTER) – FULL RECIPE (ENGLISH)

👀 What this is

A soft mini cake with a molten cherry center that flows out when cut.

• Outside: light, slightly crisp
• Inside: gooey, jammy cherry core

👉 Basically chocolate lava cake’s fruity cousin

🧾 Ingredients (4 small cakes)

🍰 Cake batter

• 100g butter
• 100g sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 120g flour
• 1 tsp baking powder

🍒 Cherry center

• 1 cup cherries (fresh or frozen, pitted)
• 3 tbsp sugar
• 1 tsp cornstarch
• 2 tbsp water

✨ Garnish

• Powdered sugar
• Extra cherries

🔥 Instructions

1. Make cherry filling

• Cook cherries + sugar + water
• Add cornstarch slurry
  👉 Cook until thick & glossy
  👉 Chill (important for lava effect)

2. Prepare batter

• Cream butter + sugar
• Add eggs + vanilla
• Fold in flour + baking powder

3. Assemble

• Grease ramekins
• Add batter (halfway)
• Add spoon of cherry filling
• Cover with more batter

4. Bake

• Bake at 180°C (350°F) for 12–15 mins
  👉 Edges set, center still soft

5. Serve

• Let rest 2 mins
• Flip or serve in ramekin
  👉 Cut → cherry lava flows out

💥 Pro Tips

• Chill filling → key to gooey center
• Don’t overbake or you lose the lava
• Slight underbake > overbake
• Add a bit of lemon zest to cherries → brighter flavor

⚡ Flavor breakdown

• Cake: soft, buttery
• Center: sweet + tart cherry burst
• Texture: contrast = crispy edge + molten core

👉 Every bite = juicy explosion

🔥 Calories

~250–350 kcal per cake

🎯 Final vibe

This dessert is pure:
“cut it open → instant wow moment” 🍒