Instant Pot Chocolate Lava Cake

Molten Chocolate Lava Cake is part of my lifelong devotion to Chocolate Therapy. 😛

Oh~ You’ll need to add this Showstopping Instant Pot Cake to your go-to dessert recipe collection! How can something be so simple yet soo irresistibly delicious?!

Rich . Moist . Dreamy . Decadent

– Molten Choco Lava Cake –

This Instant Pot Chocolate Fondant is like a pleasantly moist brownie chocolate cake with erupting buttery smooth, luxuriously rich chocolate lava.

Seducively delicious taste of heaven you can’t miss!!

This makes a perfect indulging treat to surprise your sweetheart on Valentine’s Day, Birthday or Anniversary dinner.

It also works great when you need a homemade dessert quick for weeknight dinners or unexpected guests.

Plus, it’s so quick & easy that you can simply make this Instant Pot Lava Cake the night of your dinner party.

Time to make your chocoholic dream come true with this Luxurious Chocolate Lava Cake in Instant Pot!

Step-by-Step Instant Pot Chocolate Lava Cake Guide

Here are the ingredients for Instant Pot Lava Cake:

Make Lava Cake with Cocoa Powder?

For our first experiment, we used a combination of Bittersweet Chocolate + Cocoa Powder. The result was too rich and dense, so we decided to omit the cocoa powder in our final Instant Pot Lava Cake Recipe.

Which Chocolate to Use for Lava Cake in Instant Pot?

We experimented our lava cake recipe with 3.5oz (100g) Lindt 70% Cacao Dark Chocolate bar & 4 oz (113g) Hershey’s 70% chocolate chunks. They both worked fine. 🙂

Melt Chocolate and Unsalted Butter

Melt 3.5oz – 4oz (100g – 113g) 70% cacao dark chocolate with ½ cup (125g) unsalted butter.

*Pro Tip: You can use the double boiler method or the microwave (30 seconds interval & mix).

Make Egg Mixture

In a large mixing bowl, add 2 large eggs, 2 large egg yolks, ¼ cup (52g) granulated sugar, and a pinch of salt.

Mix ingredients for 1 minute with a hand mixer using medium speed.

Make Chocolate Lava Cake Mixture

Slowly pour in and mix the chocolate-butter mixture with the egg mixture.

*Pro Tips: The chocolate-butter mixture can be hot, so you don’t want to pour them all in at once and cook the eggs. A spatula will work great for this.

Add ½ tsp (2.5ml) vanilla extract.

Then sift in 1 tbsp (9g) all-purpose flour.

Mix everything together with a spatula until everything is well mixed.

Pressure Cook Chocolate Lava Cake

If you are planning to remove the Instant Pot Cakes from the ramekins to serve, spray the ramekins with cooking spray.

*Pro Tip: If you’re serving the Instant Pot Cakes with the ramekins (more convenient & less messy to eat), skip spraying the ramekins with cooking spray.

Carefully pour the chocolate lava cake mixture into 4 x 6oz-ramekins.

Then tap the ramekins against the counter a few times to remove air bubbles.

Add 1 cup (250ml) cold water in Instant Pot.

Place trivet in Instant Pot, then stack the ramekins on top.

Close lid and pressure cook at High Pressure for 7 – 9 minutes + Quick Release

*Pressure Cooking Times:

• For Thicker Pyrex Glass Ramekins: High Pressure 8 – 9 minutes + Quick Release
• For Standard 6oz Ramekins: High Pressure 7 minutes + Quick Release

Turn Venting Knob to Venting position to quickly release the pressure.

Carefully open the lid (avoid dripping the condensation on the lava cakes!)

Serve Instant Pot Chocolate Lava Cake

Quickly place the ramekins on a cooling rack, then serve immediately once the ramekins are cooled to touch.

*Pro Tip: The Instant Pot Lava Cake will continue to cook while resting, so it’s best to serve them as soon as possible! And I mean, who can resist not diving in right away?! hehe~ 😛

Sift powdered sugar on the Instant Pot Lava Cake, then decorate it with a strawberry.

You can also serve with a scoop (or more) of your favorite ice-cream!

Serve your showstopping choco lava cakes immediately 🙂

Dive in & enjoy every exciting bite of your Luxurious Instant Pot Chocolate Lava Cake!~ 🙂

Tools for Instant Pot Lava Cake

• Instant Pot Electric Pressure Cooker
• Hand Mixer
• Stainless Steel Mixing Bowl Set
• Silicone Spatula
• No-Stick Cooking Spray
• 3 inches x 1.5 inch Ramekin set
• Fine Mesh Strainer
• Cooling Rack
• Instant Pot Trivet or Stainless Steel Steaming Rack

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