How To Tell When Chocolate Lava Cakes Are Done Baking

This is one method to achieve a lava center in a chocolate cake. Another method uses a frozen core of ganache baked into the cake.

[@AKAK-gg9lf]

Please don’t stop teaching us

[@MPplayerYT]

I COMPLETELY misread this and almost threw hands

[@pacathepan-roadto200]

YESS FRR

[@what_ifgod1907]

@@MPplayerYT same we’re twins now because I literally read it as please stop teaching us I was like rude

[@user-1billlon]

i dont watch his vids for baking tips but i sure do watch them for seeing how tasty they are!

[@ProDuo9000]

​@what_ifgod1907 u aren't twins tho

[@seawright2307]

"Chocolate lava cake is not just undercooked chocolate cake. That's not what makes the center molten. You take a frozen cylinder of ganache and set it in the ramekin so that as the outside cooks fully, the inside becomes molten!" - Chef (2014) That said, there are two different recipes from around the same time. People enjoy both. One is more consistent, the other is easier to reproduce in a home kitchen. One method, Coulant au chocolat, designed by Sébastien Bras in 1981, uses frozen ganache. It was designed to evoke the feeling of drinking hot cocoa after a day of skiing. Method two, from 1987, is a slightly undercooked chocolate sponge cake and is the one that popularized the dish. It was found on accident - at a dinner by Jean-Georges Vongerichten the oven were overcrowded. As the chef went to apologize for the cakes being undercooked he received a standing ovation.

[@bustedkeaton]

I was thinking of that exact scene from "Chef," and had taken to heart that was how all lava cakes were actually made (they were bigger in the 90s, i dont really go for them so i havent seen one in person in a long time). Thank you for the informative comment!

[@luma4902]

Try the first version is still on my bucket list it seems so delicious

[@abcdefghijklmnop1974]

“ITS F*****G MOLTEN!”

[@nightzzmixx]

⁠​⁠@@abcdefghijklmnop1974”YOU DIDN’T STICK A TOOTHPICK IN IT YOU F-KING DONUT”

[@nuclearzeus3895]

Bro, I love that movie so much. You just reminded me of it now, and I'm probably gonna watch it

[@Danny-iv7dg]

What would I do without this guy teaching me how to bake? Literally a life saver!!

[@benjaminthebaker]

Let me know if there's anything you want to see

[@Danny-iv7dg]

@@benjaminthebaker well I would love to know how to bake croissants! Last time I tried baking one it was WAY to moist for my liking and also not as crunchy and airy as I wanted… I would want to improve! But of course, you don’t have to do this!! Salutations

[@intwilightart]

@@benjaminthebaker Whenever I bake a cake it gets too dense on the inside...it's never light and fluffly!

[@Lingcome]

@@benjaminthebakermy japanese cheesecake always has cracks in it 😢

[@pacathepan-roadto200]

FR

[@giannidescalzo2101]

I love this series. I was a professional baker for several years, and it blew me away how many lifelong bakers had no idea why they do the things they do, they just followed the recipes. Baking isn't nearly as unforgiving as people think it is, if you familiarize yourself with your ingredients and techniques.

[@SaheeliRai]

I modified recipes quite frequently as a student and the results always were delicious. Never understood why people think they have to do everything exactly as it is in the recipe

[@Poptanic]

And it’s just anecdotal evidence. If you’re still learning how to bake it’s better to follow a recipe. Especially when you can fuck everything, because you modify to much

[@giannidescalzo2101]

@@Poptanic always have a formula, it's just super helpful if you actually know what your ingredients are doing.

[@lokwu9147]

I love how the perfectly baked one is just called "baked"

[@laevanni]

what else would you call it 💀

[@mimikyubutitsactualyhornet]

​@@laevanni idk maybe perfectly baked???

[@johnkobeachillesgacer1803]

​@@mimikyubutitsactualyhornetHe never says which one is better he is completely just teaching doesn't and sharing recipes for people to find which they want most

[@Gizzardx0]

@@mimikyubutitsactualyhornet why do people argue about the stupidest things

[@arandomuserofinternet]

so i guess me and the last one have something in common (i'm joking, i'm not on weed)

[@DingoFlexa]

Do I bake? No. Do I watch every video you put out? Yes. Because they're super interesting and informative!

[@storey662]

Same here.

[@NoxBruh]

Never too late to start! Giving someone a freshly baked good and seeing their smile is something else. Worth all the effort!

[@harold_bryant]

i am doing that rn, and i will proceed to forget all of them before i do anything

[@SuperChavon]

They're all perfect

[@Destoyer2POINT_1]

All. All is good.

[@morgennistuff418]

I am so baked rn

[@vV4L1UM]

Ur also in middle school

[@jimmyoliveiraTheOne]

​@@vV4L1UM kkk For real

[@evanmitchell2188]

@@vV4L1UMthere are plenty of adult stoners lol, i been sittin here toasted watching this shit too, i just dont announce it, but its funny to know there are other stoners watching with the munchies too, lighten up my guy sounds like you needa joint lol

[@valnerothgaming8918]

Cake #2

[@jeffhamolton]

same

[@codyhartwell525]

I thought lava cake was supposed to have a chocolate ganache in the center instead of being an under baked cake.

[@FrogCookie]

Some use ganache, some leave the middle as a soft but heated batter as the center, so you’re right, but there are two ways to make a lava cake.

[@toohda]

Proper lava cake has ganache, he’s doing the lazy way

[@marcusborderlands6177]

​@@toohda2 diff recipes.

[@thespankmyfrank]

​@@toohda Center of ganache is the lazy way haha. Funny how people see it so differently. 😂

[@idkloltestacc]

Either way... Its still going inside my stomach no matter what 😂

[@NuclearFisshion]

Word

[@khunli7]

Real like 😭

[@abhishektigga9989]

Nah fr though 😂

[@vaz2765]

This video was posted right after I over baked my lava cake, now I can finally get it right!

[@benjaminthebaker]

I'm glad it helped!

[@mnlaslshnz]

can you also show us how long it takes to over baked, under baked and baked?

[@lindsayvlogslife]

@@mnlaslshnzHe made this video so you don’t need to rely on time because the time can vary based on your individual oven, the dish you bake it in, etc

[@TheAtlasJoker]

People are so stuck to there opinions, there are MULTIPLE ways to make different cakes Lava cake can be made with both frozen ganache or cake batter with pasteurized eggs or there’s even a recipie that has no eggs

[@LunarCat013]

I thought everyone knew this! I was so surprised when so many comments were saying it should be filled with ganache instead. My mom and I have made it without ganache all the time. In fact we just use ganache as a topping instead of a filling. We never gotten sick from it nor have we heard anyone getting sick from it or complaining especially my aunt who went to ICE for BAKING!!!

[@Sir.Fithers]

For those of you who are questioning if lava cake is actually wet batter in the middle. *Well* it depends on the recipe.

[@youngspaghettii]

Wouldn't this be non food safe ?

[@Sir.Fithers]

@@youngspaghettii nah you're guaranteed to contract a rare virus because it's not like the center gets pretty hot and kills everything.

[@dogbark]

@@youngspaghettii still gets hot enough to kill bacteria

[@MrEquusQuagga]

Yeah we know, we read the top comment

[@Sir.Fithers]

@@MrEquusQuagga top comment? Where...

[@calinbrown517]

You're simply the best at teaching people the "How to"of baking!!! Because you explain the entire reasons of WHY and what happens IF and I've learned more from you than anyone else lol and that's A LOT considering I'm 54 years old and live in the south😏 so you can bet your DaNG biscuits, I can bake/fry just about AnYThInG in my sleep🤗 but I still learn something new when I watch YOU! XOXOXO from Florida CUTIEPATOOTIE ❣️🙏🏼 4 ✌🏼 AlWaYs

[@TheManBehindTheSlaughter87]

Instructions unclear, I put actual lava in my oven and now i am currently melting.

[@ymp6345]

Lava cake isn't slightly undercooked chocolate cake! You're supposed to add ganache halfway through the baking so that it has a molten Center

[@matthewmichaelis5677]

Ok Jon Favreau.

[@poopnfart]

yeah i was like, that’s just uncooked batter, that can’t be the filling?😭

[@enderlord2757]

People make it both ways, just eat the ones you like lol

[@Traxx_media]

I was just about to comment this, you have my internet friendship now 🤣

[@thespankmyfrank]

Nah, that depends on the recipe. This type is "under baked" (actually perfectly baked for its purpose), others use some ganache. I personally enjoy this version the most.

[@ellaparsons308]

I love how your videos have the music from the Great British Baking Show. My friend loves baking so thanks for your videos! Continue being awesome and I love watching your videos!❤️

[@RKNancy]

I hate underbaked batter. I would rather stuff the fully baked sponge cake with a chocolate ganache.

[@Chylord]

Literally all my baking tips come from this channel

[@SeanSnow64]

Not gonna lie the undercooked result is what im really looking for in chocolate lava cake

[@LunaGamer25]

That would be so good on top of ice cream.

[@100paulius_]

​@@LunaGamer25fr

[@mimii2118]

I'll try this - thanks! 😊

[@random_gacher3091]

Omgg the song is in a Danish baking contest called 'Bagedysten' THEY USE THIS SOUND!!!!!

[@raeruchan250]

Thank you for teaching us!! Though, I don't bake, I only eat 😅

[@snakeoflordran9573]

Underbaked still tastes good, so whats the problem?

[@ddmaycare]

its just not very pretty. if all youre looking for is the taste, then youre good 👍👍

[@roseflamingo8102]

Nobody said it is a problem, but that is not a correctly baked lava cake lmao. Stop trying to find issues in everything.

[@spicyhummus6266]

Man I wish you put out long form vods, I feel like we lose so much in short form, considering you fit all of this in short form I can only imagine our brains would pop with long form ( also you as a creator would make WAY more of an income if you did long format) I hope eventually they start paying shorts what they deserve

[@IguessIDraw]

The sad melt of the first cake was so heartbreaking 😭😭

[@SpagettiSpeltWrong]

I'll definitely be using these baking tips and not eating cake batter straight out of the bowl

[@heyitshellfire9153]

I can’t be the only one who loves the overbaked one

[@Anastas1786]

Of course not. The overbaked one is just a standard chocolate poundcake. But it's no good if your intention was to bake a _chocolate lava cake_ instead.

[@CyrusStratton]

Your videos would be a great resource for people on the Great British Bake Off. Seems like some many times it’s the cook time that hurts their standings.

[@trev1463]

this channel is a treasure

[@celestedivine131]

Isnt that a Pettit Gateu? Or are they just very similar?

[@TheEnderPearl]

Petit gateau is just French for small cake

[@jadepersonally]

As a French gal this comment is hilarious

[@LucasMartinez-ov4sh]

It is.

[@erikarnald419]

Protect this man at all costs

[@ShadowcasterZero]

Lava cakes are so blazee now.

[@edric9137]

Dude, whenever i make a lava cake i get so sad when i underbake it, so when i learned this i was so glad

[@kanesgames8924]

Honestly the overcooked one look better

[@msmaam69]

It's a lava cake. There's chocolate in the middle

[@Quinnternet_Explorer]

I agree but that's also not the point of this specific dish.

[@AsiccAP]

I get that people have preferences, but the overcooked one is objectively not a lava cake.

[@alextonev3017]

Wow bro taught us that when the centre is liquid and the walls are solid the lava cake is ready how revolutionary! I would’ve never guessed that when the stick comes out wet from the centre, the centre of my lava cake is liquid thus making it a lava cake, how amazing! Thank you so much!

[@Agedbean]

Wow that’s amazing ! Did you also know that water is wet ?

[@rosewolfy6444]

the under cooked look gas

[@benhales7363]

better yet I’ll just eat the cake mix fuck salmonella I’m not scared

[@Anastas1786]

Sure, but at that point it's more of a "hot pudding" than a "cake".

[@obliviousfantasy633]

You're my favorite baking channel. You literally teach so much in so little time?!? Very straight forward.

[@asiadaoverachiever]

Underbaked fire asl

[@sallythedino]

i hate to be this person but what does "asl" mean in this context?😭 ive seen it so many times and I just have no clue

[@mark-jf5ik]

@@sallythedino meant to replace "asf" (for some reason), the l is short for 'as hell' (for some reason)

[@asiadaoverachiever]

@@sallythedino lmaoo, it means ass hell 😭

[@toproxy101]

As a cake decorator and also baker thank u so much for teaching these simple yet good tips also helpful videos :)

[@arifiqbal3686]

Lava cake is NOT uncooked batter. You gonna give somebody salmonella serving raw egg. Traditionally it's a core of ganache frozen and inserted into the cake before baking. By the time the cake is done and set the frozen/chilled core has thawed and heated through providing a "molten" middle.

[@Khalrua]

Yes, yes. We all saw Jon Favreau in Chef. 🙄

[@FullOfCzarcasm]

Wrong on two accounts. It’s not inserted but rather on top, and second raw eggs are not really a salmonella risk, it’s like 1/50000. The risk of raw desserts in the flour

[@jackhandy7237]

Love these videos!! I use a cylinder of frozen chocolate ganache in the center so as the outside gets cooked the inside becomes molten. “It’s molten!!”

[@davidl6354]

The dominos lava cake is the best

[@sallythedino]

I've made so many lava cakes in my time but nothing compares to the deliciousness of a dominos lava cake

[@weedconesuer]

I worked at domino's for almost a year and know all the nasty secrets but I can say for a fact you are not wrong my friend those things smack like a mf especially if you let one sit in the fridge for just long enough that the center starts to solidify then eat it.. sounds weird I know but I did it once cuz I woke up at 4am and was too lazy to warm it up and I still regularly leave 1 of the 2 I get in the fridge to let it get cold 😂

[@triplea657aaa]

This is so true. I started doing this ~5 years ago and it makes such a big difference!

[@Harley_and_McCall]

Can you do a how to bake a lava cake please 🙏

[@Yeebles34]

This man is a saint!! I'm horrible at baking, so your shorts are a live saver!

[@ILoveAGoodGoose]

GBBO vibes love your channel

[@satyamdubey8294]

Really smart insted of figuring and clalculate how much time it requires to bake certain size of cake , just poke toothpick while baking no inconvenience at all

[@Adrienna0]

Just found your channel and I already feel so smart 😂 love your content and this is really helping me on my journey to learn to bake. Thanks so much ❤

[@EsilHaddus]

nobody is gonna talk about how he literally grabbed that hot cake slice with his bare hands?

[@cliffi5498]

I think u don't cook much in your kitchen 😅 After years of cooking & baking, my hands hv become a little resistant to heat & hot things I can actually hold them for quite sometime - i don't even feel anything 😂 Thats not only me, thats just a normal thing

[@JordanPlayz158]

​@@cliffi5498hmm, wonder what happens, maybe the nerves get damaged or something?

[@itzmrinyy7484]

Thsnk you so mich for these videos. They helped me make a PERFECT flan on my first try

[@Cyril-o2l]

I need more of these videos. I'm subscribing to you.

[@Coll.in2405]

Idk…that over cooked cake looks prettyyyy goood…

[@awn7775]

That crispy over-baked, outer layer cake hits though

[@idg33]

where's the ganache

[@Noise991]

Technically you shouldn’t be putting ganache into a lava cake, that just cake with molten chocolate inside

[@wibbliams]

This comment made my teeth hurt😊

[@smeller1214]

​@@Noise991...so lava cake?😂

[@_kwak]

Goated content. It would be cool to bake in the captions in the future 🎉😎💜✨

[@aaabbb-ve9po]

A lava cake is literally just uncooked batter??? I thought it was somehow a chocolate filling. Like a filled donut sorta.

[@IndustrialParrot2816]

Actually I think this guy may have made them wrong your supposed to pour the cake batter around some frozen chocolate that melts in the oven while the cake is baking

[@gregfar6398]

@@IndustrialParrot2816depends on the recipe some have a frozen gnash center some have just batter

[@LunarCat013]

@@IndustrialParrot2816My mom always told me lava cake is just an underbaked soufflé. It’s safe to eat because the temperature is high enough where you won’t get sick but still have that gooey interior. Plus surprising enough but eggs aren’t the main issue when it comes to uncooked batter. Yes there’s still a hazard but not as much as uncooked flour. Uncooked flour can harbor more bacteria in it than eggs can in some cases.

[@Anastas1786]

There are two recipes for an extremely similar product. The slightly older one involves suspending a frozen puck of liquid chocolate in cake batter, so as the batter turns to cake, the chocolate melts and reheats. The slightly newer one involves simply under-baking a chocolate pound cake. If memory serves, I think the original baker was actually _going for_ plain ol' chocolate pound cake, but they came out underdone by accident. In any case, they're both popular recipes. I think the only important things are how much time and effort you're willing to spend and whether you prefer hot ganache or hot cake batter.

[@itsipsn8128]

I did this and it worked so well! Thank you for teaching all of us these tips!

[@colin5227]

This is so cute! Also Lucas so has a crush on Martin, that's cute

[@18thstBrownboy]

I be overbaked fr sometimes

[@connorbabylon5957]

lava cake was mind blowing cake growing up when i was a kid

[@jroarer]

I love this guy’s content idk why I only subbed now

[@serial_box]

Am I the only one who didn't like it. I mean it was on offer in my local supermarket in the bakery section and I wasn't expecting anything creamy in it, it didn't say that on the label so I was literally surprised by what was inside. After that I ate 2 more a week but somehow I didn't like it that much. Also because the chocolate had such a strange consistency and felt strange when swallowing

[@saltyvegetable1836]

Where you eat it with ice cream? because it will enhance the taste and make the lava not clumpy, and eat it when the cake still hot

[@AnarexicSumo]

Those are literally just pre-baked, frozen, and reheated in an oven. Don't expect magic. It's not much different than buying from the freezer section.

[@ellis7622]

I introduced my mom who loves baking to your channel and she’s your new biggest fan.

[@Phasmomancer]

Literally just uncooked

[@DarkSoulsFanatic.]

Do you know what chocolate lava cake is

[@Zamtrios245]

And Sushi is raw. Not really news

[@Aaron_HD]

Yeah, but there's nothing exactly wrong with that. It's not gonna harm you

[@arcdrop2103]

that's the point

[@PeepersonCreedo]

If it’s cooked enough to the point where the bacteria will no longer harm you then it’s not really undercooked

[@Kennyuploads]

Under baked is the best one honestly

[@TheBigBubba2000]

Is it just me who thought they filled the cake with chocolate instead of having wet batter?

[@diealive4179]

Because that just a undercooked cake

[@IndustrialParrot2816]

Yeah filling it with Chocolate might actually be good instead of this disgusting monstrosity

[@LunarCat013]

It’s actually ok to eat it like this. There’s no bacteria because of high heat. It’s technically an underbaked soufflé as my mom puts it however the temperature is high enough that you can kill bacteria but still have a runny center. Also traditional molten lava cake should not require you to punt aby extra chocolate in the center. It’s supposed to be a more technical dish.

[@Anastas1786]

There are two recipes. Filing the cake with chocolate is one recipe. This is the other.

[@anakelly76512]

As a chocoholic, I'd have no problems eating all 3.

[@davidkim4454]

So cocolate lava cakes should be cooked medium rare, got it

[@fireflymiesumae]

You are saving us 🙌🏽

[@GetToDaChoppaArny]

"Overbaked" is the only one baked correctly

[@sadie_bear]

if it’s over baked than it’s not a lava cake anymore, it’s just chocolate cake

[@alexhall5370]

Chocolate lava cake is different different from regular chocolate cake. Chocolate lava cake has chocolate ganache inside of regular chocolate cake batter. So it’s not underbaked it’s just that the ganache is still molten. That’s the whole gimmick.

[@sallythedino]

that's because lava cake and chocolate cake are two different things

[@QiaoWan-dy3kl]

Bro how does mr beast have over 250 subs while this absolute legend has 500k? Bro actually makes meaningful content

[@tpros6289]

That is just undercooked cake, not lava cake. Lava cake is delicious and you better put some respect on its name. The best chocolate lava cake is done mixing chocolate with some heavy cream, making a dark chocolate liquid. You freeze an ice cube sized bit, the rod shape is best. Make cake mix, and place a rod in the center and bake the cake under its normal recipe. When you serve it, take a bit of powdered sugar and make a small pole on the top of the cake right over the melted chocolate and place the fork through the powdered sugar into the chocolate. Serve before 10 minutes of cooling is allowed to pass for a steamy presentation as the cake is opened. A variant is also hot vanilla cream lava cake where you take white chocolate vanilla and heavy cream to make a thick sauce. You can add in flavors like pumpkin spice or cinnamon to make holiday lava cakes. Top with crushed mints for Christmas, or ice cream in the summer. Apple crisp in spring, or in a pumkin cream leche bath for fall. Delicious. I WILL GIVE YOU DIABETES!!!!

[@benclegg3124]

Did you forget to take your meds today?

[@risingmermo]

Who tf even are you. Go take your meds

[@Sir.Fithers]

It's called lava cake for a reason you dinglenot.

[@LunarCat013]

I’m sorry…pumpkin spice or mint in lava cake???

[@Sir.Fithers]

It's called lava cake for a reason...

[@Googleaccount-ut4hd]

I'd actually love to eat the under baked looks good 🤩

[@NedRoy-z4q]

700th comment🎉🎉

[@HeartbeatCN]

Dude has the mother ability of being able to hold smoking hot food without problem.

[@IndustrialParrot2816]

Now that I know what lava cake is i am disgusted WHO LIKES A CAKE THATS WET IN THE MIDDLE?!!!!

[@Sir.Fithers]

👽🫵

[@norock_]

You're gonna go crazy when you learn what most of the things you like are...

[@norock_]

Also a dry cake is the most disgusting thing

[@IndustrialParrot2816]

@@norock_ no I like it dry (you do realize that I overcook a lot of food right?)

[@norock_]

@@IndustrialParrot2816 no? I don't know you

[@ChickenDoodleSoup-]

Instructions unclear, I used actual lava

[@johnnybraut]

I really enjoy these shorts.

[@kathyrussell9490]

You're amazing! Keep up with these educational shorts.

[@justwatchingyt9835]

Alright is no one gonna talk about where he just holded the overbaked one with ease even though it's hot.

[@chocolatesouljah]

Only Benjamin Baker could encourage me to watch a video about a cake that I don’t like. But really 2000s you couldn’t go anywhere anywhere without seeing his cake and it just kind of drove me crazy!? Just the idea of eating like undercooked batter I don’t know just a pet peeve, but Benjamin Baker is making me second-guess my thoughts on this.

[@DiaAliceSamuel]

This dude is making me want to bake

[@charlichat7714]

Can you give the recipe please ? That look really delicious 😋

[@lockedaboss7213]

Over baked looked absolutely fine to me. I don't like to eat cakes that make a whole mess when biting in it.

[@Lolamai-f9l]

The over backed one😍

[@CR7L10_EDITZ]

Bro really made 3 different lava cakes for a 41 second vid💀

[@happily_blue]

i remember watching gbbo and being amazed that there wasn't a separate chocolate put in the middle

[@gracewong4494]

Wow good lava cake!🎉 ( but i want new )

[@elizabethshields3860]

I tried lava cake. It's so good

[@alex_red2073]

Idc they all look delicious 😂 I would eat all 3

[@Valentin_126]

Here's a tip for banana bread, take it out 10 minutes before the given recipe time and check with a toothpick, if it's wet put it back in. Repeat for every minute until the toothpick comes out only a little bit wet. Your banana bread is now done and it will be moist and delicious and not dry. Really this tip goes for anything that you're supposed to check with a toothpick, if the pick comes out dry then you've likely overcooked whatever you're baking, you always want it a teeny tiny bit wet for a moist cake.

[@Miz.mizanaru]

I love your content pls dont die

[@heitorcalciolari5357]

Do one for Petit Gateu!!!! pleaseee!!! Or do I use the same technique as in this video??? Love all your videos!! ❤❤🎉🎉

[@darkprincette]

i remember eating these every time my family went on vacation to a place i don't remember the name of (i must've been like 9 or so the last time we went) and finding out the place closed down. i convinced myself that i would never eat them again for some reason and promptly forgot about them. anyways, since i am a human being with free will i will be attempting to make it. thanks for reminding me they exist!

[@joaopedroulmidesouza14]

Rare lava cake be hitting just the spot rn

[@nut2964]

one of lifes grestest pleasures is a cold lava cake

[@nothanksbruh]

I want the overcooked one 🤤

[@n0therern]

i loveee ur vidss