Red Velvet Lava Cakes for Two

Name: Red Velvet Lava Cakes for Two
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: ⅓ cup Semisweet Chocolate Chunks (1/3 cup (2oz) semisweet chocolate (chopped (good quality chips are fine))); 2 tbsp Vegetable Oil (2 tablespoons vegetable or canola oil); 1 piece Egg (1 large egg); ¾ tsp Red Gel Food Coloring (3/4 teaspoons red gel food coloring (divided)); 2 tbsp All-Purpose Flour (2 tablespoons (15g) all-purpose flour); 0 pieces Table Salt (Pinch of salt); 1 oz Cream Cheese (1 ounce cream cheese (room temperature)); 2 tsp Granulated Sugar (2 teaspoons granulated sugar (plus more for cupcake pan)); ½ tsp Vanilla (1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract); 0 pieces Icing Sugar (Powdered sugar (optional for dusting)) — optional

Red Velvet Lava Cakes for Two - Dessert (American)

20 minAmerican

Servings2

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Steps

1Cake
2In a small microwave-safe bowl, combine chocolate and oil and microwave for 30 seconds. Stir until smooth. Set aside to cool slightly.
3Preheat your oven to 425°F. Grease two baking cups of your cupcake pan. Sprinkle granulated sugar over the entire cupcake cup, sides included, like you're making a souffle.
4In a medium bowl, whisk egg. Slowly whisk in cooled chocolate mixture and 1/2 teaspoon of the gel food coloring. Stir in flour and salt.
5Cream Cheese Center
6In a small bowl, whisk together cream cheese, sugar, remaining 1/4 teaspoon food coloring, and vanilla. Transfer mixture to a disposable plastic bag (or piping bag) and snip off one corner.
7Divide chocolate mixture evenly between your prepared cupcake cups. Insert piping bag into the center of the batter and divide cream cheese mixture evenly between the cups.
8Bake for 7 to 9 minutes until edges look set. Cool for 2 to 3 minutes in the pan before plating and dusting generously with powdered sugar.
9Serve and eat immediately.