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Passionfruit Cocoa Lava Cake

Passionfruit Cocoa Lava Cake

A rich cocoa filling balanced with tart passion fruit

Difficulty
Servings6
Preparation Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 75 minutes
Product used: Deep Russet
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's recipes

Part 1: FOR THE CAKE
Ingredients
  • 46g Butter
  • 40g Eggs
  • 61g Passionfruit Puree
  • 38ml Milk
  • 20g Cream
  • 83g Sugar
  • 79g Plain Flour
  • 30g deZaan Deep Russet
  • 3g Baking Powder
Method
  1. To make the cake batter bring all wet ingredients to 21C
  2. Using a blender, slowly emulsify the butter into the eggs, followed by the passionfruit puree
  3. Slowly add in the sugar followed by the cream until while keeping an emulsion with the blender
  4. Sift all dry ingredients and fold into the emulsion until homogenous, chill to set.
Passionfruit Cocoa Lava Cake Batter
Dezaan Deep Russet
Part 2: FOR THE FILLING
Ingredients
  • 40g Passionfruit Puree
  • 40g Heavy Cream
  • 54g Sugar
  • 32g deZaan Deep Russet
  • 32ml De-odorised Coconut Oil
  • 1g Vanilla Extract
Method
  1. To make the filling, combine all ingredients in a pot, bring it up to 65C-70C and blend until homogenous
  2. Set aside and chill until fully set
Part 3: ASSEMBLING
Method
  1. To prepare for the lava cake, first slice the chilled filling into cubes, about 15g-18g
  2. Pipe 60g of cake batter into a silicone mould and press the chilled filling into the cake batter, ensuring it is fully submerged
  3. Bake in a 160C preheated oven, fan off for 14 minutes
Passionfruit Cocoa Lava Cake Assembling

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