Peanut Butter Banana Lava Cake
Simple ingredients and super fast, this scrumptious treat is hard to resist. This is the perfect treat when I am craving something sweet but do not want to make a whole dessert. And the best thing is this delish treat is made with kitchen staples in 5 minutes or less. I can not wait until you try this!
Servings Prep Time
2 5Minutes
Cook Time
3Minutes
Servings Prep Time
2 5Minutes
Cook Time
3Minutes
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. Mix all ingriedents in a bowl until mostly smooth. It will have some chunks and lumps and that means it’s just right!
  2. If making individual servings- Brush 2 ramekins with coconut oil & split the lava batter into each
  3. DO NOT OVER COOK! You’ve got to have that lava!!! The center should look like it isn’t cooked like the puffed edges of your cakes. That’s the lava and that is what makes this dish epic! Microwave times- Whole Bowl- 3 minutes 2 servings- 1 min 30 sec EACH *cook individually* **see tips below in “how to”section
  4. If you cooked your lava cake in a bowl, all you need is two spoons and dig in. If you are making your lava cakes in individual serving cups: Put your serving plate over on top of the hot lava cakes and immediately flip it over. Carefully lift the serving dish away from the hot lava cakes.
  5. Serve piping hot and enjoy!
Recipe Notes

Introducing your new favorite dessert that’s a triple threat.

1) Tastes amazing

2) Simple ingredients

3) Super fast from start to finish.

Not even joking! You really do just whip this dish up. I seriously never even measured this recipe until I was writing this blog post. You know what? This is so simple that you almost can’t mess up as long as you DO NOT COOK IT TOO LONG.

Trust me. The sweet spot of what looks like uncooked batter in the middle is deceptive and you will be tempted to pop it back into the microwave. I did. DON’T DO IT!

I mean, it still tastes good. It’s warm cake made from peanut butter and banana so you know it can’t be bad. But what makes this desert epic is the oooey gooey lava. If you cook it for even 20 seconds too long you’ll loose that lava love. 

Here are a few tips to make sure you get the perfect lava cake….

Choose a tall deep welled serving dish.  You want it to be smaller on the bottom with  sides gradually getting wider at the top. This cereal bowl and the square ramekins worked perfect. You could also use a small mixing bowl.

 

Have I mentioned how important it is not to over cook this? Since we cant be sure that your dish is the same as mine or that your microwave is calibrated the same, reduce the cooking time by 30 seconds. Nuke in 10 second intervals, checking the size of the lava center. You want it to be about the size of a quarter. The edges will puff up and the center will be gooey when its perfect.

 

15 seconds goes a long way in the microwave. The pics above show what a difference 15 seconds in the microwave makes. 

This dish has to be served piping hot. Because cold lava is not good. So flip it over as soon as it comes out of the oven and serve immediately.

The individual servings are cute,but really are they always necessary? This’s is how I usually make it and it tastes just as good.  Enjoy!

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