Chocolate Lava Cake's Mania!

This post is going to be so chocolatey (: Showing my blog readers the photos that I took personally (of chocolate lava cakes) when I go out to hunt for food! Some were taken when I was overseas, I LOVE FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY; it explains (: In this post, I am going to show u 3 pictures at different events, so you be the judge, you choose what you like! (:

1st up, from Bakerzin. Garnished with berry sauce, vanilla ice cream, berries (strawberries, blueberries and raspberries), classy and neat!

Next up, from a random dessert shop in Hong Kong, Kowloon Bay (its around a neighbourhood area by the way). My mum ordered this and I think the presentation is really really nice (and the price was quite reasonable) with two scoops of ice cream of your choice, just look at how they plate this dish, using chocolate sauce to draw a flower and butterfly (with pink and orange polka dots) Sweet looking right!

Lastly, from Oyster Bar & Grill in Hong Kong, Wanchai. This was a buffet setting, but we can order the chocolate lava cake (like one serving per person) it came like... naked, only sprinkled with icing sugar (plus that watermelon was what I added because I thought the cake was quite lonely standing there)

So which do you think looks the best? The best garnished one and plated one? Personally I really like second one, probably its the most special looking and most creative in terms of garnishing! (:

After choosing which one do you like, have you ever thought of how chocolate lava cake is made?

My mum told me that the "lava" from chocolate lava cake is the uncooked batter of the cake. How true is that? I went to search for answers online, my mum was right! But on top of that method, there is another way which chocolate ganache (frozen ones) is added into the batter before baking. But from the picture I see in the website, the amount of "lava" is quite little. And also, those that I've tired should be like the one my mum mentioned, uncooked cake batter, which I also found a recipe on the internet, and also the mouthfeel on the "lava" was also a little floury.

The chocolate lava cake from Oyster Bar and Grill in HK; the amount of "lava" depends on your cooking time, so how do you want yours served?

Check the recipes on these websites out if you're interested: Chocolate ganache center lava cake and Chocolate lava cake (normal) Have fun trying to make your favourite chocolate desserts! (: Cheers!