Molten Lava Cake Without Ramekins. You can see in the photo below that the sides are puffed up but the center is still dark and liquidy. These chocolate lava cakes are baked at very high temperatures heating the oven to 450 degrees F to ensure a gooey molten center.
Step 9 Bake the lava cakes for 10-11 minutes checking to see if the sides of your cakes are done but the middles are still fairly liquidy. To reheat cooked molten lava cake from the refrigerator. My cakes had no runny chocolate middle because they were over done.
Unfortunately the cakes stayed about for a couple of hours before eating while we were at dinner so the lava didnt flow out the way it would have if it was eaten immediately.
Step 9 Bake the lava cakes for 10-11 minutes checking to see if the sides of your cakes are done but the middles are still fairly liquidy. To reheat cooked molten lava cake from the freezer. Thaw lava cake overnight in the refrigerator. Depending on how much Lava you like there are minutes in the difference so check after 40 minutes.