Air fryer cake recipe in Ninja Foodi, Cosori or other brand will become your new favorite 5 ingredient dessert! Ooey gooey chocolate lava style made in ramekins for one is easy to bake without an oven.
Have you tried cake in an air fryer yet? Not a normal cake, but individual lava cakes that are pure bites of heaven I tell you. If you love chocolate and want to try a new air fryer recipe this week, this is it! (affiliate links present)
Lava Air Fryer Cake
These are just heavenly. Good thing they’re made portioned out in ramekins or I might go overboard for sure. Add lots of chocolate chips in the center made with self rising flour and oh my you’re in for a treat.
We first “baked” cake mix with pudding that turned out well and you can do that as well if you want a quick dessert but homemade from scratch is always best. You can change this up with the type of chips you add. White chocolate are wonderful too.
It’s called this because it’s so ooey gooey when it is done a bit like a volcano that flows out when it erupts. To add a peanut butter element just use those type of chips in the center vs. milk chocolate chipsI you haven’t “baked” in this hot air machine yet you are in for a real treat with this one!
Can you use ramekins to bake cake in an air fryer?
It is a convection oven after all so yes! Don’t forget you probably have some in your cabinet already you can use. Tea cups work great too if they are oven safe. The size of your air fryer will determine what size ramekins you get. Here’s a peek of this being made in the kitchen. I know, midway it even looks irresistible, but just keep reading.
I suppose you could use boxed cake mix for this but the homemade chocolate cake recipe below is better and super easy. When making a boxed cake in air fryer that way I used the bake function. If your machine doesn’t have that, this method won’t work. With this brand you will use the lid that is attached to air fry.
While a convection oven and an air fryer both use a fan to move hot air around, an air fryer circulates the it more rapidly. This speeds up the cooking process for everything you cook in this thing I swear. Air fryers are healthier than deep frying and there’s no risk of an oily mess.
It’s also nice because if you want to make a small batch of air fryer banana bread or cake you can! It won’t heat the whole house up either.
Ingredients
- Butter or dairy free alternative
- Lots of Chocolate chips of course. Dark or semi sweet are best if you ask me.
- Eggs should be aded at room temperature
- Sugar, white granulated is best
- Self rising flour – remember to measure flour properly
Equipment
4 ounce ramekins were used to make this chocolate air fryer cake recipe. I like how it was just the right amount for one person so you didn’t have to serve anything other than the dish. If using different sizes the cooking timing will just need to be adjusted more or less
Variations
You can add more chocolate chips on top if you want them to be really ooey gooey and wet when they’re done. Of course adjust things as you go but for your first batch I’d follow the instructions as written. Experiment from there and make a few other air fryer dessert recipes too!
What I do is nuke the initial step by Melting chocolate chips in microwave until nice and smooth. You want there to be no lumps meaning that it is hot enough to really break down and will mix with the other ingredients well, kinda’ like cake batter. Work quickly once it is smooth as at room temperature it will stiffen up again.
This is the air fryer we used for this batch. Some air fryer baskets are rather small so you may only be able to fit 2 or 3 of them at a time. Just cook in batches until you have as many as you’d like.
How to Cook Lava Cake in Air Fryer
- Melt chocolate chips and butter together in a microwave safe bowl
- Whisk together sugar and eggs in a bowl and combine the two, you can add a dash of vanilla extract if you’d like
- Fold in dry ingredients, add into greased ramekins
- Preheat and bake air fryer chocolate lava cake at 370 degrees
- no need to cover with aluminum foil as you want the top to lightly brown.
- you do want the texture to be ooey gooey so don’t overbake, the center should look underdone
- Allow to sit on cooling rack for a few minutes when done to solidify a bit more.
This whole process will take about 15 minutes before your dream dessert is done! Since they are already in small individual containers there is NO messy slicing or additional plates required to enjoy them. 😉
We have a lot of other quick easy desserts you can make at home on our site. Here are a few other delicious ideas you might want to try after this one:
- Lava cake recipe is ooey gooey like this is but larger in size.
- Crockpot lava cake with cherry pie filling is heavenly and feeds a crowd for sure.
- Our brownie in a mug with peanut butter inside is very similar to this one but cooked in the microwave
Air fryer cookies are fabulous and you can really use whatever type you love best.
Air Fryer Cake
Equipment
- 1 air fryer
- 4 4 oz ramekins
Ingredients
- 7 tbsp butter
- 1 c chocolate chips, used dark chocolate
- 2 eggs
- 3.5 tbsp sugar
- 1.5 tbsp self rising flour, not all purpose
Instructions
- Melt chocolate chips and butter together in the microwave. Put in for 30 sec., stir, 30 sec. until it is melted and smooth.
- Whisk together eggs and sugar in separate bowl. Then whisk egg mixture and chocolate together until combined and smooth.
- Then mix in flour until smooth.
- Pour batter equally into 4 oven safe ramekins. Fill 3/4 full.
- Put in air fryer basket for 10 minutes at 370 degrees, then allow to cool for 2 minutes before flipping over on to plates (or eat right out of them but they will be hot).
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
We will show you how to make air fryer lava cake from scratch right here! You can use cake batter as well if you wanted but if you want a really moist tender chocolate cake airfryer style this is the best dessert on the planet!
Yes! We will show you how to make ramekin cakes right here. You don’t even have to turn on your oven for these individual serving cake rounds. Use your countertop appliance to “bake” / air fry it to tender and delicious.
Followed the directions & timing exactly as per the recipe in my 8 quart Ninja Foodi and the cakes were rich and delicious, perfectly cooked while still lava on inside. I preheated the air fryer for about 10 min with the lid closed while mixing the batter. Also made my own self-rising flour (1/3c flour, 1/2 tsp baking powder, pinch salt gave me enough for a few batches). Thank you for the recipe, I’ll make it again for sure!
Delicious!
Very good,came out perfectly. I used a 6.5 quart Ninja!!
Not near enough time. I did 370 for 10 min and was totally raw. Just the edges were done. Put in for another 10 and the top was charred. Just scrapped the top off. Was much better. Maybe 5 min instead of 10. Made my own Sr flour.
That is not the recommended temp or time. That is probably the problem.
I cannot see where you say Kathy Soule used the wrong time and temp. Recipe directions read: Put in air fryer basket for 10 minutes at 370 degrees, then let cool for 2 minutes. Exactly how she baked the cakes.
Made them again this time A Success. Used by air fryer this time I used my Ninja Foodi
I think there is more air flow. The Foodi doesn’t have a 370 it has 365 and a 375. I did 360 for about 12 minutes. Crispy around the and a small puddle at the bottom
483 Calories