lemon blueberry lava cake

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• blueberry filling:
• 1/2 pound fresh blueberries
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• cake:
• 1/2 cup white chocolate chips
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter
• 3 tablespoons white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 egg yolk
• 1/2 vanilla bean, split, seeds scraped out and reserved
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• blueberry sauce:
• 1/2 pound fresh blueberries
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup water
• 2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar, or to taste (optional)

Recipe

Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 25 mins Ready Time: 50 mins


• preheat oven to 400 degrees f (200 degrees c). grease twelve 4-ounce ramekins.
• stir 1/2 pound blueberries and 1/2 cup white sugar together in a saucepan over medium heat until hot and bubbly, 5 to 10 minutes. remove from heat and cool until slightly thickened.
• melt the white chocolate and butter in the top of a double boiler over simmering water, stirring frequently and scraping down the sides with a rubber spatula to avoid scorching; remove from heat.
• beat 3 tablespoons white sugar, eggs, egg yolk, and vanilla bean seeds together in a bowl with an electric mixer on high speed until light and fluffy, about 8 minutes. add lemon juice and beat until combined.
• beat white chocolate mixture and flour into egg mixture on high speed until batter reaches a thick, mousse-like consistency, 4 to 6 minutes. pour batter into prepared ramekins to fill about 3/4 full. spoon 2 tablespoons blueberry mixture into the center of each ramekin, poking down blueberry filling into the batter. place ramekins on a baking sheet.
• bake cakes in the preheated oven until puffed, golden, and is hot in the blueberry center, 10 to 12 minutes. remove cakes from oven and immediately flip each a plate to remove cake from ramekin.
• stir 1/2 pound blueberries, 1/2 cup white sugar, and water together in a saucepan; bring to a simmer and cook, stirring occasionally, until sauce is reduced by half and has a syrupy consistency, 10 to 15 minutes. pour sauce over warm cakes and dust each with confectioners' sugar.