Chocolate decadence is now as easy as pushing a button. You are 5 minutes away from pure sweet perfection. A quick, easy and healthier way to enjoy dessert, this flourless vegan lava cake is s’more heaven!
Fudgy chocolate cake, melty marshmallows, topped with crunchy graham crackers and a rich chocolate sauce. Make it just for one, or share if you’re feeling nice…either way dessert just happened like never before.
This vegan lava cake concoction was a result of a failure while trialing some ideas for my new cookbook (coming out in the fall, YAY!). Well, I always try and make lemonade out of lemons.
But this time I made a vegan flourless chocolate molten lava cake that is done in 5 minutes from start to finish! WHAT?! Since I was feeling a little fancy, I added some marshmallows and grahams, and of course chocolate sauce. I turned this chocolate decadence into s’mores. Yes. I just upped my one up.
There is a secret ingredient here that you will probably think is a misprint, but I promise it isn’t. And I promise that it is an amazing addition. I got this idea from a children’s book I used to read to my class many years ago when I was teaching.
The book was about a little girl scared of thunder, so her and her grandma made cake to help her get through her fear. At the end of the story, they included the recipe and we used to make it to go along with the teaching lesson.
Ever since becoming a food blogger, I knew I needed to do play around with it and make it happen for the blog. So here you go. Curious? Scroll down and check it out 😉 You need this cake.
How To Know If This Vegan Lava Cake Is For You:
- If you are a mom and barely have time to shower let alone make dessert but the craving alone sends you to box brownies…this vegan lava cake is for you.
- If you are a dad who’s wife focuses on the kids and has no time to bake you cookies anymore…this vegan lava cake is for you.
- If you have no kids but you and your husband/wife are so busy with work that you often succumb to the pull of packaged sweets…this vegan lava cake is for you.
- If you are single and don’t want to bake because you’ll end up eating it all, gain 10 pounds and feel too crappy about yourself to go out and find a significant other…this vegan lava cake is for you.
- If you are a human, breathing, are able to eat and have a microwave…this vegan lava cake is for you.
Basically, this vegan lava cake is for YOU. Make it. Now. You probably have everything in your cupboard (because a s’mores emergency is always a good thing to be prepared for). Oh, you’re done already? Yep. That’s how easy it is.
Other Desserts You Might Like:
- Grain Free Sea Salt Chocolate Chips
- Layered Strawberry Chocolate Mousse (raw)
- Salted Caramel Chocolate Espresso Protein Pudding
- Frothy Hot Chocolate with Pistachio Milk
- Homemade Strawberry Milk (the perfect pair with this for Valentines Day!)
- Gluten-Free Vegan Carrot Cake
- Vegan Gluten Free Strawberry Shortcake
- 3 tablespoons cocoa powder , dutch processed
- 3 tablespoons vegan chocolate chips
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon almond butter
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 2 teaspoons non dairy milk , I used cashew
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- 2 tablespoons vegan chocolate chips
- 2 teaspoons non dairy milk , I used cashew
- ¼ teaspoon tomato paste
- pinch sea salt
- 25 mini vegan marshmallows
- 2 rectangles graham crackers crushed
- Mix chocolate sauce ingredients in a microwave safe bowl, microwave for 30 seconds. Mix well and set aside.
- Mix all cake ingredients in a microwave safe bowl or jar. This is the bowl or jar you will eat it in. It is a single serving so the bowl or jar should hold about 8 ounces. Microwave on high for 45 seconds.
- Top with the mini marshmallows. Microwave 30 more seconds. All microwaves vary so you may need to adjust cooking time. It’s better to cook less than more because overcooking will lead to a tough textured cake.
- Top with crushed graham crackers and chocolate sauce.
- Allow to cool a few minutes so you don't get burned, but then devour in the bowl or jar you made it in!
- Microwaves vary so make sure you do not over cook. The cake is meant to be gooey and chocolaty, not like a firm traditional cake. If you overcook it, the marshmallows will get too tough to eat.
- If you cannot eat nuts, you can also replace the almond butter with sunflower seed butter or a non bitter tahini. Or you can simply remove it all together. Your cake will be more gooey like fudge, and less cakey, but still delicious.
- This can serve 1-2 people, depending on how much dessert you want
Sonali says
Hello,
Firstly thank you for creating such amazing recipes which seemed impossible for vegans to have! I am looking forward to making this but had a quick question. What kind of tomato paste do you use? I know here in the UK I can get tubes of tomato paste, is that ok to use?
veggiesdontbite says
Hi Sonali! Yep, the tube kind is perfectly fine to use. I actually have used that before too! The main thing is you don’t want extra ingredients in it. It should just be tomato paste. Some have salt so if yours does then don’t add extra.
Heidi says
Vegan marshmallows? No …
So I made just the “cake”, having gotten a craving for something chocolate and gooey, and not wanting to overdo my portions! One minute to cook, and it was done! I love that it’s vegan AND made with mainly whole food ingredients – no added oil! Cake has never really wowed me, but this sort of thing, oh yeah, it’s a keeper! Plus now I have a new way to use up extra tomato paste, hehe…
veggiesdontbite says
Hi Heidi! I am so happy you liked the recipe! There is in fact vegan marshmallows. The My Dandies brand makes amazing ones! So if you see that brand pick some up, I love them!
Soundra says
What is the purpose of the tomato paste? Could you make it without it?
veggiesdontbite says
Hi Soundra! You can definitely do it without but I highly encourage you to try it with. The tomato paste really gives the chocolate an amazing flavor! I know it sounds weird, but everyone that has tried it realizes how awesome it is.
Dawn says
Is 1,267 the actual calorie count for one serving?
veggiesdontbite says
Hi Dawn! I updated the nutrition info. When I moved to a new recipe plugin, some of the stuff got mixed up and some nutrition labels came out wrong. Thanks for bringing it to my attention! The total is about a third of that, and that is if you share this 8 ounce jar.
Nova says
Tasted Really good except it was gritty, guessing its from too much coca powder. Will definitely use it again but with only 1 tablespoon of cocoa powder. Thanks for the receipe!
veggiesdontbite says
Thanks Nova! I think that your cocoa powder probably had chunks in it so you need to mix it really well. I mix super fast and let it settle a bit. It also could have been that your microwave is different in power so you need to cook it longer? Play around with it. You can try less cocoa powder but not too much less as you will lose the chocolatey flavor. It’s meant to be a quick treat not something perfectly made so you can really make it your own.
Tracy says
Can you do this in an oven? I don’t have a microwave.
veggiesdontbite says
Hi Tracy! I believe some of the comments talk about trying it in an oven. You definitely can, but I am not 100% sure of the cooktime. I advised another reader to try baking it at 350 for about 6 minutes to start and then check it. You don’t want it totally done yet because you will need to add the marshmallows. Once you add them, bake a few more minutes or until they have melted. Let me know if you try it!
Tracy says
Thank you!
calgal says
I’ve had this on my list of recipes to try for way too long, and since I was having a major chocolate craving, today was the day. Instead of shoveling a handful of chocolate chips in my mouth, I decided to be civilized and make this decadent dessert. I followed your directions exactly (ok I used peanut butter instead of almond butter because I prefer it) and it turned out PERFECT. Now I want to add tomato paste to all my chocolate cake and frosting recipes to see if it somehow makes them all magically better!
veggiesdontbite says
Thank you so much! I am SO happy you liked it. It’s my little secret and no one ever believes me how good it is!!! HAHA!