Making Domino's Chocolate Lava Cake At Home | But Better

before we discuss molten chocolatey whatever all i've got to say is we've outpizzaed the hut you think we can't out domino their molten chocolate cake get out of here [Music] [Applause] [Music] okay so we are doing the domino's molten chocolate cake with crunch or something like that something about crunch i don't know potato chips it's chocolate love cake we all know it we've had it before at multiple restaurants we've seen the whole like chef casper from the movie chef yelling at him saying this this video has two agendas obviously we want to be dominoes the second and the second is that we want to figure out if the ganache center or the under baked center is better so with all that said let's make this shall we because this dominoes i figured makes sense to just order it it'd be weird if we went there and we'd be like hey can we cake please whoa this has a four stars out of five this is the michelin one our lobby is closed for dine in service do people dine in at domino's you're dining no you're not you're stoned are you all serving the molten chocolate cakes this early i'll get two orders of them they're not very big then i'll do i'll do three of them then okay good upsell oh they're really small [Music] he woke up baked and i'm not talking about the chocolate lava cakes went to work and then i called and he immediately was like oh [ __ ] yeah you know they're small right hey goodbye i haven't even opened these and i'm already ready to go off gato avec and underneath that it says for those who don't know fancy speak chocolate lava crunch cakes sir this is not fancy speak this is just another nation's language for those who don't know fancy speak crunchy lava cakes dad they went on google translate typed this in and it's not even 100 correct and so the french people who are watching this are probably like we these look like two charcoal briquettes let's toss these under the grill let's make some burgers see if it oozes it's not oozing but it's it's molten this tastes a lot cheaper than i remember it tastes genuinely like hershey's chocolate syrup that's not a good thing if anyone's saying oh i love hershey's chocolate choc and the crunch is not really there i thought it was going to be chewy but it's just like crunchy because it's overcooked and there's no salt get some poopy on my finger it's not terrible but 100 not deserving of the clout we could definitely do this i'm going to give you two ways to flex on them okay folks we got two versions here it's the underbaked versus da ganache center versus dominoes let's begin with the sacrilegious under baked version first start with four six ounce ramekins grease each of them with butter then powder them lightly with all-purpose flour rotate the flour around the ramekin to coat all the walls then dump out the excess flour repeat that with all of your ramekins then fill a medium saucepot with about half an inch of water bring that to a simmer and in a medium sized bowl ideally glass you're gonna add 165 grams exactly of bittersweet chocolate around 50 to 60 cacao and half a cup or 115 grams of unsalted cold butter place that on top of your simmering water please make sure the bowl isn't touching the water okay this is not a skinny dipping zone let the heat melt stirring occasionally then while that's going on in a separate bowl add two eggs and two egg yolks begin beating those two together using either an electric beater with a whisk attachment or a good old fashioned elbow grease once that begins to turn a little lighter in color and the volume about doubles add in one and a half tablespoons or 21 grams of brown sugar three tablespoons or 43 grams of granulated sugar gradually till all of it is added half a teaspoon or three grams of fine sea salt and one and a half teaspoons or five grams of vanilla extract keep on mixing that chocolate and butter together until it's completely melted and smooth then add your egg mixture to the chocolate and fold fold fold until thoroughly combined finally fold in 2 tablespoons or 20 grams of all-purpose flour until combined and there you have your cake batter divide your batter evenly between all of your ramekins and place in an oven that's been preheated to 450 fahrenheit or 230 celsius for about 10 to 11 minutes be careful here because we want them to be under baked the outside should be set but the inside should be just a touch jiggly then just pull them out let them cool for one minute in the ramekin make sure they're loosened and invert onto a plate dust them with powdered sugar optionally brulee that sugar to a beautiful crisp using a blow torch then dust once more with powdered sugar and let's see that inside give it a cut spread it open and oh my this one is juicy now let's taste it so this is the under baked cake some people hate this see this has always been my go-to way of doing it i don't tell people this because people whine and cry and they're like but chef casper said in the movie that you have to put ganache john favreau i want to kiss him i'm both cheeks but this is fantastic there's nothing wrong with this at all compared to the dominoes this one actually tastes like chocolate you understand we have two different options right this one is basically like the kraft singles cheese and then this one is the fine gouda made in a farmhouse right outside of amsterdam smoking a pipe filled with artisanal tobacco there's a roast in the oven they've got a la cornu range there's lavender fields everywhere that's this one okay oh my god you see it's the steam from my anguish taste tester now tj get get over here there you go that's number one hello you want to blow a little okay keep baby safe that's number two oh hot the second one sucks it just tastes like sugar crunchy it's got a nice texture to it but that first one just tastes like rich chocolate it's got spongy soft cake to it you heard it here second one's trash hold on now we're not done yet next up is the internet's favorite the ganache version first we gotta well make our ganache it's real simple in a sauce pot add six tablespoons or 90 milliliters of heavy cream and a small pinch of salt place it over medium heat and as soon as it's hot and just barely simmering pour that over two and a half ounces or 70 grams of very finely chopped bittersweet chocolate let that stand for three minutes optionally you can cover with plastic wrap to help that insulate the heat then whisk all that together till melted and velvety smooth now just chill that in the fridge for about 30 minutes or until set now while that's setting we'll make our cake base which is very similar to the last one in your janky bon marie setup like last time you're gonna instead add four ounces or 115 grams of bittersweet chocolate a quarter cup or 56 grams of unsalted butter again steam stir heat until you know beautifully melted in smooth in a separate bowl add three whole eggs and don't forget to drop some shell in there to bruise your ego then beat that until lightened in color and doubled in volume then add a quarter cup or 60 grams of granulated sugar gradually a small pinch of salt and half a teaspoon or two grams of vanilla extract keep beating that together so you get a voluminous smooth light eggy boy again add the egg mixture to the chocolate fold together until thoroughly combined and homogeneous and add in a quarter cup or 37 grams of all-purpose flour fold that together to get a smooth batter then divide half of your total batter amongst four four ounce ramekins then to each of those ramekins add a thick and heaping teaspoon of your chilled ganache and try to keep that ganache an actual like brown ball rather than a craggly mess then divide your remaining batter evenly amongst your ramekins until each has had their ganache covered then just pop those in an oven set to 375 fahrenheit or 190 celsius for 15 minutes or until the cake is cooked through and of course the ganache is melted you don't have to worry too much about overcooking the molten center since the ganache is well gonna stay molten then just pull those guys out cool them for two minutes in their ramekins if needed run a knife around the edges and carefully invert onto a plate dust it with powdered sugar relay that brother again optional but a whole lot cooler if you did dust it again pop it open and look at that a little more molten on the inside a little more liquidatious if you will but let's see if the taste matches its looks oh my gosh in the movie chef he put ganache so that's the only that's the right way well there's many ways to skinny cat alright but we did it that way anyway to a piece of the haters i decide a winner on the ganache versus non-ganache i just want to say that the ganache beats this whether you have that or not undercooked or ganache doesn't matter this needs to go away more importantly we need a taste tester this is the uh ganache filling can't say that now i gotta why did i do that one of them has poop and one of them has pee number one number two i think i'm gonna go with the first one really you're picking the first one man these [ __ ] don't know there's just more chocolatey like taste to it this tastes like hershey's chocolate and this tastes like actual chocolate i like can't stand dark chocolate sorry it tastes like cocoa puffs what the hell did you eat this is way better dude everybody that watches the channel it only eats cocoa puffs and craft singles vikram is your man for anyone who has like the ability to translate information and then digest it and then output it and tj will come in and apply that for us thank you so much here's domino's now between the two cakes is the under baked or is the ganache better i honestly really like the ganache the most the taste and the little bit of crispy and crunchiness that's what sold me i like the underbaked one the most there's just more intensity to it the benefit is you don't have the extra step of making the goddamn ganache long story short we've come to a winner we have two different options you choose your own adventure but the true winner here today is us if you're not a dark chocolate lover add a little more sugar and you'll be just fine okay vikram you want to know what else is chocolaty warm and ready to ooze onto your plate geez that sounded a lot less terrible on paper [Music] b-roll [Music] all right guys and that is it so we made the domino's chocolate lava cake i did discover one thing about this which is it does make sense to me how somebody would maybe prefer a sweeter interior in their molten chocolate lava cake i prefer to actually taste deeply and rich of chocolate dark chocolate a little bit of bitterness but not too much and it's just very rich and decadent others may be more used to more sugary and hershey's flavor i guess i don't know the point is add more sugar but maybe also work on like what chocolate should actually taste like anyway this is obviously a childhood favorite for many so you can pick whichever one makes the best sense for you i'd still really like the underbaked one i'm not gonna lie with all that said if you enjoyed this video or you learned something leave a like subscribe and i will see you next time [Music] [Music] you

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Length: 10min 30sec (630 seconds)

Published: Sun Jan 03 2021

Reddit Comments

[u/Epicfortniter49]

Impossible. The fast food companies clearly only deliver the highest quality product

[u/slimer213]

I mean tbh i can see why they word it like that. Stuff like the chocolate lava cake or basically most fast food desserts are in kind of a weird spot. They're better than something like chips a hoy or a box of brownie mix but they're probably not better than a dessert you made from scratch. So being able to make something like that seems kind of nice because you don't have to order dominoes for it

[u/sfesler23]

What an asshole