Cup4Cup, Chef Thomas Keller’s line of gluten-free flours and mixes, provides home bakers with a way to create healthier, tasty treats. It replaces traditional all-purpose flour or whole wheat flour in any recipe, cup-for-cup and gram-for-gram.

Cup4Cup also provides easy-to-use baking mixes, a library of sweet and savory recipes developed by chefs for the gluten-free community, their friends, and families. For those looking to make treats for Valentine’s Day, Cup4Cup provides recipes for treats such as Lava Cakes.

The Brownie Mix ($8.99) can be used for lava cakes, the Pie Crust ($8.99) is both gluten-free and dairy-free, and Multipurpose Flour ($16.99) can be used in a variety of treats, including cookies and red velvet cupcakes.

Lava Cakes

Yields ten 4-ounce ramekins

Ingredients

  • 1 pouch Cup4Cup Chocolate Brownie Mix
  • 3 large eggs
  • 3 large egg yolks
  • 1/2 cup butter or coconut oil, melted
  • 1/4 cup boiling water
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)
  • Powdered sugar

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 400°F. Cut 2 heart-shapes stencils out of construction paper to a size that fits within the diameter of the ramekins; set aside. (These will be used as a stencil when topping the finished cakes with powdered sugar.)
  2. Place brownie mix in a large bowl. Add in eggs, yolks, butter or coconut oil and boiling water. Whisk to incorporate well and so there are no lumps.
  3. Spray 10 4-ounce ramekins with non-stick pan spray. Scoop batter into the ramekins about 2/3 of the way up. Place ramekins onto a baking tray.
  4. Bake in a preheated 400°F oven for 8-12 minutes, just until the outside of the cakes are set but the center is still gooey. The cakes will have risen. To check the cakes, tap on the top of them with your index finger, when tapped the cakes should jiggle in the center.
  5. Remove lava cakes from the oven. Working quickly, place a paper stencils on top of one cake. Sprinkle powdered sugar over the cake. Carefully remove the paper stencil to reveal the heart shape. Repeat with the other cakes. Serve immediately when warm.