lava cake

noun

plural lava cakes

: a usually small round cake with a warm liquid center (as of ganache)

Warm chocolate lava cake served with scoops of vanilla and chocolate ice cream …

—Gianna Montesano

Homemade pumpkin lava cakes are a guaranteed showstopper.

—Catalina Castravet

… lava cake with a liquid chocolate center seems like something straight out of Fantasia …

—John Mariani

Word History

First Known Use

1994, in the meaning defined above