lava cake

plural lava cakes

1. countableuncountableA kind of chocolate cake with runny liquid chocolate inside.

   So if you’re not on a job interview or dining with a dignitary from another culture where dessert is offensive, speak up for that last piece of lava cake! You know that everyone else at the table wants it, too, so be an inspiration and start a chain reaction of post-lunch goodness.

   2009 August, Jordan Christy, “Have Your Cake and Eat It Too”, in How to Be a Hepburn in a Hilton World: The Art of Living with Style, Class, and Grace, New York, N.Y.: Center Street, →ISBN, page 188

   Synonyms: chocolate lava cake, molten chocolate cake, molten lava cake