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Ever since our last trip to Puerto Vallarta when we discovered the small Mexican village of Bucerias and its lava cakes, I’ve been on a quest to find the perfect little chocolate lava cakes here in the U.S. Why you ask? There is a little bakery called Pie in the Sky in Bucerias that served up the best little melt in your mouth lava cakes that I’ve ever tasted. We were staying in a lovely condo (Villa La Estancia) for a full week and just about every night, we took one of those little lava cakes, heated it in the microwave and topped it with vanilla ice cream. One fork full of chocolate cake with its oozing mocha chocolate center along with the ice cream was like eating a little slice of heaven. Hence, my quest.
These chocolate lava cakes aren’t quite as good as the ones we had in Mexico, but they are definitely the best we’ve found in the U.S. One of my dear friends who was also on the Mexico trip sent them to me as a thank you gift when we returned to the states. A set of 6 individually sized cakes were nestled in an ice packed Styrofoam container. A twenty second round in the microwave and these little morsels were oozing their European chocolate centers with every fork full. I was instantly transported back to my favorite Mexican coastal village. A set of 6 cakes costs about $35 plus shipping. My only complaint about the cake gift was that the enclosure card wasn’t included and it took two phone calls to Galaxy Desserts to find out who sent the package. Otherwise, I’d recommend these delightful little cakes to anyone looking for a fun chocolate gift or treat for themselves.