Where Did Lava Cakes Originate?

Where Did Lava Cakes Originate? Alternative names Lava cake, chocolate lava cake, molten chocolate lava cake Course Dessert Place of originFrance United States Main ingredients Butter, eggs, sugar, chocolate Cookbook: Molten chocolate cake Media: Molten chocolate cake Who created lava cake? Chocolatier Jacques Torres claims to have invented the dish, but Jean-Georges Vongerichten disputes him