Need to pull off a feat of dessert magic to impress your guests? These molten chocolate cakes will do the trick every time! While many might think chocolate lava cake is the domain of restaurant chefs only, it is truly doable in your home kitchen, with common ingredients. All you need is the right molten lava cake recipe to walk you through the steps and you’ll be turning out gooey chocolatey wonders at every dinner party you host!
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Molten Chocolate Cakes
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 20 min
- Servings 6
- Ingredients 8
Ingredients
- Unsweetened baking cocoa
- 6 oz semisweet baking chocolate, chopped
- 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons butter
- 3 whole eggs
- 3 egg yolks
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1/2 cup Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- Additional powdered sugar, if desired
Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 450°F. Grease bottoms and sides of six (6-oz) custard cups with shortening; dust with cocoa. In 2-quart saucepan, melt chocolate and butter over low heat, stirring frequently. Cool slightly.
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Step2In large bowl, beat whole eggs and egg yolks with wire whisk or eggbeater until well blended. Beat in 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar. Beat in melted chocolate mixture and flour. Divide batter evenly among custard cups. Place cups on cookie sheet with sides.
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Step3Bake 12 to 14 minutes or until sides are set and centers are still soft (tops will be puffed and cracked). Let stand 3 minutes. Run small knife or metal spatula along sides of cakes to loosen. Immediately place heatproof serving plate upside down over each cup; turn plate and cup over. Remove cup. Sprinkle with additional powdered sugar. Serve warm.
Nutrition
550
Calories
32g
Total Fat
7g
Protein
56g
Total Carbohydrate
46g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 550
- Calories from Fat
- 290
- Total Fat
- 32g
- 49%
- Saturated Fat
- 19g
- 94%
- Trans Fat
- 1g
- Cholesterol
- 235mg
- 78%
- Sodium
- 190mg
- 8%
- Potassium
- 60mg
- 2%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 56g
- 19%
- Dietary Fiber
- 2g
- 9%
- Sugars
- 46g
- Protein
- 7g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 15%
- 15%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 4%
- 4%
- Iron
- 10%
- 10%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 2 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 6 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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