Mini Chocolate Lava Cakes
"These are awesome served warm. These remind me of my favorite dessert from a recent cruise."
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
- 1 cup flour
- 2⁄3 cup sugar
- 6 tablespoons cocoa, divided
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 cup milk
- 1⁄4 cup butter, melted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1⁄2 cup pecans, chopped
- 2⁄3 cup brown sugar, packed
- 3⁄4 cup hot water
- whipped cream
directions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- In large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, 3 T. cocoa, baking powder, and salt. In small bowl, combine the milk, butter, and vanilla. Stir mixture into dry ingredients until just combined. Fold in pecans. Spoon mixture into 6 greased custard cups.
- Combine brown sugar and 3 T. cocoa. Sprinkle over batter. Pour 2 T. hot water over each cup. Place cups on baking sheet.
- Bake for 30 minute or until toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 15 minute.
- Remove cakes upside-down onto serving plates. Garnish with whipped cream. Serve warm.
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Reviews
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We loved these little delights! I bought little ramekin dishes and came home and was dying to try to make similar little chocolate cakes I had at a dinner in Switzerland one time. However, a lot of similar recipes called for bar chocolate and I didn't have any in my pantry that afternoon. This recipe caught my eye as it used cocao powder. These were awesome! We did serve them with whipped cream, but the ones I had many years ago in Switzerland had thick english clotted cream on top and that would have been perfect. If I was making them for guests that's what I would use. <br/>This recipe is really good and really easy. Just what I like, as I am not much a dessert maker. Yummy!
