Description
This Warm Melting Chocolate Cake is one of the delicious chocolate cakes I’ve ever had. Served with a side of vanilla ice cream – it’s melt-in-your-mouth amazing!
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup dark chocolate (6 oz)**
- 3/4 cup butter (6 oz)
- 4 large eggs (room temperature)
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
Instructions
Begin by melting the chocolate and butter together over low heat.
In separate bowl, whisk the eggs and sugar together.
Once well blended, add the flour into the egg and sugar mixture.
Next you’ll add the egg/flour mixture to the melted chocolate and whisk together.
Pour the batter into your prepared bowls or ramekins. I filled 5 of my small ramekins 3/4 full and that worked well. For larger ramekins, it should divide evenly well into 4. Updated to add – I prepare the ramekins by spraying them with non-stick butter spray or Baker’s Joy (I have a homemade version here). You could also grease them with butter.
Bake in the oven at 390°F for 14 minutes. Even if they seem “not” done, do not cook any longer or you won’t get the gooey center. I had problems with my ramekins not sitting evenly on the oven rack so I placed them on a cookie sheet, but this is not usually necessary.
Remove from heat and garnish with powdered sugar. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.
Notes
*This cake is not bad cooked all the way through, but it’s definitely a lot better when it’s not, so err on the side of undercooking vs. overcooking.
**I don’t always have dark chocolate chips on hand. Sometimes I substitute semi-sweet chocolate chips and it’s still delicious!
***We’ve tried doubling this recipe and not had great results. It comes together really quickly so we’ve found it’s just better to make 2 or 3 batches back to back vs. doubling or tripling (as needed for my big family).
- Prep Time: 15
- Cook Time: 14
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
