Paula Deen's Molten Lava Cake

Jenn1980's Note:

I found this in Paula's New Magazine. I felt it would be great for a Valentine's dinner. Paula says this cake is great alone, but it can be topped with vanilla ice cream or a raspberry sauce. The recipe can be made ahead and refrigerated for 2 to 3 days.

• Total Time: 14 mins
• Prep Time: 0 mins
• Cook Time: 14 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 6 (1 ounce) bittersweet chocolate squares
• 2 (1 ounce) semi-sweet chocolate baking squares
• 10 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 3 egg yolks
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons Grand Marnier

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 425°F Grease 6 (6-ounce) custard cups.
2. Melt chocolates and butter in the microwave or in a double boiler. Add flour and sugar to chocolate mixture. Stir in eggs until smooth. Stir in vanilla and Grand Marnier. Divide batter evenly among custard cups.
3. Bake for 14 minutes. Edges should be firm but the center will be runny. Run a knife around the edge to loosen and invert onto dessert plate.
4. Top with vanilla ice cream or raspberry sauce. (Topping optional).
5. Enjoy!

Reviews

[ncsnowbird]

I made this for my husband on Valentine's Day and he loved it (as did the kids). Substituted 8-oz semi-sweet chocolate chips, used four whole eggs and omitted the Grand Marnier. Baked in six large silicone muffin cups for 14 min. They were easy to remove after cooling for 5 min or so. The centers were wonderfully gooey. Served with a drizzle of raspberry sauce on the side. Great recipe! This is definitely going in the family recipe book.

[pmc1720]

Made this exactly except left out the Grand Marnier. Baked in ramekins for exactly 14 minutes. Only used 5 ramekins instead of 6( that's all I had), so wondered if they would be cooked enough. The cake was moist in the middle, but not gooey. Next time I will go a few minutes less on the baking time. The taste was good, but just would prefer them to be less firm in the middle.

[SabrinaRice]

I made this for my husband for valentines day this year as he had been bugging me to make molten lava cakes for a month! I have another recipie I use but this time I wanted to try something different and Paula Deen is a fave cook of mine. My husband enjoyed the cakes and so did I but I will stick to the other recipe have next time. The other recipie I have had a kick of cayene pepper and more richness to it if you can believe it!