Carnival Cruise Line’s Warm Chocolate Melting Cake
Our parents were on the same cruise with my sister so we had them over for dinner and made them the melting cakes to see how they compared with the ones on the ship… just to make sure (we are very picky about or copycat recipes and don’t post them unless they are PERFECT). They let us know that this recipe was right on the money! They said it tasted EXACTLY like the ones they served on the ship… and they have only been off the ship for a few days so they still had the taste-bud memory of how it tasted (yes, that is a real thing… ok I am lying—I made it up just now.. but they really did say it tasted the same)!
This recipe is SO EASY… in less than 30 minutes you have a delectable dessert that everyone will be raving about for weeks! A few little notes about it… it is supposed to be spongy and cake-y on top but gooey and melty in the middle. After 14 minutes be sure to keep checking it. You don’t want it to be cake-y all the way through, nor do you want it to be too runny. Use your good judgement for done-ness because oven temps and elevations are different for everyone. If you are worried about it, keep doing the “toothpick test” every minute or so. If you put the toothpick all the way down to the bottom and the bottom half of the toothpick DOESN’T come out clean.. you did it right!
Ingredients
- 3/4 c. (6 oz.) dark chocolate chips
- 3/4 c. (6 oz.) butter
- 4 eggs (room temperature)
- 3/4 c. (6 oz.) sugar
- 1/8 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1/4 c. (2 oz.) flour
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375-degrees. Melt chocolate and butter in a small saucepan, cool 10 minutes. In the meantime, in a separate bowl, whisk eggs and sugar together. Add flour and whisk until flour is well mixed in. When chocolate has cooled stir in egg mixture.
- Fill 7oz. ramekins about 3/4 of the way full with chocolate batter. Bake for 14 minutes. You may need to add an extra few minutes of baking time depending on your elevation.
- The cake should be cake-like and spongy on the top but the middle of the cake should be melty and gooey-- the consistency of pudding, not too runny. Do not let it overcook--watch these babies closely! Serve with ice cream. (makes 4 servings)
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… and tell them how much you love this chocolate cake.
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