Molten Chocolate Cupcakes

Known also as "lava cakes," molten cakes are the answer to the most decadent chocolate craving. Here's an easy version using cake mix.

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30 minutes

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18 cupcakes



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Nutrition Info

  • 1 Cupcake
  • 340
  • 17g
    (Saturated Fat 6g, Trans Fat 2 1/2g)
  • 45mg
  • 320mg
  • 43g
    (Dietary Fiber 1g, Sugars 31g)
  • 3g
  • Percent Daily Value*
  • 2%
  • 0%
  • 4%
  • 10%
  • Exchanges
  • 3
  • 2
  • 1
  • Carbohydrate Choices
  • 3

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Tips & Techniques

  • High Altitude (3500-6500 ft):

    Heat oven to 400°F. Increase water to 1 1/4 cups, decrease oil to 1/4 cup and add 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour to dry cake mix. Use paper baking cups in 24 muffin cups. Bake 15 to 18 minutes.

  • How-To

    If you have only one 12-cup muffin pan, cover and refrigerate the rest of the batter while baking the first batch. Then bake the rest of the batter in the cooled muffin pan, adding 1 or 2 minutes to the bake time.

Ingredients

  • 1/2  cup whipping cream
  • 1  cup semisweet chocolate chips
  • 1  box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® devil's food cake mix
  • 1  cup water
  • 1/3  cup vegetable oil
  • 3  eggs
  • 1  container Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy chocolate frosting
  • Powdered sugar
  • Sliced strawberries

Directions

  1. 1In 1-quart saucepan, heat whipping cream over medium-high heat until hot but not boiling. Stir in chocolate chips until melted and mixture is smooth. Refrigerate about 1 hour, stirring occasionally, until thick.
  2. 2Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Grease and flour or spray with baking spray with flour 18 large (2 3/4x1 1/4-inch) muffin cups. In large bowl, beat cake mix, water, oil and eggs with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, then on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl constantly. Place 1/4 cup batter in each muffin cup. Spoon 1 tablespoon cold chocolate mixture on top of batter in center of each cup.
  3. 3Bake 18 to 22 minutes or until top springs back when lightly touched. Cool 1 minute. Carefully remove from pan; place on parchment paper. Cool 10 minutes. Frost with chocolate frosting. Just before serving, dust with powdered sugar. Garnish with strawberry slices. Serve warm.

Categories: Course, Desserts, Cakes

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christine.l.laflamme

The taste for this recipie was fine, but I was really dissapointed when the "molten" part of the cupcake had baked into it. If I were to do this recipie again, I would pipe the filling in AFTER they were baked, also I see no need to exclude the cupcake wrappers in this.

1/13/2012 5:52:11 PM
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