Quick and Easy Molten Chocolate Nutella Cake

One day I was experimenting while making some nutella puppy chow for my roommates. My experiment did not turn out well because the nutella caused the chocolate to seize up so that nothing would move. The good news is that I have watched enough cooking shows to know that I can maybe make something out of this even though it will not move. This is when I decided to throw some eggs and flour into the mix (I am a college student so I don’t have a lot of ingredients on hand). I then put the mixture in cupcake trays and threw it in the oven. After about 10 minutes I opened the oven and found a decadent nutella chocolate molten cake.

Ingredients

3 eggs

2 Cups of Chocolate chips

1 cup of nutella

1 cup of flour- self rising (because it includes a small amount of salt and baking powder/soda depending)

Cooking spray or butter to grease the cupcake trays

Recipe

1.       Preheat the oven to 375

2.       Melt the chocolate in a double broiler or the microwave if you that is easier for you. Make sure not to burn the chocolate.

3.       Add the nutella flour.

4.       Mix the chocolate and nutella

5.       Add the eggs and a little bit of the flour

6.       You want to mix the ingredients together slowly adding flour as you go. if it is starting to look like there is too much flour then stop there.  (*The addition of too much flour causes the cakes to be too dry, but if this happens just add another egg. Eggs are emulsifiers so they alleviate this problem.)

7.       Once the mixture is well combined spoon it into the greased cupcake trays filling them about 2/3 the way.

8.       Place the filled trays in the oven for approximately 12 minutes. (*keep in mind that I live in college apartments with ovens from the Stone Age.   Watch your cakes, when they look cooked everywhere but the center then they can be ready depending on how much lava you want.

9.       Take the cakes out of the oven, and let them cool a little bit. Run a knife around the edge of each tray to loosen the cakes. This way they will not fall apart when you flip the trays.

If you like sprinkle the cakes with powdered sugar and a garnish like a mint leaf and strawberry. Serve with whipped crème or vanilla ice cream (my favorite). This is a delicious, inexpensive treat that anyone can make.