How To Make A Chocolate Cake In A Slow Cooker

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Slow-Cooker Chocolate Lava Cake

Prep 20 min
Total 3 hr 20 min
Servings 8

You make decadent look easy. Add this dessert recipe for Slow-Cooker Chocolate Lava Cake to your menu for an impressively rich dessert using Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ Triple Chocolate Fudge Cake Mix, pudding mix and chocolate chips. Slow-cooker lava cake cooks in about 3 hours in your slow cooker so you can set it, and forget it until you're craving dessert.

By Angie McGowan

Updated Dec 22, 2020

Ingredients

Steps

1

Spray 6-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. In large bowl, beat Cake ingredients with electric mixer as directed on cake mix box. Pour into slow cooker.
2

In medium bowl, beat pudding mix and 2 cups milk with whisk as directed on box. Pour into slow cooker over cake batter. Do not mix. Sprinkle chocolate chips over top.
3

Cover; cook on Low heat setting 2 hours 30 minutes to 3 hours or until cake is set and pudding is beginning to bubble out of cake.

Tips from the Betty Crocker Kitchens

tip 1
Try dark chocolate chips instead of milk chocolate chips for more decadence in your chocolate lava cake.
tip 2
To prevent the lava cake from having darker edges, line the slow cooker with cooking parchment paper before filling with cake batter. To prevent condensation from dripping down onto cake, place a folded, clean dish towel under cover of cooker.
tip 3
Just when you thought it was for dinner and apps only, your most reliable kitchen appliance reveals its secrets to creating amazing slow-cooker desserts. Keep in mind that certain desserts work better than others in the slow cooker—if it's gooey and soft, you can bet it'll work (though you definitely want to follow a kitchen-tested recipe) better than something that needs to be crispy.
tip 4
In the pantheon of chocolate cakes recipes, luscious, warm chocolate lava cake has become a restaurant staple, but it's surprisingly achievable at home. In this version, the gooey "lava" part of the cake is below the cake, and gets scooped out along with the cake layer when you're ready to serve.

Nutrition

670 Calories, 33g Total Fat, 11g Protein, 83g Total Carbohydrate, 58g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving

Calories: 670

Calories from Fat: 290

Total Fat: 33g; 50%

Saturated Fat: 14g; 69%

Trans Fat: 1/2g

Cholesterol: 90mg; 29%

Sodium: 750mg; 31%

Potassium: 480mg; 14%

Total Carbohydrate: 83g; 28%

Dietary Fiber: 3g; 12%

Sugars: 58g

Protein: 11g

Vitamin A: 8%; 8%

Vitamin C: 0%; 0%

Calcium: 30%; 30%

Iron: 20%; 20%

Exchanges:

2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 3 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 1/2 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 5 1/2 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choice

5 1/2

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

More About This Recipe

Not that most people need convincing, but this chocolate cake is one you really shouldn't pass up. And you don't need to take our word for it, home cooks across the country have fallen for this ooey-gooey, extra-chocolatey cake — check out the 100-plus positive reviews! The texture and flavor that make this cake so good are due to the addition of chocolate pudding and chocolate chips, but the cooking method also plays a role. "Baking" the cake in the steamy slow cooker helps keep it super moist, so you get all the texture of your favorite restaurant "lava cake!" After you've mastered this recipe, check out Betty's article on how to make cake to ensure success every time.