Adventures in Cooking: Molten Chocolate-Nutella Pudding Cakes Edition

 

Ready for a super rich chocolaty dessert? 

Ingredients

• 1/2  cup  all-purpose flour
• 1/2  cup  unsweetened cocoa
• 1/2  teaspoon  baking powder
• 4  ounces  semisweet chocolate, finely chopped
• 8  tablespoons  (1 stick) unsalted butter, cut into pieces
• 4  large eggs
• 1  teaspoon  vanilla extract
• 1  cup  sugar
• 1/4  teaspoon  salt
• 6  tablespoons  Nutella

Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 350ºF. Mist 6 6-oz. ramekins with cooking spray. Place a roasting pan in oven; pour in 1/2 inch of hot water. In a bowl, whisk flour, cocoa and baking powder.
2. Combine chocolate and butter in a microwave-safe bowl; cook on high, stirring once or twice, until almost melted, 1 to 2 minutes. Whisk until smooth.

3. In a bowl, with an electric mixer on medium-high speed, beat eggs, vanilla, sugar and salt until pale yellow, about 5 minutes. Beat in melted chocolate mixture. Stir in flour mixture. Spoon half of batter into ramekins. Drop 1 Tbsp. of Nutella into center of each. Cover with remaining batter.
4. Transfer ramekins to roasting pan. Bake until cakes have risen and are cracked on top, about 30 minutes. Let cool for 5 minutes. Serve warm.