Chocolate Molten Lava Cake

In the never ending search for a better crock brownie recipe, one was found which ended up not even remotely resembling a brownie.  Lucky for us, it did turn out to be a perfect crock Chocolate Molten Lava Cake.  This was assembled in about 5 minutes and smelled delicious while cooking away.  The first layer of batter was very thick.  I was sure this would bomb when I poured the watery chocolate second layer on top.  It was baffling to believe that the watery chocolate layer would end up on the bottom and turn into a hot chocolate syrup.

Winner, Loser or Meh

This was very yummy.  We were already stuffed and Auntie EQ & I couldn't resist having a nice warm yummy serving.  Very easy to make. I did not take an artistic final shot, but instead chose to take a picture of how the layers look in the crock.  It tastes much much better than this looks.

Recipe

I used a 2 1/2-3 quart round for this

Ingredients:

• 6 Tbsp butter
  
• 1/3 cup semisweet chocolate chips (2 oz)
• 2/3 cup & 1/3 cup sugar
• 3 Tbsp & 1/3 cup cocoa
• 1 Tbsp vanilla
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/3 cup milk
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 cup all purpose flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 1 1/2 cups hot water

Spray crock with no stick spray.  Melt butter and chocolate chips in quart or larger Pyrex in microwave for about 2-3 minutes. Whisk in 2/3 cup sugar, 3Tbsp  cocoa, vanilla, salt, milk, and egg yolk. Stir in flour and baking powder. Pour into crockpot and spread evenly. In medium Pyrex whisk together remaining sugar, cocoa, brown sugar and hot water until sugar is dissolved. Pour over batter in crockpot. Cover and cook on high for 2 1/4 hours.  It will start to pull away from the sides.  Turn off, uncover and let cool for 20-30 minutes before serving.  This is great with vanilla ice cream.