Grammy's Kitchen · Chocolate Cake · Molten Chocolate Cakes
One of 76 chocolate cake recipes we measured
It ranks #5 of 76 for rise among the chocolate cake recipes we compared. 96 cooks on www.onceuponachef.com rate it 4.8★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 76.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 0% | 101% |
| total sugar | 0% | 232% |
| egg | 0% | 48% |
| leavener | 0% | 4% |
| salt | 0% | 2% |
| liquid | 0% | 200% |
| dairy | 0% | 117% |
| chocolate | 0% | 67% |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 114 g | 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, plus more for buttering the ramekins |
| 170 g | 6 oz bittersweet chocolate, (best quality such as Ghirardelli, chopped) |
| 100 g | 2 large eggs |
| 100 g | 2 large egg yolks |
| 53 g | 1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons (packed) light brown sugar |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon vanilla extract |
| Pinch salt | |
| 22 g | 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour |
| Confectioners' sugar | |
| Vanilla ice cream | |
| Sweetened whipped cream | |
| Berries |
Method: 4 steps, published by www.onceuponachef.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Finally got this right after 2 fails. Every attempt was following the batter recipe exactly. First try I used 3 6oz ramekins and 1 8oz. You can imagine the results. All were mush. Second try was with 2 8oz ramekins and cooking for 12 minutes. Mush but not” — a cook, 5.0★
“I am a very experienced cook and baker. I didn't enjoy this recipe. Not enough chocolate flavor for me - I prefer chocolate cakes with a heavy dose of cocoa powder. It was just mid. I knew it as soon as I mixed the batter and saw the color that it was goin” — a cook, 2.0★