Chocolate Lava Cake

Total Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 cup flour
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 2 tablespoons cocoa, divided use
• 1/4 cup cocoa, divided use
• 2 tablespoons melted butter
• 1/2 cup whole milk
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 3/4 cups hot water

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 blend flour, salt, baking powder, granulated sugar and two tablespoons cocoa powder in a mixing bowl.
• 3 stir in melted shortening and milk.
• 4 spread batter in a 9-inch-by-9-inch baking pan and sprinkle with brown sugar and 1/4 cup cocoa.
• 5 pour hot water over all.
• 6 bake 45 minutes.
• 7 during baking, chocolate sauce will settle to bottom and cake will rise to top.
• 8 to serve, invert cake onto plate or cut cake into squares and invert each square onto a small dessert place.
• 9 spoon sauce over top.
• 10 serve warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, if desired.