Chili's Molten Chocolate Cake

By Afton

Ingredients

• 1 box chocolate fudge or dark chocolate cake mix
• 1 1/3 c water
• 1/2 c vegetable oil
• 3 eggs
• 1 bottle Hershey hot fudge topping
• 8 scoops vanilla ice cream
• Smucker's Magic Shell chocolate topping

Details

Servings 8

Preparation

Step 1

1. Make cake by mixing cake mix, water, oil and eggs. Pour 1/2 c of batter into the greased cups of a large (Texas size) muffin pan. Bake for 30 to 40 minutes, or until a toothpick stuck into the center of one cake comes out clean. Turn all of the cakes out of the pan and let them cool.

2. The cakes will be served upside down, so you may have to slice a bit of the domed top off the cakes to hep them lay flat when inverted. A serrated sandwich knife works best for this. After you have flipped over all of the cooled cakes, use a sharp paring knife to cut out a 1 1/2" diameter cylindrical chunk in the center of the bottom (now the top) of each cake. The hole should be about 1 1/2" deep. After slicing straight down into the cake in a circle, scoop out the chunk of cake with a teaspoon and discard the piece. Now you have a secret compartment to conceal the hot fudge payload.

3. Spoon about 2 T of fudge into each of the holes you have made in the cakes, then store the cakes in a sealed container in the refrigerator.

4. When you are ready to serve, heat one cake at a time in the microwave for 40 to 45 seconds on high, or until you see the fudge begin to bubble. Remove the cake from the microwave and let it rest for 30 seconds or so, then place a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top of the cake. Pour a coating of Magic Shell chocolate topping over the ice cream and serve.