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Slow-Cooker Chocolate-Butterscotch Lava Cake

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  • Prep 15 min
  • Total 5 hr 0 min
  • Ingredients 10
  • Servings 12
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Treat your family (and then some!) to this delicious lava cake made in the slow cooker. Chocolate cake mix, pudding and toffee bits provide a medley of sweet flavors that, when cooked low and slow, yield a crowd-size cake with an irresistible gooey, lava-like base. Serve with whipped topping and extra toffee bits to complete this one-of-a-kind dessert!
Updated Dec 5, 2019
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Ingredients

  • 1 box dark chocolate cake mix
  • 1 box (4-serving size) chocolate instant pudding and pie filling mix
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 1/3 cup butter or margarine, melted
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 3 1/4 cups milk
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 bag (8 oz) toffee bits
  • 1 box (4-serving size) butterscotch instant pudding and pie filling mix
  • 1 container (8 oz) frozen whipped topping, thawed

Steps

  • 1
    Spray 5-quart oval slow cooker with cooking spray. In large bowl, beat cake mix, chocolate pudding mix, sour cream, butter, vanilla, 1 1/4 cups of the milk and the eggs with electric mixer on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping sides of bowl as needed. Stir in 1 cup of the toffee bits. Pour batter into slow cooker.
  • 2
    In 2-quart saucepan, heat remaining 2 cups milk over medium heat 3 to 5 minutes, stirring frequently, until hot and bubbly. Remove from heat. Sprinkle butterscotch pudding mix over batter in slow cooker. Slowly pour hot milk over pudding.
  • 3
    Cover; cook on Low heat setting 4 hours 30 minutes or until edge of cake is set at least 2 inches from edge of slow cooker but center still jiggles slightly when moved. Turn off slow cooker. Let stand 15 minutes. Garnish with whipped topping and remaining toffee bits.

Tips from the Pillsbury Kitchens

  • tip 1
    Allowing the cake to stand 15 minutes after cooking gives it time to cool and set up more so it serves well.
  • tip 2
    Serve bowls of cake with vanilla ice cream, if desired.
  • tip 3
    We recommend using milk with a milkfat percentage of 1% or higher for this recipe to give it as rich of a flavor as possible. This is dessert, after all—let’s go all in!

Nutrition Information

534 Calories, 23 1/2g Total Fat, 8g Protein, 70 1/2g Total Carbohydrate

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving
Calories
534
Total Fat
23 1/2g
0%
Saturated Fat
13 1/2g
0%
Sodium
736mg
0%
Total Carbohydrate
70 1/2g
0%
Dietary Fiber
1 1/2g
0%
Protein
8g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
0%
0%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
0%
0%
Iron
0%
0%
Exchanges:
4 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 3 1/2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
4 1/2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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