Caramel Surprise Cake

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Time to Prepare this Recipe 60 minutes Prep: 25 minutes Cook: 16 minutes
Calories Per Serving and Nutrition Information 557 calories per serving view nutrition facts
# of servings this recipe makes 8 servings suggest servings
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Ingredients

16 each caramel candy squares
1 Jars caramel sauce
Cake
8 ounces chocolate (semi-sweet) semi-sweet
1 stick butter, unsalted
3 large eggs
3 each egg yolks
1/3 cup sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract pure
3/4 cup flour, all-purpose
Chocolate sauce
8 ounces chocolate chips
1 cup cream
1/2 cup sugar

Directions

Freeze caramel candies until ready to use.

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.

Generously butter and flour eight 1 cup ramekins and set on cookie sheet.

Chop chocolate in small pieces.

Melt chocolate with butter in double boiler over simmering water.

Remove from heat and stir until melted and smooth.

Cool.

Beat eggs, egg yolks, and sugar together on high about 6 minutes.

Mixture will turn pale yellow and thicken.

Fold in cooled chocolate mixture and vanilla.

Sift flour over chocolate and fold in.

Pour batter into ramekins.

Bake about 7-8 minutes.

Remove from oven and insert 2 frozen caramel candies into center of half-baked cakes.

Return to oven and bake another 7-8 minutes.

Cool, in ramekins, on wire rack about 10 minutes.

Chop chocolate into pieces.

Heat half the cream in saucepan with sugar until it boils.

Remove from heat and add chocolate and stir until it melts and is smooth.

Add remaining cream and stir until smooth.

Warm the jar of caramel sauce.

Pour caramel sauce on each dessert plate, making a pool in the bottom of each.

Drizzle chocolate sauce in zigzag patterns over caramel sauce and feather with a toothpick if desired.

Loosen cakes with sharp knife and invert onto sauces.

Top with more chocolate sauce and serve.

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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 146g
Amount per Serving
Calories 557 53% of calories from fat
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 33.0g51%
 Saturated Fat 20.0g98%
 Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 130mg43%
Sodium 43mg2%
Total Carbohydrate 63.0g21%
 Dietary Fiber 3.0g14%
 Sugars 47.0g
Protein 7.0g13%
Vitamin A 13%  Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 6%  Iron 13%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

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