This 30-minute Copycat Carnival Chocolate Melting Cake recipe lets you enjoy your favorite indulgent vacation dessert at home in your own kitchen! Like our Old Fashioned Chocolate Pudding Cake, this chocolate fudge dessert has a delicious chocolate sauce tucked away inside!
Our family's favorite vacation is cruising and enjoying Carnival's famous Chocolate Melting Cake while we're on vacation is always a highlight! If you can't be on the ship, you can still enjoy this decadent dessert at home. I've adapted Carnival's original recipe here to make it a wee bit better for you without sacrificing the delicious taste!
How to Make Carnival Chocolate Melting Cake
Carnival's Chocolate Melting Cake recipe calls for 7 eggs which is a little much for me personally so I tweaked it a bit to reduce the eggs and it came out just as good.
The recipes starts by whisking butter and chocolate together over heat until smooth, then setting aside to cool. Next, you whisk the eggs, sugar, and vanilla, then flour, together.
The cooled chocolate is then poured in and combined.
The cakes are then baked for just 12-15 minutes and served warm dusted with powdered sugar. I like to serve mine with vanilla ice cream just like on the cruise ship, it really is amazing!
For other recipes for chocolate lovers, try my Dark Chocolate Toffee Truffles, Nutella Hot Chocolate, or Chocolate Pecan Pie.
Tips for best results
- The cake should be spongy on the top and a pudding consistency inside. Checking with a toothpick starting at twelve minutes of cook time ensures you don't under of over bake this treat.
- The cake is done when a toothpick inserted comes out gooey on the bottom half but clean on the top half.
- Serve dusted with powdered sugar and vanilla ice cream on the side for the best results.
If you’ve tried this recipe please comment and rate it below, I love hearing from you!
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Copycat Carnival Chocolate Melting Cake
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 15 mins
- Total Time: 30 mins
- Yield: 6 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: baking
- Cuisine: American
Description
This 30-minute Copycat Carnival Chocolate Melting Cake recipe lets you enjoy your favorite indulgent vacation dessert at home in your own kitchen!
Ingredients
- 1 cup dark chocolate chips
- ¾ cup butter
- 4 eggs
- ¾ cup sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ⅓ cup flour
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- In a small pan, melt chocolate and butter together until smooth, stirring constantly. Set aside to cool.
- Whisk together eggs, vanilla, and sugar together in a small bowl.
- Add flour and stir until smooth.
- When chocolate is cool (after about 10-15 minutes) stir into egg mixture (don't do this when the chocolate is too hot or you'll end up with scrambled eggs!)
- Fill 6 small ramekins about ¾ of the way full with batter.
- Bake for 12-15 minutes or until middle is just set, you want the bottom half of the cake to be the consistency of pudding. Check with a toothpick if unsure!
- Serve with vanilla ice cream.
Notes
- The cake should be spongy on the top and a pudding consistency inside. Checking with a toothpick starting at twelve minutes of cook time ensures you don't under of over bake this treat.
- The cake is done when a toothpick inserted comes out gooey on yhe bottom half but clean on the top half.
- Serve dusted with powdered sugar and vanilla ice cream on the side for the best results.
Keywords: chocolate melting cake, carnival melting cake, carnival chocolate melting cake
This post was originally published in 2014 and updated with new pictures and expanded instructions May 2019.
Aubrey says
Wonderful! Just like on the ship!
★★★★★
Denise says
Hi there,
Could you tell me if it’s plain flour or s/r flour please
Czarina McIntyre says
omg! i had this on a cruise before and had it almost every night! soooo close to the one i had! really good!
Elizabeth says
Thank you for the chocolate melting cake recipe! I tried it! My husband and I love it! Easy recipe and also easy to reheat in the microwave. It's only the two of us so I didn't know if what we had left would reheat and taste the same. We reheated in the microwave on low and tasted like I had just baked them! Thanks again, look forward to trying more of your recipes!