Simple Crock Pot Chocolate Peanut Butter Lava Cake
Author: Laura
Serves: 6-8
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 2 Tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- ½ cup sucanat or brown sugar
- 1½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup milk
- 2 Tablespoons melted butter (or coconut oil)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ½ cup natural peanut butter
- ½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- TOPPING:
- 3 Tablespoons cocoa powder
- ½ cup sucanat or brown sugar
- 1½ cups boiling water
- Combine flour, cocoa, sucanat, baking powder, and salt. Mix well.
- Make a well in the center and add milk, butter, and vanilla.
- Stir well, until batter is smooth.
- Stir in peanut butter (heat if needed, to thin).
- Stir in chocolate chips.
- Spread the batter evenly into a well greased slow cooker.
- Make the topping:
- Mix cocoa and sucanat, whisk in boiling water until smooth.
- Gently pour over batter in crock pot, but don’t stir.
- Cover and cook on HIGH until puffed and the top layer is set, about 2- 2¼ hours.
- Turn off crock pot and let stand, covered for at least 30 minutes.
- Serve the cake (which is now on top) with ice cream or whipped cream and drizzle the fudgy pudding from the bottom over both.
Recipe by Heavenly Homemakers at https://www.heavenlyhomemakers.com/simple-crock-pot-chocolate-peanut-butter-lava-cake
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