Guinea Pig: Karen
THE CLAIM
Oh, Target. It's hard enough to walk in for a gallon of milk without walking out with all the makings for a fabulous new living room. Do you really have to start posting recipes? Recipes that promises warm chocolate cake in 2 minutes??? WHY CAN'T WE QUIT YOU?????
Check out this Betty-Crocker-inspired recipe, as featured by Target.com. Click on the link in the photo caption for recipe and photo source.
Oh, Target. It's hard enough to walk in for a gallon of milk without walking out with all the makings for a fabulous new living room. Do you really have to start posting recipes? Recipes that promises warm chocolate cake in 2 minutes??? WHY CAN'T WE QUIT YOU?????
Check out this Betty-Crocker-inspired recipe, as featured by Target.com. Click on the link in the photo caption for recipe and photo source.
THE TEST
Guinea Pig Karen couldn't resist this one, and she gave it a try. And she may have tried it a couple of times since. She says, "It was pretty good. Neither as goopy as your traditional lava cake, nor as tasty, but good enough. I like the idea that you can satisfy the I NEED CAKE fix with warm, fresh cake in 2 minutes, and that I have a lot of left over mix for future 2 minute cakes." She said that the semisweet chocolate "lava" was a bit too bitter for the cake, and that she would use milk chocolate or even a caramel square next time. Frosting was not needed, but Redi-Whip was a good addition.
Make no mistake - this is not a true substitution for a real chocolate cake that you mix up and bake forever in the oven. But it's fine as a single-serve alternative.
CONCLUSION
Something fun to keep on standby, but if someone offers to bake you a real chocolate lava cake, LET THEM BAKE YOU A CHOCOLATE LAVA CAKE.
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| Photo Courtesy of Guinea Pig Karen |
