Betty Crocker Warm Delights Molten Caramel Cake

November 2, 2007 | Reviewer: Andrew

Betty Crocker Warm Delights Molten Caramel Cake Price: $2.00 on sale
Serving: 1/2 bowl, 3oz. plus water
Calories: 150 per serving
Fat: 2%, 1.5g
Cholesterol: 0%, 0mg
Sodium: 30%, 730mg
Protein: 5g
Carbohydrates: 10%, 30g
Fiber: 5%, 1g
Sugar: 20g
Weight Watchers Points: 3 per serving, 6 per bowl

Betty Crocker says: A warm delicious, single-serve dessert that’s ready in minutes straight from your microwave! Now you can treat yourself to a warm indulgent dessert without all the preparation, time and clean-up!

Andrew says: First of all, I must offer my most humble apologies to Ms. Crocker for flubbing her simple instructions on assembling this mini cake. The gist of it is, you dump a packet of chocolate cake mix into the provided bowl with a quarter cup of water and mix well, then pour the soft, gooey caramel icing in pretty patterns on top of the well-mixed batter and heat, uncovered, in a microwave for about a minute and a quarter.

What happened is this: I fumbled with some measuring cups (yeah I know you should use a measuring glass for liquids, that’s beside the point) and found the one-third cup cup, for some reason completely forgetting Betty’s words. I didn’t realize my folly until well after I’d added the ample caramel goo. No matter, I thought, we shall press on for science.

Speaking of caramel, the icing is really very nice: sweet and warm and more than enough to coat the top of your mini cake batter. What happens as it “bakes” in your microwave is that the batter churns up underneath the caramel goo and swirls it throughout the nascent cake. This pleases me.

Once the cake is done, it really is advisable to — as the packaging says — let the cake sit for at least 5 minutes before consuming it. The cake got awfully hot for only spending 1 minute, 19 seconds in my microwave at approximately 780 feet above sea level (science!). Warm caramel and chocolate = good. Scalding hot caramel and chocolate = hospital.

When it was cool enough to eat — but still quite warm — I was heartened at the results, even in spite of my measuring mishap. The cake itself was very, very, very moist. The chocolate is subtle and melds well with the caramel. Even though the cake itself is chocolate, you’ll notice the name of the cake makes no reference to its chocolate nature; the caramel is the star.

In fact, as I worked my way around the rim of the cake bowl and toward the middle, I found a quadrant of the pastry that was about 70 percent caramel goo and 30 percent chocolate goo. This, too, pleases me.

All in all, this is a good way to spend about 10 minutes from start to last moist forkful, particularly if you’ve got a hankerin’ for warm, sweet, choco-caramel goo fusion.

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7 Responses to “Betty Crocker Warm Delights Molten Caramel Cake”

MaryAnne on November 2nd, 2007

I’ve heard various things about Betty Crocker Warm Delights which have always detered me from buying one. However, I got excited when I read this review. For someone who has sugar level issues, 2 sugars is nothing! But then I realized that you included the completely wrong nutritional information. What a let down! They do have mini versions but that’s not the nutrition info for those either…

Betty Crocker Warm Delights Molten Caramel Cake:
Serving: 1 bowl
Calories: 360
Fat: 10g
Cholesterol: 5mg
Sodium: 490mg
Protein: 5g
Carbohydrates: 64g
Fiber: 3g
Sugar: 40g
Abi Jones on November 2nd, 2007

MaryAnne - Thanks for the update and letting me know that I left off a zero! When I wrote down the nutritional info from this box, BC was still using 1/2 a cake as a serving size. It looks like their new cakes/packaging have a different serving definition.

We’ll have reviews for the minis later this month.
Rose on November 2nd, 2007

I’ve had a few different versions of this treat, and in my experience..warming a cake in the microwave just doesn’t do it justice. I never cared for them, but being a woman, I sometimes crave chocolate and need a fix.
Michal on November 5th, 2007

I really enjoy the mini cakes, they are the perfect portion size for one and quite satisfying. I am adventurous and like to play with mine a little. For example, I stick some chocolate chips in the bowl with some batter underneath and on top of them. They melt just slightly and add a little extra chocolate kick and texture to the cake. Yum! The raspberry icing is good too.
Terri on November 29th, 2007

I am addicted to the Mini version of these desserts. I take one to work every day and have it as a late-afternoon snack. MAN, are they delicious!! Reminds me of my Easy-Bake oven, these little ones cook in 30 seconds. They are absolutely delightful!
Katie on April 28th, 2008

Actually don’t you add the topping AFTER microwaving it? (maybe the caramel one is different)
I’ve had this (the normal one, not the caramel one but it’s the same gist) and I really liked them. There might be a little too much topping because it’s so sickly sweet but all in all, very impressive.

Expensive, but nice.
alexus on August 31st, 2008

I love this snack when I’M hUNGRY AT MIDNIGHT thanks Ms. Crocker