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Hot Fudge Chocolate Pudding Cake

Course Desserts, Pudding
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 9 people

Ingredients

Cake

  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup cocoa powder
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 3/4 cup milk
  • 1/4 cup unsalted butter melted
  • 1 tsp vanilla

Fudge Sauce

  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar packed, light
  • 3 tbs cocoa powder
  • 1 1/4 cups boiling water

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Lightly grease a 9-inch square baking pan*. Pre-boil water in a kettle while preparing cake.

FOR THE CAKE:

  • Combine 1/2 cup granulated sugar with the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt. Add in the milk, butter and vanilla; whisk until smooth and fairly lump free.
  • Pour the batter into prepared baking pan or dish and spread evenly.

FOR THE SAUCE:

  • Combine together the remaining 1/2 cup white sugar, brown sugar and remaining 3 tablespoons cocoa powder. Evenly sprinkle mixture over the batter. Slowly pour the boiling water over the top (DO NOT STIR OR MIX INTO THE BATTER. ALLOW THE WATER TO SIT ON TOP).
  • Bake 35 minutes or until the centre is almost set. Remove from oven. Allow to cool for 15 minutes.
  • Serve in dessert dishes with ice cream or whipped cream, and spoon fudge sauce from the bottom of pan over top of each serve of cake.

Notes

Hot Fudge Chocolate Pudding Cake is extremely easy and FAST to make! A rich chocolate fudge sauce forms underneath a layer of chocolate cake while baking, by itself!

Recipe Notes

Baking dishes that can be used: 11-7-inch | 5-6 cup capacity | 1.5 - 2 quart/ liter baking dishes
*Cocoa powders: A dark cocoa powder will yield in a rich and bitter-sweet chocolate flavored pudding (pictured in the first photographs above).
A normal unsweetened cocoa powder, such as Hershey's unsweetened, will yield a milder chocolate flavored pudding -- not bitter in taste and still rich (photographed in the last images above). Please choose carefully, and use a cocoa powder you LOVE the taste of.
Adapted from Hershey's