Easy Chocolate Pudding Cake

Easy Chocolate Pudding Cake. An old fashioned self saucing dessert featuring a super simple chocolate cake together with a chocolate pudding sauce on the bottom.

Easy Chocolate Pudding Cake.

Originally published March 2008.

Today’s recipe comes courtesy of Spouse who has been making this recipe for many years.

It’s a very simple recipe in which the pudding forms on the bottom of the same pan as the cake bakes.

It’s a big favorite with our kids. And again, it’s another one of those dessert recipes that you can make when there is practically nothing in the cupboard.

Use the best quality cocoa powder you can find for this recipe.

A few basic ingredients is all you need to make this comfort food dessert. It can be a lifesaver when you need a simple last minute dessert as well.

From bowl to plate, you can serve this up in about 45 minutes!

Easy Chocolate Pudding Cake. An old fashioned self saucing dessert .

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Yield: 8 servings

Easy Chocolate Pudding Cake

Easy Chocolate Pudding Cake. An old fashioned self saucing dessert featuring a super simple chocolate cake together with a chocolate pudding sauce on the bottom.

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Ingredients

For the cake

• 1 cup flour
• ½ cup sugar
• 3 tbsp cocoa
• 2 tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp salt
• ½ cup milk
• 3 tbsp canola oil
• 1 tsp vanilla

For the sauce

• ¾ cup sugar
• 1/3 cup cocoa
• ¼ tsp salt
• 1 2/3 cups boiling water

Instructions

To prepare the cake

1. Sift together the dry ingredients.
2. Add the milk vanilla and oil and stir with a wooden spoon until smooth.
3. Spread thee batter evenly into an ungreased 8x8 square baking dish.

To prepare the sauce

1. Mix together the sugar, cocoa and salt
2. Slowly stir in the boiling water
3. Pour this chocolate mixture slowly and evenly over the surface of the batter in the baking dish. Bake at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Nutrition Information

Yield

8

Serving Size

1
Amount Per Serving Calories 255Total Fat 6gSaturated Fat 1gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 5gCholesterol 1mgSodium 351mgCarbohydrates 47gFiber 1gSugar 31gProtein 3g

The nutritional information provided is automatically calculated by third party software and is meant as a guideline only. Exact accuracy is not guaranteed. For recipes where all ingredients may not be used entirely, such as those with coatings on meats, or with sauces or dressings for example, calorie & nutritional values per serving will likely be somewhat lower than indicated.

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