Hot Fudge Pudding Cake
February 28, 2010 | Print | E-mail | Filed under cake, chocolate, flavor of the month
This month’s Flavor of the Month theme was chocolate, which I thought was perfect for February (and well, I thought it was perfect anyway because I love chocolate)! I wanted to share a recipe that I adapted from one I found on Hershey’s website a couple years ago, because whenever I’ve served it, it’s always been a big hit. Plus, it’s a relatively simple dessert, so you can make it in a pinch since you probably have most of the ingredients on hand already!
- 1 cup flour
- 1 1/4 cups sugar, divided
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder, divided
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1/8 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/3 cup butter, melted
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp cognac or rum
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 1/4 cups hot water
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Whisk together the flour, half the sugar, half the cocoa powder, the baking powder, and the salt.
Stir in the milk, butter, and vanilla, beating until smooth. Pour the batter into an ungreased 9″ square baking dish.
Whisk together the other half of the sugar, the brown sugar, and the remaining cocoa powder.
Sprinkle the mixture evenly over the batter, and then pour the hot water over the top. Do not stir.
Bake 35-40 minutes or until the center is almost set. Remove from the oven and let cool 15 minutes before serving.
Garnish with whipped topping, if desired.
February 28th, 2010 at 10:51 pm
WOW!!! That looks absolutely sinful.
February 28th, 2010 at 10:53 pm
Oh my gosh. Send me one! I want one for my birthday please!!!
(What could be better that a homemade birthday cake from my sister????!!!)
February 28th, 2010 at 11:03 pm
I am totally impressed. And hungry. Thanks a lot.
Blessings-
Amanda
February 28th, 2010 at 11:37 pm
looks so chocolately..definitely my kind of cake/pudding!
March 1st, 2010 at 9:29 am
Oh, Tracy! How could you do this to me? Now I *must* make this…like TODAY!
March 1st, 2010 at 9:50 am
about a week ago i called my mom in a chocolate frenzy looking for this recipe–we used to make it all the time when i was a kid, its the most decadent thing out there! i had googled around on the internet and couldn’t find it anywhere! i was so pleased this morning when i open up my google reader and saw this! YEAY for yummy Hot Fudge Pudding Cake!
March 1st, 2010 at 9:59 am
oh wow! that looks incredible ~ like, lick the plate incredible!
March 1st, 2010 at 10:43 am
That looks sinful…..yummy.My fav one.
March 1st, 2010 at 11:32 am
This looks sinfully delicious. A chocolate lover’s dream come true.
March 1st, 2010 at 1:20 pm
I’m making this…soon.
March 1st, 2010 at 2:10 pm
Mmmm….looks rich and chocolatey! I love it.
March 1st, 2010 at 4:20 pm
Wow, this looks awesome! I’ll have to put this on my list of things to bake. My husband is a chocoholic so I know he’ll love this treat!
March 2nd, 2010 at 9:04 am
Unctuous, sticky, dark. Looks fabulous!
March 2nd, 2010 at 10:27 am
goodness this looks delicious. it’s on my “to make” list.
March 2nd, 2010 at 3:16 pm
Looks amazing! I wish I was at home right now so I could make this. I need chocolate son!
March 4th, 2010 at 12:29 pm
Mmm, looks like I died and went to heaven! A definite chocolate lover’s delight.
March 5th, 2010 at 12:53 pm
Wow… This looks like chocolate heaven. Gorgeous!
March 12th, 2010 at 2:31 pm
Wow, this looks decadent and delicious!
July 29th, 2011 at 4:47 pm
I’m seriously contemplating making this tonight. Especially considering I’ve had it bookmarked for ages.
May 2nd, 2012 at 11:47 am
Looking at making this, but in reading your instructions and looking at the pictures, I see something that doesn’t quite make sense. In the picture below the batter, (dry mix in a bowl with the spoon) it looks like you have lumps of butter. The recipe calls for melted butter and doesn’t call for butter in the pudding. Should there be butter? If so, how much. Thanks!
May 2nd, 2012 at 1:35 pm
Auntie – There’s no more butter in the recipe than what is called for. My cocoa powder was just lumpy (as you can see in the first picture of the dry mix) and when combined with the brown sugar, I can totally see how it looks like butter was worked in. Hope that helps!