Chocolate Pudding Cake
Makes 6 Ramekins or one 9" x 13" Cake
Ingredients
- 1 cup flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- ¾ cup sugar
- 2 tbsp cocoa powder
- 1 cup of walnuts (optional)
- 2 tbsp melted butter
- ½ cup milk
- butter for greasing ramekins or baking dish
For The Sauce
- 1½ cups boiling water
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 4 tbsp cocoa powder
Special Equipment
- cookie sheet
- 6 ramekins or 9 x 13" baking dish
- 4 oz. ladle
How-to
- Preheat oven to 350º
- To make the cake batter, mix flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, 2 tbsp cocoa powder. (If adding walnuts, add them at this point.) Add melted butter and milk. Stir to incorporate all ingredients. Batter will be thick
- Portion out evenly into 6 buttered ramekins that have been placed on a cookie sheet
- In the same mixing bowl used to make the batter, add boiling water, brown sugar, 4 tbsp of cocoa powder. Mix well with a whisk and portion out over the cake batter in the ramekins (using a ladle helps)
- Bake 15-20 minutes. When cake is done it will feel sponge-like on top and a syrup will have formed in the bottom
- Serve with whipped cream, ice cream or heavy cream