Looking for an easy chocolate treat? Look no further. This hot fudge cake is easy to make, chocolaty, fudgy and so delicious. Serve this with a scoop of ice cream for an ultimate chocolate treat.
Why you’ll love this hot fudge pudding cake
- Easiest dessert you’ll make
- No mixer needed
- Cake on top, fudgy chocolaty sauce on the bottom.
Ingredients needed for chocolate pudding cake
- Butter: I use unsalted butter.
- Flour: I use all purpose flour.
- Baking powder
- Sugar: You will be using granulated sugar and brown sugar.
- Cocoa powder: You can use dark unsweetened cocoa powder or regular unsweetened cocoa powder. Dark unsweetened cocoa powder will give you more darker and rich chocolate flavor.
- Milk: Any milk percentage will work.
- Water: You will need boiling water.
Making the cake
This hot fudge cake has two parts to it. The cake part and the chocolate sauce. The cake part will rise to the top and the chocolate sauce will fall down; creating that fudgy, gooey chocolate sauce.
- Make the cake: Stir flour, baking powder, sugar, cocoa and a pinch of salt in a medium size bowl. Add the milk, melted butter and vanilla extract. Stir until combined. Spread the mixture onto greased baking dish.
- Make the topping: Whisk granulated sugar, brown sugar and cocoa. Sprinkle over the cake. Carefully pour hot water over the whole cake. Do not stir!
- Bake! You’ll bake the cake for about 30 minutes. Or until the cake is almost set.
Tips for success
- Pour the hot water carefully over the cake. You don’t want to disturb the cake too much.
- Do not over bake! The cake should still be slightly jiggly. If you overbake, the cake won’t be as gooey on the bottom.
Other chocolate recipes you may like
- Dark Chocolate Panna Cotta
- Chocolate Ganache Mini Tarts
- Chocolate Brownie Cookies
- Baked Chocolate Tart
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Hot Fudge Cake
Looking for an easy chocolate treat? Look no further. This hot fudge cake is easy to make, it’s so chocolaty, fudgy and so delicious. Serve this with a scoop of ice cream for an ultimate chocolate treat.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 8 servings 1x
- Category: Dessert
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 2.5 tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder
- pinch of salt
- 2 tbsp. unsalted butter, melted
- ½ cup milk
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
Sauce
- ¼ cup white sugar
- ⅓ cup brown sugar
- 2 tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 cup water, boiled
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F. Lightly grease 8×8 baking dish. (pre boil water while making the cake)
- Make the cake: Stir flour, baking powder, sugar, cocoa and a pinch of salt in a medium size bowl. Add the milk, melted butter and vanilla extract. Stir until combined. Spread the mixture onto greased baking dish.
- Make the topping: Whisk granulated sugar, brown sugar and cocoa. Sprinkle over the cake. Carefully pour hot water over the whole cake. Do not stir! Leave the cake untouched with the water on top.
- Bake for about 30 minutes. Or until the cake is almost set.
- Cool for 5-10 minutes before serving.
Keywords: hot fudge chocolate pudding cake, chocolate cobbler
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