When our younger son was in elementary school, he chose a cookbook for his book report and made the class this chocolate pudding cake. In these challenging times, warm chocolate pudding cake seems to be a perfect dessert to warm the soul and get your chocolate fix
Ingredients
¾ cup flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/8 teaspoon salt 4 Tablespoons butter
11 ounce square unsweetened chocolate
½ cup granulated sugar
6 Tablespoons milk
¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
Whipped cream for serving
For the topping:
2 Tablespoons instant coffee
1 ¼ cups hot water
½ cup dark brown sugar firmly packed
1/3 cup granulated sugar
2 Tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9-inch square baking pan.
- Sift flour, baking powder and salt in a small bowl. Set aside.
- In a heatproof bowl set over simmering water, or a double boiler, melt the butter and sugar and chocolate, stirring occasionally. Remove the bowl from the heat.
- Add the flour mixture and stir well. Stir in the milk and vanilla. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
- For the topping: Dissolve the coffee in the water- let cool.
- Mix together the sugars and cocoa powder. Sprinkle the mixture over the batter. Pour the coffee evenly the surface, bake 40 minutes.
- Serve immediately with whipped cream
