Chocolate Pudding Cake

Chocolate pudding cake is a combination of chocolate fudge cake and chocolate pudding sauce. As the cake bakes it rises to the top and the pudding sauce is on the bottom.

Let the cake cool completely for about one hour. The pudding sauce will thicken as it cools. Dish using a spoon, flip the cake so the pudding sauce is on top. Serve warm or at room temperature with whip cream. Prep time 15 minutes, 6-8 servings.

Ingredients;

• 1 cup All Purpose Flour
• 3/4 Cup Sugar
• 3 Tablespoons Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
• 2 Teaspoons Baking Powder
• 1 Teaspoon Instant Coffee Powder
• 1/4 Teaspoon Salt
• 1/8 Teaspoon Cinnamon

Position Rack in center of oven and preheat to 350 degrees. Sift together first 7 ingredients into medium bowl.

• 1/2 Cup Milk
• 1/4 Cup Melted Butter (1/2 Stick)
• 1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
• 1 Tablespoon Dark Rum or Brandy (Optional)

Combine milk, butter, vanilla and rum in another bowl. Pour over flour mixture and stir until just combined (batter will be stiff). Spread batter in 8-inch glass square baking dish.

• 1/2 Cup Sugar
• 1/2 Cup Firmly Packed Light or Dark Brown Sugar
• 5 Tablespoons Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
• 1 Cup Hot Water

1 cup chilled whipping cream whipped to soft peaks.

Mix sugar, brown sugar and cocoa powder in small bowl. Sprinkle mixture evenly over batter. Pour Hot water over top of pudding (do not stir). Bake until top is glazed and dark brown; about 40 minutes.