Dessert Day: Fudge Pudding Cake!

This week's Dessert Day (inspired by Decoy Betty) brings to you one of my favorite desserts growing up.  My Mum used to make this a lot whenever anyone needed comforting.  Whenever I make it, it brings back memories of a wonderful childhood, filled with chocolate and my Aunt Dot's Pudding Sauce.

Fudge Pudding Cake

This Fudge Pudding Cake is a lot like the Lemon Pudding Cake I made last week, but involves completely difference science to make it work.  As I mentioned last week, Fudge Pudding Cake always seemed like a magical dessert to me.  It involves making a batter, putting it in a pan, sprinkling chocolate and sugar on top and then pouring boiling water over it.  And, somehow you're left with something that turns into a chocolate pudding on the bottom and a cake on the top.  Seriously, when you're 6 years old, it seems like witchcraft.... in the best way!

Fudge Pudding Cake

Is there a dessert from your childhood that always seemed magical to you?

Ingredients:

1 cup All-Purpose Flour

6 tbs Cocoa Powder

1/4 tsp Salt

3/4 cup Sugar

2 tsp baking Powder

1/2 cup Milk

2 tbs Unsalted Butter, melted

1 cup Brown Sugar

1 3/4 cup Water, boiled

Directions:

1) Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.

2) Mix in a medium bowl, flour, 2 tbs cocoa powder, salt, sugar and baking powder.

3) Stir milk and butter into flour mixture.  Mix until smooth.

4) Spoon mixture into an 8-inch pan.  Spread in even layer.

5) Mix brown sugar and 4 tbs cocoa powder together in small bowl.  Sprinkle mixture over the batter that is spread in the pan.

6) Pour boiling water over the sprinkled batter.

7) Bake for 40-45 minutes.