Recipe - Hot Fudge Pudding Cake

The following recipe is one of my favourite desserts - both to eat and to make. I also like it because I always have all the ingredients on hand.

Prep time: 10 min
Bake time: 35-40 min
Cool Time: 15 min  

Cake:
3/4 cup Granulated Sugar
1 cup Flour
1/4 cup Cocoa
2 teaspoons Baking Powder
1/4 teaspoon Salt
1/2 cup Milk
1/3 cup Butter, melted
1 1/2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract

Fudge:
1/2 cup Granulated Sugar
1/2 cup Light Brown Sugar, packed
1/4 cup Cocoa
1 1/4 cups Hot water

1. Heat oven to 350F

2. For Cake mixture: Stir together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt. Stir in milk, butter and vanilla; beat until smooth. Pour batter into an ungreased 9-inch square baking pan.

3. For Fudge mixture: Stir together sugar, brown sugar and cocoa; sprinkle mixture evenly over batter. Pour hot water over top. Do not stir.

4. Bake for 35-40 minutes or until center is almost set. Let stand 15 minutes; spoon into dessert dishes, spooning sauce from bottom of pan over top. Garnish with whipped topping.


*This recipe is taken from the cookbook: Old-Fashioned Favorite Recipes of All Time, published and copyrighted by Publications International, Ltd.