This recipe makes a chocolate cake-like dessert with a chocolate sauce underneath that forms as it bakes. Perfect served with vanilla ice cream.

Chocolate Upside Down Pudding Cake

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 1/4 cup sifted cake flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 ounce unsweetened chocolate
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup chopped nuts
• Topping:
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
• 2 tablespoons cocoa
• 1 cup boiling water

Procedure

1. Preheat oven to 350° F.
2. Sift together sugar, flour, baking powder and salt. Melt butter and chocolate together; mix with milk and vanilla. Stir into flour mixture. Add nuts and blend thoroughly. Pour into greased round decorative cake dish.
3. Top as follows with topping: Mix sugars and cocoa. Spread evenly over cake batter. Pour boiling water over the top. Bake for 1 hour.
4. Serve with sweetened whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

Notes

Make sure the water is boiling hot for best consistency.

Content by Renee Shelton. Recipe from Renee Shelton's recipe files. This recipe was first published on PastrySampler.com on January 10, 2007. It was updated on September 29, 2020.