One Pan Chocolate Pudding Cake

Name: One Pan Chocolate Pudding Cake
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 9 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 cup flour; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 4 1/2 tablespoons baking cocoa, divided; 1 3/4 cups sugar, divided; 1/2 cup milk; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 2 tablespoons margarine, melted; 1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional); 1 cup boiling water (water must be boiling hot!)

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Recipe by QueenJellyBean

This was one of my grandpa's favorite things that my grandma made. It looks like an unfrosted chocolate cake but the secret in the pudding layer hiding underneath!

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READY IN: 45mins

SERVES: 9

UNITS: US

INGREDIENTS

Nutrition

1

cup flour
1

teaspoon baking powder
¹⁄₂

teaspoon salt
4 ¹⁄₂

tablespoons baking cocoa, divided
1 ³⁄₄

cups sugar, divided
¹⁄₂

cup milk
1

teaspoon vanilla
2

tablespoons margarine, melted
¹⁄₂

cup chopped nuts (optional)
1

cup boiling water (water must be boiling hot!)

DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease an 8x8 pan.
Sift together flour, baking powder, salt, 1 1/2 tbsp cocoa, 3/4 c sugar.
Mix into dry mixture, milk, vanilla, melted margarine and nuts.
Pour into prepared pan.
Mix 1 c sugar, 3 tbsp cocoa and 1 c boiling water. Pour over the top of the cake.
Bake for about 35 minutes. Test for doneness by pressing top of cake with your finger to get a "bounce".
Cool completely before cutting.
My grandma always served it with a little cream poured over the top or with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

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