Fudge Pudding Cake

Fudge Pudding Cake

  • Prep Time: 10 mins
  • Total Time: 50 mins
  • Servings: 6

    • About This Recipe

    “This comforting chocolate dessert (a cake with its own sauce) is a favourite with my family; I’ve been making it for years. It’s so easy to whip up, and inexpensive too. I’m positive this was a Company’s Coming recipe, although I don’t remember in which particular book I found the recipe.”

    Ingredients

  • 1cupall-purpose flour
  • 3/4 cupwhite sugar
  • 2tablespoonscocoa
  • 2teaspoonsbaking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoonsalt
  • 1/2 cupmilk
  • 2tablespoonscanola oil
  • 3/4 cuppacked brown sugar
  • 2tablespoonscocoa
  • 1 3/4 cupshot water

    • Directions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • In a mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, first amount of cocoa, baking powder and salt.
  • Add milk and oil.
  • Mix together with a spoon and scrape into an 8-inch casserole that is fairly deep.
  • In the same bowl, mix brown sugar and second amount of cocoa together.
  • Add hot water (not boiling).
  • Stir to dissolve sugar, then pour over batter but DO NOT stir.
  • Bake, uncovered, for 40 minutes; batter should have risen above the sauce and be firm to the touch.
  • Serve warm with vanilla ice cream or Cool Whip.

    • Reviews

  • “This is one of my favorites! A great cake for chocolate lovers. Warm and delicious.”

  • “Hey, Lennie!Tried this last night and wanted to thank you for suggesting it!It was so easy to make and I had everything I needed here at home!That doesn’t happen to often for me! My family really enjoyed this!Thanx!!”

  • “Maybe it was just the climate in my house, but this cake was chocolaty and moist.Mmmmm it melts in your mouth!!”

  • “This was definitely a horrid cake.The water called for was too much and the taste was bland and unsatisfying.Please do not try this one.”

  • “This was really rich, really chocolately and very good.Thanks for sharing another great recipes Lennie!”

  • “Excellent! Make sure your casserole dish IS deep- I had 1.5 inches of room at the top of mine and it still bubbled over.”

  • “This cake is OK .. not as good as I thought it would be, sorry”

  • “Thank you – I lent out my Betty Crocker Cook Book to someone and they never returned it.This is one of my favourite receipes. Simple, easy and tasty.Thank you againJudy”

  • “This was not sweet, a weird texture, and didn’t taste very good hot or cold. My mom agreed. This will never get made again in my house, even though it was very easy.”

  • “We really enjoyed this. I did add some cinnamon to the brown sugar sauce but kept everything else the same. Very very good, not too sweet. Thanks for sharing, it’s a keeper!”

  • “Not my favorite. Sorry.”

  • “This was really good. I made it on Valentine’s Day and it was a hit! I served it with whipped cream.”

  • “I had a friends mom who used to make this for me b/c I loved it. Haven’t seen them in years and I have been searching for this recipe since then and I finally found it!We called it a fallen fudge cake and always served it warm over ice cream!”

  • “This was lovely, but I found that 1/2 a cup of milk made for too thick a batter.I used a full cup, which still made a thick batter.I spread it in a Pyrex dish and followed the rest of the recipe exactly.The chocolate sauce was divine!”

  • “Picture a snowy Vermont evening and a house full of chocolate cravers. This was such an easy and delicious alternative to cookies and hot cocoa.Thanks, Lennie, I made some MAJOR points with my Son!”

  • “I have to add my 2 cents on this one !I have been making this cake for years and it never, ever fails !Always a crowd pleaser and always tastes yummy…and best of all it is sooooooo easy to make….it can actually be done in the pan….no bowl needed! Just mix the batter mixture in the pan…sprinkle the brown sugar and cocoa over it and pour the hot water on top. I’ve been making it this way and it has never failed me yet !Thanks for posting this recipe….I had forgotten where I put it but will definitely use it again !”

  • “This can be done also in a crockpot!”

  • “This is absolute stick-to-the-teeth-decadence —- a chocolate lover’s dream.I’ve received nothing but raves.As DDW points out, however, it IS a PUDDING cake.I agree that it needs to be served with vanilla ice cream because it’s so rich.”

  • “Ok, I had to jump in and rate this recipe because I’ve made it for years.The description probably doesn’t give the full details.The cake is more of a slightly “cakey” pudding and it has a great runny sauce that acts as a hot chocolate sauce for ice cream!!!!I will pop this in the oven about 1/2 hour before dinner, let it sit on the oven for a bit and serve it in bowls with scoops of vanilla ice cream -it’s a wonderful hot fudge dessert that isn’t overly sweet.Guests always love it at this house.”

  • “Agreed, much much too watery and the taste wasnt that good”

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