I like to make this cake when I need a dessert right now and I don’t have time to bake a traditional chocolate cake. This chocolate pudding cake is super easy to make- all in one pan- and it turns out very chocolatey and tender. The baked texture of the cake turns out to have a chocolate pudding-like texture.
Ingredients needed:
all purpose flour white sugar semisweet chocolate chips unsweetened cocoa powder baking powder salt canola or vegetable oil low fat buttermilk brown sugar
How to make Chocolate Pudding Cake:
In a bowl, combine flour, sugar, chocolate chips, unsweetened cocoa powder, baking powder and salt. Add oil and buttermilk, and stir to create the cake batter.
How do you make Buttermilk?
It’s not likely that you will have buttermilk in your fridge when you need it for a recipe. It’s a good thing that it’s super easy to make at home. Add one tablespoon of lemon juice or white vinegar to a 1-cup measure. Fill the rest of the cup with milk and let it sit for 5 minutes. This is your substitute for buttermilk! Since you need 1 1/2 cups of buttermilk for this recipe, add 1 1/2 tablespoons of lemon juice or vinegar to your 2-cup measuring cup and then fill the cup to the 1 1/2 cup measure with milk.
Scrape the cake batter evenly into the bottom of an 8×8-inch square pan.
Then make the cake topping. Combine brown sugar, unsweetened cocoa powder and chocolate chips. Sprinkle the topping mixture over the cake batter in the pan. Then pour a cup of buttermilk over the top. Don’t mix it to combine!
Bake the chocolate pudding cake for about 40 minutes, until the edges are firm and the cake springs back when touched. Let it cool for a while, and then serve hot, warm or at room temperature.
When serving this cake, be sure to scoop all the way to the bottom as well to scoop up the delicious chocolate pudding that has settled at the bottom of the cake. It’s really good topped with vanilla ice cream. Enjoy!
