Chocolate Pudding Cake

Total Time: 48 mins Preparation Time: 8 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 2 cups flour
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 cup applesauce
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 cups boiling water
• 1 1/2 cups light brown sugar
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°.
• 2 spray a 13x9x2-inch baking pan with pam spray.
• 3 set aside.
• 4 in large bowl mix together flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder and salt.
• 5 mix in milk, applesauce and vanilla extract; blend thoroughly.
• 6 pour into pan and spread evenly.
• 7 in large bowl, mix all the pudding ingredients until sugar and cocoa are dissolved.
• 8 pour carefully and slowly over cake batter.
• 9 the pudding will be runny and the cake will look "messy", but this is normal.
• 10 bake 35-40 minutes or until done.
• 11 the cake will be firm to the touch when done.
• 12 toothpick test will not work with this cake as there is pudding underneath cake layer!
• 13 let cake rest 15 minutes to cool.
• 14 to serve,cut cake and put on plate and then spoon the pudding over the top of cake slice.
• 15 can be served warm or cold.
• 16 if served warm, it's a warm chocolate sauce.
• 17 if served cold, it's cake with chocolate pudding.
• 18 cover and refrigerate leftovers up to 7 days in refrigerator.
• 19 or wrap tightly and freeze up to 2 months.