Honestly, Fudgy Chocolate Pudding Cake is long on delicious flavor, but short on beauty! But then again most homestyle chocolate desserts do not win any beauty contests, only taste contests! And this Fudgy Chocolate Pudding Cake is exactly that, a big time winner in the taste category...
Stop and read this, please! It will look like mud, but dish it up anyway!
This delicious Fudgy Chocolate Pudding Cake will look like a dried-out mud puddle when you go to serve it, but I ask you kindly - don't let that stop you from enjoying every single bite! Once served up in your favorite dessert bowls, no one will be able to resist it, it is that good! And doesn't it dress up beautifully with some whipped cream?
People seem to love chocolate in any form regardless of what it looks like. You can find many recipes in cookbooks and on the internet called by various names like Chocolate Mess or Chocolate Tornado, and even Chocolate Earthquake because many times chocolate desserts are just messy looking! But they always taste heavenly!
And this recipe is exactly a recipe just like that...
It is an ongoing reality for not only the color brown, but worse, brown-colored foods! Because they always look as boring as, well, as the color brown. The color brown has no happily ever after story. Why? Roses do not come in the color brown. No one sits and enjoys a beautiful brown sunrise or sunset. And let's be real honest here, dirt is brown, but what do we do when something is dirty? We wash it to get rid of the brown color!
But chocolate, well now that is a different story all together! In the end, so often it doesn't matter what dessert looks like, because of the delicious taste. So rest assured, this is one brown colored recipe, you will (seriously) want to make, time and time again!
After enjoying it, I was pretty sure you would want to make it!
If you are still reading, it seems I have convinced you toNow tell me who could ask for more?
Ingredients needed for this recipe:
Fudgy Chocolate Pudding Cake
adapted from: Fix-It and Forget-It, New Cookbook
ideal size slow cooker: 4 qtr.
In a mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, 3 T of the cocoa, and 1 c of the brown sugar.
In a small bowl, melt the butter and 1/2 c of the chocolate chips, set aside to cool slightly.
Add the cooled chocolate mixture to the flour mixture, along with the egg, milk, and vanilla. Whisk until smooth and glossy.
Spoon into the slow cooker, spreading evenly.
Over the top of the pudding cake batter, crumble the remaining cocoa, brown sugar, and chocolate chips. Gently pour the hot water over the top.
1 c whole wheat flour, pastry grind is best
2 tsp baking powder
2 T butter
1 c chocolate chips - divided
1 1/4 c brown sugar - divided
1/3 c plus 3 T dry cocoa - divided
1/4 t salt
1/3 c milk
1 T vanilla
1 egg
1 1/2 c hot water
Coat inside of cooker with butter or cooking spray set aside.
- whole wheat pastry flour
- baking powder
- butter
- chocolate chips
- brown sugar
- dry cocoa
- salt
- milk
- vanilla
- egg
- cooking spray, if desired
You will also need the following:
- mixing bowl
- whisk
- measuring cups
- measuring spoons
- liquid measuring cup
- small bowl for melting ingredients
- 4 qt. sized slow cooker
- silicone spatula
Now we are ready to begin!
Fudgy Chocolate Pudding Cake
adapted from: Fix-It and Forget-It, New Cookbook
ideal size slow cooker: 4 qtr.
UPDATED: 04.20.2025
1 c whole wheat flour, pastry grind is best
2 tsp baking powder
2 T butter
1 c chocolate chips - divided
1 1/4 c brown sugar - divided
1/3 c plus 3 T dry cocoa - divided
1/4 t salt
1/3 c milk
1 T vanilla
1 egg
1 1/2 c hot water
Coat inside of cooker with butter or cooking spray set aside.
1 c whole wheat flour, pastry grind is best
2 tsp baking powder
2 T butter
1 c chocolate chips - divided
1 1/4 c brown sugar - divided
1/3 c plus 3 T dry cocoa - divided
1/4 t salt
1/3 c milk
1 T vanilla
1 egg
1 1/2 c hot water
Coat inside of cooker with butter or cooking spray set aside.
In a mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, 3 T of the cocoa, and 1 c of the brown sugar.
In a small bowl, melt the butter and 1/2 c of the chocolate chips, set aside to cool slightly.
Add the cooled chocolate mixture to the flour mixture, along with the egg, milk, and vanilla. Whisk until smooth and glossy.
Spoon into the slow cooker, spreading evenly.
Over the top of the pudding cake batter, crumble the remaining cocoa, brown sugar, and chocolate chips. Gently pour the hot water over the top.
Prepare the lid with a kitchen towel to prevent steam from dripping back onto the cake. Simply place the lid on top of a cotton towel. Gather up the excess toweling and secure it with heatproof clips, on the top of the outside of the lid.
Cover and cook on low, 1 - 2 hours, depending on your slow cooker.
Cover and cook on low, 1 - 2 hours, depending on your slow cooker.
Begin checking the cake after 1 1/2 hours. The cake will begin to pull away from the sides of the crock-pot when the cake is done. Carefully remove the lid taking care that the condensed steam or moisture does not drip back onto the cake.
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| Fudgy Chocolate Pudding Cake, from your slow cooker! |
To serve spoon out a portion of the cake, add some of the pudding from the bottom of the pan, and a bit of whipped cream or ice cream! Feel free to add chopped chocolate or chocolate chips, some sliced strawberries or even a cherry on top!
Storage options for Fudgy Chocolate Pudding Cake. Store at room temperature for up to three days. For longer storage time, store tightly covered in the refrigerator. Warm in the microwave before serving.
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Fudgy Chocolate Pudding Cake
adapted from: Fix-It and Forget-It, New Cookbook
ideal size slow cooker: 4 qtr.
UPDATED: 04.20.2025
adapted from: Fix-It and Forget-It, New Cookbook
ideal size slow cooker: 4 qtr.
UPDATED: 04.20.2025
1 c whole wheat flour, pastry grind is best
2 tsp baking powder
2 T butter
1 c chocolate chips - divided
1 1/4 c brown sugar - divided
1/3 c plus 3 T dry cocoa - divided
1/4 t salt
1/3 c milk
1 T vanilla
1 egg
1 1/2 c hot water
Coat inside of cooker with butter or cooking spray set aside.
In a mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, 3 T of the cocoa, and 1 c of the brown sugar.
In a small bowl, melt the butter and 1/2 c of the chocolate chips, set aside to cool slightly.
In a small bowl, melt the butter and 1/2 c of the chocolate chips, set aside to cool slightly.
Add the cooled chocolate mixture to the flour mixture, along with the egg, milk, and vanilla. Whisk until smooth and glossy.
Spoon into the slow cooker, spreading evenly.
Over the top of the pudding cake batter, crumble the remaining cocoa, brown sugar, and chocolate chips. Gently pour the hot water over the top.
Over the top of the pudding cake batter, crumble the remaining cocoa, brown sugar, and chocolate chips. Gently pour the hot water over the top.
Prepare the lid with a kitchen towel to prevent steam from dripping back onto the cake. Simply place the lid on top of a cotton towel. Gather up the excess toweling and secure it with heatproof clips, on the top of the outside of the lid.
Cover and cook on low, 1 - 2 hours, depending on your slow cooker.
Cover and cook on low, 1 - 2 hours, depending on your slow cooker.
Begin checking the cake after 1 1/2 hours. The cake will begin to pull away from the sides of the crock-pot when the cake is done. Carefully remove the lid taking care that the condensed steam or moisture does not drip back onto the cake.
To serve spoon out a portion of the cake, add some of the pudding from the bottom of the pan, and a bit of whipped cream or ice cream! Feel free to add chopped chocolate or chocolate chips, some sliced strawberries or even a cherry on top!
Storage options for Fudgy Chocolate Pudding Cake. Store at room temperature for up to three days. For longer storage time, store tightly covered in the refrigerator. Warm in the microwave before serving.
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Yum! I bake with gluten-free ingredients only now to keep our kitchen safe for when our daughter with celiac visits, but I do miss whole wheat flour!
ReplyDeleteFudgy slow cooker cakes would take well to your favorite gluten free baking mix. If you give this a try, please let me know how well it turned out. Thanks for stopping by, I appreciate it!
DeleteI had to laugh at "a dried-out mud puddle" Quite the description there!
ReplyDeleteMy mom used to make something like this and it was very yummy! I do remember the texture being very fudgey and gooey!
Thanks for sharing your recipe at the Homestead Blog Hop!
Laurie
You know it is the curse of brown colored food! Truth in blogging has always been my style, thanks for stopping by, I appreciate it!
DeleteYUM!! Thanks so much for linking up with me at #AThemedLinkup 42 for Crock Pot and Instant Pot Recipes, open until February 17. Shared on social media.
ReplyDeleteThanks Dee!
DeleteOh my goodness! This sounds so delicious.
ReplyDeleteYes, it is a must try!
DeleteI love using my slow cooker. I makes things so easy and to have this wonderful cake is amazing. That's one thing I never made in my slow cooker- cake!! Judee from Gluten-Free A-Z Blog
ReplyDeleteSlow Cookers are great for cakes, and this one is quite good! Thanks for stopping by, I appreciate it.
DeleteVisiting again to say thanks so much for linking up at the #UnlimitedLinkParty 109. Shared.
ReplyDeleteDee, thank you!
DeleteWhoo I have never tried chocolate cake in the slow cookers, yummy :)
ReplyDeleteSlow cooker desserts are quite nice, when the stove is already taken or even during summer. I hope you give this one a try!
DeleteWhat a good idea - I am yet to try baking in the slow cooker and I am still to try pouring water over a dessert to bake it. I shall experiment with turning this into a vegan recipe! Thanks for sharing at Fiesta Friday.
ReplyDeleteYou are welcome, I hope you enjoy this recipe.
DeleteOh that looks delicious!!
ReplyDeleteJoanne, thanks! It is so good...
DeleteSomeone turn on my slow cooker! I really need to try this chocolatey goodness! Thanks so much for sharing, Melynda. :)
ReplyDeleteJayne, thank you kindly!
DeleteYUM! I love chocolate fudge cake and never thought of cooking it in the slow cooker.
ReplyDeleteKim this is so easy, and so delicious! I hope you give it a try.
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