Fudgy Chocolate Pudding Cake, a slow cooker recipe

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 to try make this cake in spite of the way it will look as you peer down into the slow cooker after removing the lid. Plus this Fudgy Chocolate Pudding Cake is easy to mix up. With the relatively short cooking time, it is the perfect recipe to get into the slow cooker right before starting dinner. And then right on cue, it will be ready and waiting to be enjoyed as soon as the dinner dishes are cleared away. And you have time to get the whipped cream out of the fridge...

Now tell me who could ask for more?

Ingredients needed for this recipe:

• 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.

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. 

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.

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. 

UPDATE:  For your convenience, a "copy and paste" version of Fudgy Chocolate Pudding Cake has been included below. 

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Printable "copy and paste" version:

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.

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. 

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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