Chocolate Pudding Cake - dairy and vegan option

[Cuilidh]

Name of Recipe: Chocolate Pudding Cake

Number of People: 6 - 8

Ingredients:
1 c white sugar
½ c unsweetened cocoa powder
1 c white flour
2 t baking powder
½ t baking soda
¼ t salt
½ c milk or soy milk
¼ c vegetable oil
1 t vanilla
½ c brown sugar (packed)
1½ c boiling water

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 350 F / 180 C and oil a baking dish (9”x 13” / 23cm x 33 cm).

Place ¾ c sugar, ¼ c cocoa, flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt into jug and pulse once to combine.  Gradually beat in milk, oil, and vanilla,then spread batter into baking dish.

In a separate bowl, combine brown sugar, ¼ cup white sugar and ¼ cup cocoa powder.  Sprinkle on top of the batter, and carefully pour boiling water over the top.

Bake for 20-25 minutes, until pudding is set around the outside and the top is a little bubbly. Let cool for 15 minutes to allow the pudding to thicken, then serve warm.

Tips/Hints:

I haven't had a chance to try this yet, but adapted the recipe from www.theveggietable.com yesterday and it looked so easy and delicious that I thought I would share it with everyone before making it this weekend (then if anyone makes it and it's a flop, I'll know not to attempt it myself).

Members' comments
Amy - I don't know if you ever got around to making this Marina, but I made it tonight.
To be honest, I don't think it was my day. I made three errors while making this recipe. Somehow it still turned out really good though! You definitely don't need as much topping or boiling water as is stated in the recipe, I probably used 2/3 of the topping mix and only 1 cup of water. I also undercooked it, but I didn't hear any complaints from anyone.
I served my very sloppy pudding cake with vanilla custard.

Marina - From looking at the recipe now, it looks like the only tweak I would make would be to make the topping part first and set it aside before making the rest of the mix.

[judydawn]

Cheeky girl 

[Cuilidh]

I know, I'm a terror, aren't I JD???

[Amy :-)]

I don't know if you ever got around to making this Marina, but I made it tonight

To be honest, I don't think it was my day. I made three errors while making this recipe. Somehow it still turned out really good though! You definitely don't need as much topping or boiling water as is stated in the recipe, I probably used 2/3 of the topping mix and only 1 cup of water. I also undercooked it, but I didn't hear any complaints from anyone

I served my very sloppy pudding cake with vanilla custard

[Cuilidh]

Gosh Amy, I had forgotten all about this recipe, thanks for bumping it.  Glad it turned out well for you in the end.

I've got to be honest, I never did get around to making it, but now that you have reminded me of it I think I will give it a go, probably over Xmas break.

From looking at the recipe now, it looks like the only tweak I would make would be to make the topping part first and set it aside before making the rest of the mix.

[Amy :-)]

Thanks Marina
Of course I didn't think of making the topping first because my brain wasn't switched on yesterday But when I make it again I'll definitely do that.