Shelly's Recipe

MOCHA FUDGE PUDDING CAKE

Category: Cakes

3/4 cup sugar
2 tbsp butter, softened
1/2 cup milk
1 tbsp Kahlua (coffee-flavored liqueur) or cold brewed coffee or water
1 cup flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa, divided
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/8 tsp salt
Cooking spray
2/3 cup sugar
2 tsp instant coffee granules
1 1/4 cups boiling water
2 1/4 cups vanilla ice cream

Preheat oven to 350. Combine 3/4 cup sugar and butter in a bowl; beat for 3 minutes. Add milk and liqueur; beat well. Lightly spoon flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife. Combine flour, 1/4 cup cocoa, baking powder, and salt in a bowl; gradually add to sugar mixture, beating until well-blended. Spoon batter into an 8-inch square baking pan coated with cooking spray.

Combine 1/4 cup cocoa, 2/3 cup sugar, and coffee granules in a small bowl; sprinkle over batter. Pour boiling water over batter (do not stir). Bake at 350 for 30 minutes or until cake springs back when touched lightly in the center (cake will not test clean when a wooden pick is inserted in center). Serve warm with ice cream. Serves 8

Note: You basically have a pudding layer underneath the cakey part--do not mistake it for being underdone.