Reply #8: Chocolate Cobbler or Hot Fudge Cake [View All]

[japple]

This is an old recipe from the 1950s (Betty Crocker cookbook). It's also on Allrecipes.com, which is where I copied it. It's very easy, extremely chocolatey, and rather inexpensive to make. I always add pecans or walnuts. It produces a chocolate brownie-like cake on top with a thick chocolate fudgy sauce on the bottom and is heavenly with ice cream or whipped cream.

INGREDIENTS:
6 tablespoons butter
1 cup self-rising flour
3/4 cup white sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons
unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 cup milk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup white sugar
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
powder
1 1/2 cups boiling water

DIRECTIONS:
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Melt butter in an 8x8 inch baking dish while the oven preheats.
2. In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, 3/4 cup sugar, and 1 1/2 tablespoons cocoa. Stir in milk and vanilla until smooth. Spoon this batter over the melted butter in the baking dish.
3. Stir together the remaining cup of sugar and 1/4 cup cocoa powder. Sprinkle over the batter. Slowly pour boiling water over the top of the mixture.
4. Bake for 30 minutes in the preheated oven, until set. Serve slightly warm with ice cream.