Photo by Yvonne Duivenvoorden - provided by Chronicle Books
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Recipe type: Dessert
Author: Savory Sweet Life
Prep time: 10 mins
Cook time: 2 hours 30 mins
Total time: 2 hours 40 mins
Serves: 8
A pudding cake is a definitively American, decidedly homey dessert, in which a cake batter is topped with some sort of syrup and then baked. In the alchemical atmosphere of the slow cooker, the cake part rises up through the syrup, or maybe it’s the syrup that sinks down through the cake. But at any rate, the exchange produces a moist, brownie-like cake resting on a swamp of chocolate pudding. To serve it, scoop up some cake with its pudding foundation and eat it with a spoon.
- Nonstick oil spray
- 1 cup flour
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- tsp. salt
- 1 cup granulated sugar, divided
- cup unsweetened cocoa powder, divided
- cup milk
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- cup vegetable oil
- cup dark brown sugar
- 1 cup boiling water or coffee
- Spray a 1½-quart soufflé dish with oil and set aside.
- Combine the flour, baking powder, salt, ¾ cup of the granulated sugar, and ¼ cup of the cocoa in a mixing bowl. Add the milk, vanilla, and oil, and mix into a stiff batter. Scrape into the prepared dish and smooth the top.
- Mix the brown sugar, the remaining ¼ cup granulated sugar, and remaining ¼ cup cocoa in a small bowl; sprinkle in an even layer over the top of the batter. Pour the boiling water or coffee over all.
- Set the dish inside a 6-quart slow cooker and cover the top of the slow cooker with a folded kitchen towel, and then with the cooker lid. Cook on high for 2½ hours, or until the top of the cake is set and the bottom is still syrupy.
- Cut into wedges or spoon onto plates, using the syrup on the bottom as a sauce
Recipe reprinted with permission. From Art of the Slow Cooker by Andrew Schloss
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I know what you’re thinking…. you’re looking at the photo above and wondering what the heck is that glorious chocolate dessert which you are now smitten with. It’s called chocolate pudding cake, and I know… you want to make it right now, don’t you?! Lucky for you, author – Andrew Schloss and his publisher – Chronicle Books want you to have this recipe from of the Art of the Slow Cooker cookbook. Before we get to the recipe, I want to tell you more about this cookbook and a new iPhone/iPad App of the same name.
The cookbook is a collection of 80 slow cooker recipes perfect for everyday cooking accompanied by GORGEOUS photos. Some of the other desserts in this cookbook include:
Slow Cooked Brandy Cheesecake
Ricotta Vanilla Bread Pudding
Caramelized Brown Betty
Savory recipes include:
Slow Cooked Teriyaki Chicken
Bistro Beef Stew
Bacon-Cheddar Grits
Slow cooker recipes never looked so good! [click to continue…]
There is a measure of giddiness I feel when a new cookbook arrives on my doorstep, especially when I know the author’s style of cooking and philosophy is similar to mine. I just can’t wait to start cooking from it! A few weeks ago Sterling Epicure (Sterling Publishing) sent me a review copy of Cristina Ferrare’s Big Bowl of Love: Delight Family and Friends with More than 150 Simple, Fabulous Recipes and it is a wonderful collection of recipes everyday home cooks will appreciate. [click to continue…]
. The cookbook is filled with approachable recipes for home cooked meals with the cost of each dish broken down so you can learn to cook economically without having to sacrifice flavor or quality. The premise of the book is to eat as well as you can for as little as you can – my kind of cookbook.
