Description
A rich, gooey and delicious chocolate cake ready in just 15 minutes - no eggs, no oven, and shockingly delicious with a warm fudge sauce baked right in!
Ingredients
Cake batter:
- 1 1/2 cup whole milk (360g)
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil (100g)
- 1 cup granulated sugar (200g)
- 1 1/2 cup all purpose flour (195g)
- 3/4 cup cocoa powder, Dutch processed preferred (75g)
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 3/4 tsp salt
Pudding sauce:
- ½ cup white granulated sugar (100g)
- 1/4 cup packed light brown sugar (50g)
- 1/4 cup Dutch processed cocoa powder (25g)
- 1 cup boiling water (240g)
Instructions
- To make the cake batter, add the milk, oil and granulated sugar to a bowl. Whisk together to combine
- Sift in the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt. Whisk again until the dry ingredients are just combined and no lumps remain; do not overmix
- Pour the cake batter into a microwave-safe deep casserole dish that is 7x11" or a similar size (e.g., 9x9", 8x11") and ideally 3" deep. No need to line or butter the dish because the cake will be served straight from it
- In another bowl, mix together the cocoa powder, granulated sugar and brown sugar for the pudding sauce. Sprinkle the cocoa mixture on top of the cake batter in the casserole dish
- Bring 1 cup of water to boil, and very carefully and gently pour it on top of the cocoa mix in the casserole dish. This water will help create the hot fudge pudding sauce as the cake cooks in the microwave
- Carefully transfer the dish to the microwave. Microwave on high for 7 to 8 minutes until the cake looks done on top. If in doubt, it is better to slightly undercook than overcook, as overcooking will cause the cake to become dry
- Let the cake cool down for ~10 minutes, then scoop it out along with the fudge sauce underneath and serve with vanilla ice cream!