My mom used to make this all the time when we were growing up, but I’d forgotten all about it!
Today’s recipe for Fun Friday truly is a fun recipe! It’s fun to make and fun to eat. Like many recipes, it’s got a touch of science to it, and I always love recipes that show the kids something very cool. This one definitely does that as it creates a soupy, fudgy sauce underneath a crisp yet cake-like top.
The funny thing about this recipe is it’s one I grew up eating all the time. It was a go-to recipe in our house growing up. However, it’s been so long since I’ve made it myself, that none of my kids (the oldest being 14) even remembered ever having it.
I was recently reminded of it when a friend sent me a link to a similar recipe; she thought it was something I’d like. She was right, I love it! Seeing the link jogged my memory and I went to my oldest cookbook, a Campbell’s Soup photo album type of recipe binder and I pulled out my mom’s recipe for Hot Fudge Sundae Cake.
Elizabeth came into the kitchen, as she often does, and asked if she could help me. And, as she often does, she made almost the entire thing herself, with just some direction from me. It’s a great recipe for kids to learn to make themselves.
First group of dry ingredients get mixed right in the baking dish!
This recipe is a favorite because it’s a one-dish recipe. You make the entire thing in an 8×8 or 9×9 square baking dish. I used a glass Pyrex dish. You can mix the ingredients in four steps: dry, wet, dry, wet, and then you’re done!
Below is my mom’s recipe for Hot Fudge Sundae Cake, just as I copied it off her recipe card and put it into my first cookbook all those years ago. I hope you’ll give it a try this weekend and you too, will see what a fun, easy recipe it is!
INGREDIENTS and DIRECTIONS
Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In an ungreased 9×9 square baking dish mix together the following ingredients with a fork:
1 cup flour
¾ cup sugar
2 TBL. Baking cocoa
2 tsp. Baking Powder
¼ tsp. salt
Spread evenly in baking dish.
Step 2: In a two-cup measuring cup mix together the following ingredients and pour over first five ingreidents.
½ cup milk
2 TBL canola oil
1 tsp. vanilla
Spread batter evenly in baking dish.
Before the water goes on top, this is what your baking dish looks like.
Step 3: Sprinkle the following two ingredients over batter:
1 cup brown sugar packed
¼ cup baking cocoa
Step 4: Pour the following over all:
1 ¾ cup Hot Water
Bake 40 minutes at 350 degrees. Let stand15 minutes and serve.
Spoon sauce over ice cream if desired.
The secret is in the sauce. Underneath the crispy chocolate cake is a fudgy sauce to top your ice cream and cake!
