Recipe - Chocolate!!!

Recipe For Hot Fudge Pudding Cake From My Mom's Betty Crocker Picture Cookbook. This is a rich tasting chocolate dessert, very inexpensive and makes a fudge sauce on the bottom as it bakes. It is like an upside down cake, the chocolate cake is on top with the sauce on the bottom. This was a favorite growing up. Did I tell you that my Mom baked a dessert many times each week as my Dad didn’t feel the meal was complete without dessert? Even Martha Stewart had this recipe in her magazine – It’s a good thing! 1 Cup all purpose flour 2 tsp. baking powder ¼ tsp. salt ¾ Cup sugar 2 Tbsp. cocoa plus ¼ Cup cocoa ½ Cup milk 2 Tbsp. melted shortening 1 Cup chopped nuts 1 Cup brown sugar 1 ¾ Cup hot water Sift together into a bowl the flour, baking powder, salt, sugar and 2 Tbsp. cocoa. Stir in the milk and melted shortening. Blend in the nuts. Spread in 9-inch square pan. Sprinkle with mixture of brown sugar and ¼ cup of cocoa. Pour over entire batter the hot water. During baking the cake mixture rises to the top and the chocolate sauce settles to the bottom. Invert squares on dessert plate, spoon sauce over each square. Serve warm with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream. Bake at 350 degrees, 45 minutes. Make about 8 servings. Serve with lots of love!