Hot Fudge Sundae Cake is an old fashioned type dessert that goes by many names. I have heard it called chocolate cobbler, chocolate pudding cake, and several other names. But no matter what they are called, I have yet to try one that we did not like.
How can a chocolate cake served with a warm pudding type sauce be bad?!
One of the best things about hot fudge cakes is that they are a simple and easy dessert to make using everyday ingredients.
I recently picked up the cookbook Betty Crocker’s Slow Cooker Cookbook
for a dollar at a used book sale. The cookbook is full of simple crock pot recipes and I already marked a few that I want to try. I think this cookbook will get a lot of use because I am always looking for new crock pot recipes and ideas.
One of the recipes that immediately caught my eye was the slow cooker hot fudge sundae cake. Since we love anything chocolate in our house, I was pretty sure this one would be a hit.
And it was. Warm right out of the crock pot with ice cream on top was delicious. This was such an easy dessert and it was so good!
If any of you own the Betty Crocker’s Slow Cooker Cookbook I would love to hear your thoughts on it.
The version I am sharing today is the regular version, but I will be sharing the version I adapted to be gluten free later this week in my allergy section.
Slow Cooker Hot Fudge Sundae Cake
An easy fudge cake made in the slow cooker.
Ingredients
- 1 cup flour
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons baking cocoa
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup milk
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 cup chopped nuts ( I left these out)
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup baking cocoa
- 1 1/2 cups hot water
Instructions
- Mix flour, regular sugar, 2 tablespoons cocoa, baking powder, and salt in a bowl.
- Add milk, oil, and vanilla and stir until smooth.
- Stir in nuts if using.
- Spread the batter into a greased 3 quart, or about that size, crock pot.
- In a bowl mix together the brown sugar, 1/4 cup cocoa, and the hot water and pour evenly over the cake batter.
- Cook on high for 2- 2 1/2 hours. Mine took about 2 hrs.
- Turn off slow cooker and let sit about 15- 20 minutes before serving.
- Serve warm and enjoy!
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
8Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 267Total Fat: 9gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 1mgSodium: 292mgCarbohydrates: 45gFiber: 1gSugar: 30gProtein: 4g
Nutritional values are approximate and aren't always accurate.
This is a must have!! YUM!
In the crockpot now for the kids’ snack after their first day of school! Thanks!
I hope they enjoy it! And I hope they had a great first day of school.
Does this make the cake and has sauce as well?
Yes, the cake part is the top and the sauce is on the bottom after it cooks. So when you scoop it up you will have both and can kind of pour or serve the sauce on top.
I have this book. The black beans are awesome (I tweak them a bit), beefstew w/ herb dumplings…etc
I will have to look at both those. Thanks!
Half milk? Is that a half a cup of milk? Thanks
Yes, it is a 1/2 cup milk. I fixed the recipe. Thanks for catching that.
Thank you!! I am craving something chocolate! So I will be making this tonight!
how will i know when this is done? what do i look for… like as to whether 2 hours or 1 & a half? TY 🙂 in crockpot now! ::))
The top should look cake like, but you can’t test it like you would a cake since there is pudding at the bottom. If the top looks like a cake that is done, then it should be fine. You could cut into it slightly to make sure if you want to. I hope you enjoy it!
Looks delicious! I think my slow cooker is approximately a 6 qt… would I have to double the recipe (that’s a lot of cake!) or would it cook ok if I just use the same recipe but would be thinner? Thanks!
Yes, I think you could, but I would reduce the time since it would be thinner. I hope you enjoy it.
What is baking cocoa?
Baking cocoa is unsweetened cocoa powder…not the sweetened drink mix powder that you mix with milk or to make hot chocolate
Thanks Debbie!
Baking cocoa is unsweetened cocoa. So not the sweet kind you use for hot chocolate.
I’ve used this exact recipe in the oven for more than 30 YEARS…my mom used to make it too. I found with my 1 yr old 3 quart slowcooker it only took 1 hr 15 minutes. Good thing I thought to check it when I did because it was perfectly done at that point. If I’d had walnuts in the house I would have toasted half a cup and added them to the batter. Another nice thing to do is to add a teaspoon or two of instant coffee or instant espresso to the cake batter.
The coffee would be a great addition for those that love that flavor!
Debbie, How long do you cook this recipe in the oven and at what temp? It would be nice to know if I don’t have time to make it in the crock pot, I could just pop it in the oven.
Lynn, Thanks so much for sharing this! I made this last night and everyone absolutely loved it. I now know what dessert I want for my birthday 🙂
Here is a similiar recipe that I make in the oven and we love. Same idea, but done in the oven. Or you could probably use the crockpot version, but use the time on the oven version. I hope that helps. https://www.lynnskitchenadventures.com/2008/06/marthas-chocolate-pudding-cake.html
Do you think you could double the recipe in a larger crockpot? I’m making dessert for a bigger group this week and was thinking of making this.
I have not tried it, but yes I think it would work.
Made this this weekend while we were camping. It was nice to go off and do our trick or treating after dinner and know that dessert was waiting for us! I used my all purpose gluten-free flour and it turned out fabulous! Nobody could tell and it was ok for my husband to have it. It was a great dessert to have on a chilly night around the fire! Thanks for this. Just wish it made more. Maybe two crocks next time!
I was disappointed in how mine turned out. It was very dry. I cooked it just under two hours. It was also not quite chocolatey and sweet enough. But the main thing it was missing was the mushy chocolate part that is like pudding. I wonder what I did wrong.
Sorry it did not turn out for you. It sounds like it may have overcooked. Does your crock pot usually cook hot/fast that you have noticed?