chocolate pudding {cake}

November 27, 2011 |

This is not a lava cake. It is not a molten cake. It’s chocolate pudding. That’s the proper name. I’ll go so far as to call it chocolate pudding cake for you, but that’s it. This perfect confection doesn’t need a trendy name. Nope. No way. It needs an old fashioned name. A name that confuses people. “Chocolate pudding?” That’s what you’ll ask. You’ll be all: but there’s awesome chocolate cake in there. And I’ll say: yah, I know. Deal.

Hey, have you noticed that I’m really into italics these days? It’s like I can’t stop myself. Well, I could stop myself, but I don’t feel like it.

This is an easy dessert to throw together at the last minute. Like, say, when you’re having an almost-nervous-breakdown about something. Chocolate can fix that. Or maybe you make it when some stupid plonker just stops by because he/she was thinking of you and happened to be in the neighbourhood. (Actually you probably shouldn’t encourage that sort of behaviour with chocolate pudding. You should probably say: just send me an e-card next time.)

When this pudding comes out of the oven you’ll hear the chocolate sauce bubbling away under the cake. That’s the sound of the sauce trying to run away from your face. But the chocolate cake holds the sauce down. It’s holding the sauce down until you can get there. It’s holding it down while people start yelling, “fight, fight, fight!” And then you eat it. And you are happy.

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I no longer blog about food. But don’t fret!

You can find the recipe for this Chocolate Pudding Cake in this ebook:

Posted in {other} sweets, baking, cakes, recipes

38 Comments

Emmalina on November 27, 2011 at 8:56 am

I ruv you Shaggy.
- movita beaucoup on November 27, 2011 at 9:39 pm
  
  I ruv you too, Scooby.
frugalfeeding on November 27, 2011 at 10:04 am

Movita, that looks absolutely divine. SO chocolaty… I want to eat it all up 😀
- movita beaucoup on November 27, 2011 at 9:42 pm
  
  Right? Right? You need this pudding. You need it in your belly.
Karen on November 27, 2011 at 10:06 am

Whatever you call it, I think I will call it delicious.
The Neighbour on November 27, 2011 at 11:51 am

Oh My God…..how delicious looking is this!?!?!?
- movita beaucoup on November 27, 2011 at 9:43 pm
  
  I’ve made chocolate pudding TWICE this week. I’m surprised you couldn’t smell it. Oh wait… you’ve got fancy new doors. You probably can’t smell any of your stinky neighbours now.
  - The Neighbour on November 28, 2011 at 8:28 am
    
    Aren’t the fancy new doors purdy? Not only can I NOT smell my neighbours, I don’t hear them either….well, except for the large fellow across the street panting and gasping for air when he shovels…..keep 9-11 on speed dial for that one.
teri on November 27, 2011 at 12:13 pm

YoU are so funny.
How can I delete your messages + recipes when YOU are too KooL for words?
What a spicy girL you are!!!
Thanks over + over for sharing
your
spicy
& sweet heart.

Cheers!!!
ps. ok. ok. I’ll make this tonight. thanX again.
Mama's Gotta Bake on November 27, 2011 at 1:49 pm

Comfort food at its best! Can’t wait to try it!
Just A Smidgen on November 27, 2011 at 2:43 pm

Hmmm, I’m thinking that your “plonker” is not as stupid as you think.. I suspect he knows that dropping by your home brings out all sorts of magical chocolaty heavenliness… I think I would like to become a plonker too:)
- movita beaucoup on November 27, 2011 at 9:40 pm
  
  Good point. If only I could control my own need for baked goods…
Eggton on November 27, 2011 at 4:10 pm

Wow this looks good. How on Earth do you resist the urge to mix the boiling water into the contents of the baking dish? To me, that’s like putting a Haribo gummy bear in my mouth and then telling me not to chew it. But I could probably control myself if the outcome looks as good as these “puddings.”
- movita beaucoup on November 27, 2011 at 9:41 pm
  
  I’m pickin’ up what you’re puttin’ down. When a server tells me not to touch a hot plate at a restaurant, it takes every fibre of my body to resist doing so. It’s a problem.
Savory Simple on November 27, 2011 at 4:23 pm

I would like to eat this. It looks way more exciting than my version of pudding!
Pushpa@tasteasyoucook on November 27, 2011 at 9:18 pm

Delightful treat,looks delicious.
pencilkitchen on November 27, 2011 at 10:27 pm

oh this is just mouth-watering… >.<
Barb B. on November 27, 2011 at 11:55 pm

Now, this recipe is THE one i have been searching for…until today!!!
- movita beaucoup on November 28, 2011 at 6:23 am
  
  Yay! (Wait… now you’ll have to find a new quest…)
Ann on November 28, 2011 at 1:03 am

absolutely amazing. must eat now!
- movita beaucoup on November 28, 2011 at 6:22 am
  
  Do it, Ann! Do it!
Anna on November 28, 2011 at 4:06 am

I think Chocolate Pudding Cake suits the dish pretty well. So tempting…I want to have a bite, I am making one now!!! Yum!Yum! Thanks for sharing!
- movita beaucoup on November 28, 2011 at 6:21 am
  
  See? Peer pressure does work!
the purple spoon on November 28, 2011 at 7:50 am

oh wow! this looks amazing! yeah, I’m pretty sure I’ll be making this 🙂
Dave on November 28, 2011 at 8:46 am

The recipe for our raisin pudding contains my favourite instructions ever written in the history of food. “Add a piece of butter the size on an egg.”
- movita beaucoup on November 28, 2011 at 2:11 pm
  
  I will try to work that measurement into one of my next recipes. Because it is AWESOME.
Barbara Kelley on November 28, 2011 at 10:15 am

I surely will be making this…this week! There was one complaint that I had no chocolate desserts at Thanksgiving.
- movita beaucoup on November 28, 2011 at 2:31 pm
  
  WHAT? No chocolate? But, but… I don’t even know what to say. Wait. Yes I do: make a chocolate dessert next year. (Tee hee!)
Cayla on December 1, 2011 at 2:05 pm

i think this might satisfy my never ending sweet tooth!
Julia on December 3, 2011 at 9:42 pm

When I saw that first picture I hyperventilated a little bit. I think it’s because it looks AMAZING.
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notoula on December 23, 2011 at 2:57 am

Hello from Greece! I made yesterday your chocolate pudding!
It was fantastic!!!
- movita beaucoup on December 23, 2011 at 8:55 am
  
  Yay! Thanks for taking the time to stop by to let me know! I’m so glad you liked the pudding…
laila Alive on December 28, 2011 at 9:43 pm

Your post made me giggle. And drool. It was quite the scene.
iani on January 4, 2012 at 12:58 am

I’ve made this stuff about three times in the past two months. It is divine, everyone loves it! =D
- movita beaucoup on January 4, 2012 at 9:07 am
  
  Yay! Thanks for taking the time to let me know. Now I’m craving some…
Can't live without.... on January 24, 2012 at 11:39 am

wow…drool!!!! i have to make it now…or maybe when i get home from work!
movita beaucoup on October 29, 2014 at 8:07 am

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