Chocolate Orange Pudding Cake
Chocolate Orange Pudding Cake is delicious and so simple to mix together, making it an easy weeknight dessert. The flavour combination of orange and chocolate is a match made in heaven. It'll remind you of Terry’s Chocolate Oranges. You can’t beat that!
Servings: 6
Calories: 252kcal
Ingredients
Cake Portion
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup sugar
- 3 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tsp espresso powder optional
- 2 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ cup milk
- 2 tbsp butter melted
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
Chocolate Sauce
- ½ cup brown sugar lightly packed
- 3 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 tbsp orange zest
- ½ cup orange juice
- 1 cup hot water
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Fill the kettle with at least 2 cups of water and turn it on now so your water is boiled when you need it. Butter an 8 x 11 casserole style, oven safe dish.
- Directly in the casserole dish, stir together flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, espresso powder, salt and stir together thoroughly.1 cup all-purpose flour, ½ cup sugar, 3 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder, 1 teaspoon espresso powder, 2 teaspoon baking powder, ½ teaspoon salt
- Pour 2 tablespoon of melted butter, milk and vanilla extract over the dry ingredients and stir well. This will make a thick, paste-like batter.½ cup milk, 2 tablespoon butter, 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- In a separate small bowl or pyrex measuring cup, mix together the brown sugar, cocoa powder, orange zest, orange juice and boiling water. Stir until all the sugar dissolves. Pour this hot mixture over the dough in the casserole dish. Do not stir at all!½ cup brown sugar, 3 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder, 2 tablespoon orange zest, ½ cup orange juice, 1 cup hot water
- Place the dish immediately in the oven and bake for 25-30 minutes. Sprinkle on some icing sugar for a pretty finish.
- Serve immediately with a dollop of whipped cream sweetened with maple syrup or vanilla ice cream. Enjoy!
Notes
- Use Fresh Juice: Fresh orange zest and juice provide the best flavor.
- For best results, serve this dessert immediately.
- When using the zest of an orange or lemon for a recipe, I recommend choosing organic produce.
- Butter the baking dish before stirring the dry ingredients in.
- This is a great week night dessert option. You can put the pudding cake in the oven just as you sit down to eat dinner with your family and the dessert with be perfectly baked and ready to serve hot as soon as you're done your first course.
- Add a Touch of Liqueur (Optional) For a grown-up twist, replace 1-2 tablespoons of orange juice with 1-2 tablespoons of orange liqueur (like Grand Marnier or Cointreau) to the sauce mixture.
Nutrition
Calories: 252kcal