Tuesday 2 June 2015

Chocolate Upside Down Cake


We don't usually do dessert, unless it's a special occasion, or we have guests for dinner.

So Chocolate Upside Down Cake on Sunday was a big deal.  The kids decided we needed cake after dinner, and I couldn't come up with a good reason why not.


This cake is messy business.  The cake layer bakes on top of a molten, chocolatey, pudding-like sauce.

It's a quick and easy cake to put together.  Waiting on the one hour bake time was the hardest part.  I think I last made this cake about 10 years ago, from a recipe card written out long ago by my teenaged self.


As with many things I make for this crew, I could have easily made twice the amount.  This cake lasted about 3 minutes.


Chocolate Upside Down Cake

Bottom layer:

3/4 cup granulated sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
2 tbsp cocoa
1 1/4 cups flour

1/2 cup milk
2 tbsp butter
1 tsp vanilla

Mix dry ingredients.  Add wet ingredients and combine.  Press into lightly greased 8x8 pan.  I used a 9" round cake pan.

Top layer:

1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 tbsp cocoa

Sift together and sprinkle evenly over bottom layer.

Just before baking, pour 2 cups boiling water over cake.  Bake at 350°F for one hour.  

Lining the bottom of your oven with foil is a good idea.  Things might get messy in there.

Serve warm.  Vanilla ice cream would go well with this!



Need more chocolate?

 





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60 comments:

  1. This cake would disappear in no time here as well!!

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  2. That looks delicious, am tempted to try it!

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  3. This recipe is too good to pass up...will try it.

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  4. Oh, that looks good. And I have every ingredient in my kitchen right now! That could be dangerous...

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  5. Yummy. This looks so delicious. It reminds me of a dessert my mom made (that was very delicious) when I was a kid...it may actually be the same/similar recipe. I'm going to pin this so I can find it again :)

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  6. I really wish I could say we don't do dessert here.. but I think we do every night. It's small, though. A piece of candy or cupcake or cookie.
    That cake?? Needs to happen to fancy up our dessert.

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  7. Looks so good! I love the combo of pineapple and chocolate, thanks for sharing!

    Alexis @ Chemistry Cachet

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  8. Yowza, that looks fabulous! Thanks for joining OMHG Wordless Wednesday!

    Shellie
    www.thefabjourney.com

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  9. The messier the chocolate, the better!! :) In LOVE with this cake!!

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  10. MMMMM, this looks kinda awesome!! May have to give this a try!

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  11. Sounds delicious! Pinned

    Linda

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  12. I see why this cake only lasted 3 minutes--it looks delicious!

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  13. I've never heard of a chocolate upside down cake, and I think I'm missing out! Thanks for stopping by and sharing this on Five Friday Finds!

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  14. Whoo this looks so yummy!!

    Thanks for stopping by the weekend blog hop

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  15. Ooh looks good - Thanks for linking up to Pin Worthy Wednesday, I have pinned your post to the Pin Worthy Wednesday Pinterest Board.

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  16. If your gonna do cake, you really should do cake. This fits the bill nicely. I bet your kids were very happy :-)

    Thanks for linking up to Marvelous Monday on Smart Party Planning.

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  17. Wow this cake looks amazing. Thanks for linking up to the Cooking & Crafting Link Up Party!

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  18. Oh that looks like it would ruin my weight loss, healthy eat plans in one bite! Thanks for linking up this week. I am pinning it to the Creative K board on Pinterest.

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  19. Chocolate upside down cake looks delicious thanks for sharing with Hearth and soul blog hop, pinning, tweeting and sharing in google plus.

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  20. My husband will love you for sharing this recipe Jenn! Thanks for linking it up to TALENTED TUESDAY link party! Hope you have a great week!

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  21. Looks delicious and thanks for sharing with us at #anythinggoes link up.

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  22. Oh my goodness, I must try this! I was so sorry to read about your neighbor. How sad!

    Thanks for stopping by my blog, and I want to know what you're reading for sumer!

    xo,
    RJ

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  23. Totally pinned this! It sounds so delicious! :)

    Thanks for joining Cooking and Crafting with J &J!

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  24. Drooling! Thank you so much for linking up with Thursday Favorite Things!

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  25. You've done it this week Jenn! How delicious does that look! It sounds very similar to something we have in Australia called a self saucing pudding but you know I'm going to have to try to compare! lol Thanks so much for linking up to Thriving on Thursdays. I'm featuring this one at tomorrow's party.

    Anne xx

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  26. This looks super yummy! Thanks for sharing at the #AnythingGoes Link Party!

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  27. What a yummy cake!! I need to try this! I meant to stop by sooner from last week's #FoodieFriDIY but the week got away from me! I'm sending some foodie love your way though right now!

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  28. Oh, yum, Jenn! Looks amazing! Thanks for linking up at Best of the Weekend!

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  29. I love chocolate, yummy! Thanks for sharing at Bloggers Brags this week! I'm pinning! :)

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  30. Anything made with chocolate is good:-) Thanks for linking up and sharing with us at Funtastic Friday. Hope you join us again this week.

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  31. This looks delicious! Thanks so much for sharing at Merry Monday, hope to see you again tomorrow night!

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  32. Wow! That looks incredible. I’m so impressed. Pinned and tweeted. We appreciate you stopping by to party with us. We hope to see you, tonight at 7 pm. Happy Monday! Lou Lou Girls

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  33. This looks delicious and could go for a slice right now!
    Pinned and thanks for sharing it at the Say G'day Party this week!

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  34. Good Evening Jenn, You can never have too much chocolate in my book.... I adore chocolate... and I love the gooey consistency of your upside down chocolate cake. I feel sure if I bake this cake, it will be gone in a blink of an eye because my husband and his brother would love it.
    Best Wishes
    Daphne

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  35. That looks amazing! I'd like some nice and warm with some ice cream please!

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  36. This messy business looks absolutely delicious!

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  37. This looks amazing! I have never made an upside down cake before so might give this a try! #foodpornthursday

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  38. My husband would be drooling over this cake! Anything warm, gooey and chocolaty is his thing! Definitely saving this one for later :) #foodpornthursday

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  39. Yummo! Thanks so much for sharing with us at #AnythingGoes. I'm having a cup of tea at the moment and a slice of your upside down cake would be perfect.

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  40. This looks properly sinful and delicious. The perfect thing for a sinday afternoin tea, im off to buy the ingredients now!!
    Thanks for lonking up, Tracey xx #abitofeverything

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  41. My mouth is watering, yummmmm! This looks delicious! Thanks for sharing on MMM! :-)
    Cathy

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  42. Looks so yummy :)

    Thanks for sharing at Creative Mondays

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  43. Yum. I love chocolate cake. I haven't made one in a long time. Maybe it's about time.

    Thanks for linking up to Turn it Up Tuesday.

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  44. Sound delicious Jen - Thanks for linking up to Pin Worthy Wednesday, I have pinned your post to the Pin Worthy Wednesday Pinterest Board.

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  45. This looks great!!! Thank you for linking up to Creative K Kids' Tasty Tuesdays Linky Party. I have pinned your recipe to our Tasty Tuesday's Pinterest Board

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  46. My chocolate loving wife might be craving this cake. Thanks for sharing with us at #Throwback Thursday. Hope to see you again this week.

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  47. Yum! I'm sure I would've eaten it in 3 minutes too :) Thanks for linking up with us at The Wednesday Showcase. Hope to see you again Tuesday.

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  48. We will love your Chocolate Upside Down Cake. Thanks so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday and hope you have a great week.
    Come Back Soon!
    Miz Helen

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  49. That looks amazing!! Pinned it to try soon. Thank you for sharing with us at the #HomeMattersParty

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  50. Looks delicious and reminds me of a cake my grandma always use to make. I'll have to try your version! Thanks for linking up to the Country Fair Blog Party!

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  51. I love the look of this. Messy means YUMMIER!!

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  52. That cake looks amazing! Thanks so much for sharing your recipe at #sundaysdownunder. I've pinned & shared your post.
    Best wishes from Down Under,
    Natasha in Oz

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  53. This looks delicious! It's so fun to be that dessert-for-dinner mom every once in a while :)

    I'm a few days late, but thanks for linking up with The Alder Collective at last week's party! Your post has been pinned to our board. We're live again, so we hope you'll be joining us again this week!

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  54. Oh yummy!!! You had me at chocolate. I love having hand written recipes from myself & others, reading them brings back so many memories! Thank you so much for having linked up with us at #foodpornthursdays every week! I always look forward to your new recipes! x

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  55. I love this crazy cake! I also love that your teenaged self was writing recipes on index cards. Mine was shopping at Benneton. So much wasted time! Thanks for linking up to #SaucySaturdays.

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  56. This sounds delicious. No wonder it disappeared quickly! Thanks for sharing at Snickerdoodle Sunday.

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  57. Congratulations!
    Your recipe was a Top Ten on Full Plate Thursday! Hope you enjoy your new Red Plate and have a great day.
    Miz Helen

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  58. One word - YUM!! That sounds so lovely and looks delicious, definitely one to bookmark and try out, thank you! #PoCoLo

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    1. Thanks Laura! I'm so glad you stopped by.... I hope you try it!

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