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Upside Down Chocolate Pudding (recipe)

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It was coming down to the wire for Sugar High Friday #27. The theme was chocolate and I still had no clue what I was going to make. Everything that I could think of required a trip to the supermarket which I wasn’t willing to do. Especially since I had already used my supermarket budget for this week. What could I make with ingredients that I already had on hand? I decided to turn to my copy of The Good Home Cookbook: More Than 1000 Classic American Recipes for the second time in the past 5 days. This book is already turning into a trusty sidekick, a very good sign!

As I flipped through the index I saw recipes for chocolate cookies, cake (there was a promising one-bowl recipe in particular, but it called for more mayo than I have on hand), and mousse… and then I saw it … a recipe for Upside Down Chocolate Pudding. I have seen recipes for molten chocolate puddings and cupcakes before. The descriptions and photos always intrigued me but I had never made one. Looking through the ingredient list I saw that I had everything on hand that I needed. This was gonna be my entry. This was it!

At first I pulled out my generic Canadian baking chocolate, but I thought, no this recipe was special enough to dip into my Trinidadian trinitario chocolate stash.

I don’t know why I don’t use my local Trinitario chocolate more. It’s cheaper and repeated accounts state that it is among the best (if not the best) cocoa in the world. It is also infinitely cheaper than the imported brands that line the shelves. Maybe it is because it seems so special and smells so heavenly and decadent that I feel I should squirrel it away? After the results of this recipe though I realize that there is no reason to let this extremely affordable gem go to waste away anymore!

All in all I think that this is a great recipe for entertaining on short notice (or on a budget), as well as for those who consider themselves ‘baking challenged’. The recipe was a cinch to put together and seems to be practically foolproof in nature with results that are so decadent and beautiful that no one has to be any the wiser The pudding had a thin biscuit crust that covered a cake like fluffy layer that gradually got denser as it reached the thick creamy fudge like frosting on the bottom… YUM!

Upside-Down Chocolate Pudding
(from a recipe in The Good Home Cookbook: More Than 1000 Classic American Recipes)

INGREDIENTS:

1 ounce (1 square) baking chocolate
2 tablespoons butter
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 to 2/3 cup coarsely chopped nuts (I replaced these with chocolate chips!)
1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa powder (preferable Dutch processed)
1 cup cold water

METHOD:

1. Preheat the oven to 350F.
2. Grease an 8-inch square baking dish
3. Melt the chocolate and butter in a small saucepan over low heat

4. Meanwhile, stir together the flour, 3/4 cup of sugar, the baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl.
5. Stir in the milk and vanilla extract, then add the chocolate mixture and beat until smooth.
6. Stir in the nuts and pour the batter into the prepared baking dish

7. In a small bowl, stir together the remaining 3/4 cup sugar, the brown sugar, and cocoa powder until smooth.

8. Sprinkle evenly over the pudding batter
9. Pour the water evenly over all

10. Bake for 40 to 50 minutes, until the top layer appears set
11. Serve warm

Serves 6

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73134 Comments2007-01-23+07%3A48%3A54Sarina »

Lilandra said:

1) Where mine???
2) I love chocolate
3) I love that chocolate
4) Is the chocolate tea the same trinitario chocolate?

# 23 January 2007 at 4:07 am | link

Sarina said:

i believe it is (trinitario) since that is supposedly the variety grown here it’s good !!!

i have two serving spoons of pudding left NYAM!

# 23 January 2007 at 4:19 am | link

Lilandra said:

and none for me???
i know it’s good
*sigh*

i don’t like richmond valley :-p
i used to like roma but i got a bad batch once…i should try it again

# 23 January 2007 at 4:33 am | link

Sarina said:

richmond valley is love never had roma? yuh breakin’ up meh threadz man *licks spoon*

# 23 January 2007 at 4:37 am | link

veron said:

Great entry for SHF,Sarina. I love the gooeiness of chocolate pudding. Something so warm about it especially since its freezing here in Virginia

# 23 January 2007 at 9:04 am | link

lime said:

oooooh, i long ago ran our of richmond valley and i am DYING for some. you are right, it makes everything taste so much better. is there a way to order it somehow and get it here in the USA aside from asking friends to carry if for me?

# 23 January 2007 at 9:21 am | link

Sarina said:

hey lime so glad you agree that richmond valley is love don’t take on lilandra hehehe i just checked Trinifood.com but they didn’t have any… if you want to order some through me that is no problem I can check out the prices.
I’m already shipping cookbooks, i can throw in a cocoa tin or two lol

# 23 January 2007 at 9:50 am | link

Sarina said:

it’s cold in virginia? such a pretty state thanks for liking the entry I love the gooiness too I am now a chocolate pudding devotee!

# 23 January 2007 at 9:53 am | link

Brilynn said:

I have this book, so I’m definitely going to make it!

At first I wasn’t so sure about The Good Home Cookbook, but the more I’ve made from it, the more I like it. I’ve made the Whole Wheat Bread quite a few times and it’s really good.

# 23 January 2007 at 12:19 pm | link

Sarina said:

awesome !! I really like it so far as well I’ve been wary of cookbooks in the past that are based around the ‘classic americana’ theme (no offense!) but this one is really good! nice seeing your name round these parts again btw

# 23 January 2007 at 12:28 pm | link

Marsha said:

I remember the richmond valley cocoa song! But I have to agree about it not being my fav type of cocoa.
Have you ever tried Godiva cocoa powder? Its so chocolatey and truffley!

# 23 January 2007 at 1:07 pm | link

Marsha said:

Nikki is it a pain in the neck dealing with TT post? you seem to be doing fine with it but my sis and them seem to have problems sometimes sending me things and vice versa

# 23 January 2007 at 1:10 pm | link

Sarina said:

no never tried godiva cocoa but i like godiva over all…
richmond valley haters are gonna be reported to the US embassy… i wouldn’t be taking any flights in the near future if i were either of you

# 23 January 2007 at 1:10 pm | link

Sarina said:

what kinds of problems? stuff not arriving? or just taking slow? i haven’t had any probs to date… what kind of stuff have they been sending?

# 23 January 2007 at 1:12 pm | link

Marsha said:

Well they were trying to send me makeup..because they dont have my matte aubergine lipstick here LOL…plus other silly things…and I was trying to send. All and sundry things like snacks or bath and body works stuff…sometimes they wont get it..and if they did they had to pay a lot of money to receive it! Even though I make sure to pay whatever fees on my end so they wont have to pay anything!

# 23 January 2007 at 1:17 pm | link

Sarina said:

how are you able to prepay the fees.. the fees are usually determined when they reach here… it’s usually 30% of the retail price… they will set a price if you don’t include an invoice… sometimes it’s more than 30% … the only things that are not charged are books and computer supplies/computers … i just paid $200 for a box of pressies from my friend Lynn …

sometimes they will tief the stuff if you are sending it in… that’s why i have a skybox … http://www.caribbeanexpress.com … but shipping out they don’t really tief…

# 23 January 2007 at 1:20 pm | link

Marsha said:

I asked them on this end if there was something I can do to avoid hem having to pay down there. I paid some thing and they added the receipt thing to the box etc…but sis and them had to pay still…oh well…whatever…
is better when sis comes to visit and she gets what she wants…

# 23 January 2007 at 1:36 pm | link

Sarina said:

nah dread, you know trinis… they done steups at that piece of paper…

# 23 January 2007 at 2:27 pm | link

burekaboy said:

yummolicious, sarina even if i’m not the world’s biggest chocolate fiend.

i love seeing ingredients from other parts of the world. also, don’t know that cookbook. what would you give it out of 10?

# 23 January 2007 at 3:00 pm | link

Rachel said:

Yum! That is just mean to post something looking so good that we all can’t eat. We’d actually have to make our own.

# 23 January 2007 at 6:31 pm | link

Sarina said:

but it’s soooo easy give it a try

# 23 January 2007 at 7:22 pm | link

Sarina said:

it is so yumm i wouldn’t say i’m a chocaholic but this really hit the spot and it’s not overly sweet either

right now i’m giving this cookbook an 8 … if the savories are as yum as the sweet stuff i’ve tried i’ll give it a 9.5 cos it’s just so accessible and straightforward so we’ll wait and see i’ll do a proper writeup/review once i’ve explored and tested it some more

i love seeing foreign ingredients too
like fresh yeast!!!

# 23 January 2007 at 7:25 pm | link

Lilandra said:

i does forget abt threads
see
the comment box already open
so i forget to click the reply to make it follow the post

*sigh*
maybe it’s good thing i dont have them on my site
but…
i love them on LJ

richmond
blah! :-p

richmond is jamaican, ent?

# 24 January 2007 at 12:32 am | link

Sarina said:

hehehe

i’m tuluum on LJ

richmond is jamaican

# 24 January 2007 at 12:53 am | link

Lilandra said:

you have a LJ too?
well
okay
i will go add you

jamaican cocoa
HMPH

# 24 January 2007 at 2:12 am | link

Sarina said:

# 24 January 2007 at 7:11 am | link

Honey said:

Woo! That looks good, and not too tough to make. I think I’ll take that to the next potluck I attend.

# 25 January 2007 at 10:54 pm | link

Sarina said:

DEFINITELY let me know how it turns out

# 25 January 2007 at 11:11 pm | link

Chennette said:

Anything with home chocolate must be good all those flavours plus real cocoa…mmmm…looks reall good, that pudding!

# 27 January 2007 at 1:53 pm | link

Sarina said:

was real good! give it a whirl yuh back online or you sneaking a lil something ?

# 27 January 2007 at 2:09 pm | link

Ian said:

Hey! I love the recipe… I modified it slightly, but it turned out very good. I mixed in about 1/3 cup of dark chocolate pieces, 1/3 cup slivered almonds and 1/3 cup of smashed hard toffee from my almond roca recipe. I served it with a tart rasberry sauce.

Thanks a million.

Ian

# 11 September 2007 at 2:32 pm | link

lindsay said:

I am wondering if it matters whether I use a metal or glass baking dish. I would like to use my glass one for this….do you think it would be just as fine?

# 10 March 2008 at 10:33 pm | link

Sebastian said:

WOW this looks amazing. you arent joking around I see. I am looking into buying Trinitario chocolate… I like the chocolate from valrhona which uses trinidad chocolate in it. its really good, and yes trini chocolate is very highly regarded.

# 20 May 2008 at 10:55 pm | link

The Duo Dishes said:

UM! You’re kidding?!?! That looks too good to be true. And yet is is. Because it’s right there! Wowzas.

The Duo Dishes’s last blog post..This Is When You Know It’s Worth It

# 17 March 2009 at 7:31 pm | link

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