Viral Puddle Cake
Super chocolatey eggless cake with homemade chocolate sauce
A super chocolatey, bread-like sponge soaked in freshly homemade chocolate sauce with a light, buttery taste and melt-in-your-mouth finish.
Equipment
Ingredients
Cake Batter
all-purpose flour (sifted)
250 g
cocoa powder (unsweetened)
50 g
granulated sugar
180 g
baking powder
10 g
baking soda
5 g
whole milk (room temperature)
240 ml
sunflower oil
60 ml
vanilla extract
5 ml
Chocolate Sauce
cocoa powder (unsweetened)
30 g
granulated sugar
60 g
whole milk
120 ml
butter (unsalted)
30 g
vanilla extract
2 ml
Instructions
Preheat oven
Preheat the oven to 175°C and prepare the baking pan
Mix dry ingredients
In a large bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa powder, sugar, baking powder, and baking soda
Add wet ingredients
Add milk, sunflower oil, and vanilla extract to the dry ingredients and mix until smooth
Bake the cake
Pour batter into prepared pan and bake until a toothpick comes out clean
Prepare chocolate sauce
While cake bakes, combine all sauce ingredients in a small saucepan over medium heat
Cool the cake
Remove cake from oven and let cool for 5 minutes in the pan
Soak with chocolate sauce
Poke holes in warm cake with a skewer and pour warm chocolate sauce over, letting it soak in
Original recipe
Storage
Store sauce separately if making ahead. Cake stays moist for days due to chocolate sauce soak.
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