This is another family favorite from the good ladies of St. John’s Guild in West Bend Wisconsin.  This is a gooey rich baked pudding cake which makes its own chocolatey sauce.   We ate this warm with vanilla ice cream.

Step 1.  Sift these ingredients into a Pyrex baking dish (at least 2 quarts).

1 cup flour

1/4 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons cocoa

2 teaspoons baking powder

To the dry ingredients add

1/2 cup milk

2 tablespoons melted butter or margarine 

1 cup nuts (walnuts)

Stir until blended into a brownie like batter.

Next mix the following ingredients in another small bowl.

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup white sugar

1/4 cup cocoa

Sprinkle this over the batter.

Add 1 teaspoon vanilla to 1 3/4 cups boiling water and pour over the mixtures.  Bake in a 350 degree oven for 40-45 minutes. 

The cake floats above a pool of sauce.  Serve a scoop of cake with some of the sauce.

Original much used recipe