Almond Chocolate Pudding Cake

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• nonstick cooking spray
• 1 1/3 cups sugar
• 1 cup unsifted flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
• 1/4 cup oil
• 1/2 cup low-fat milk
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 cup boiling water

Recipe

• 1 position rack in center of oven and preheat to 350 degrees.
• 2 coat an 8x8 baking pan with cooking spray.
• 3 in a large bowl, combine 2/3 cups of the sugar, all the flour, salt, and baking powder.
• 4 stir well to blend.
• 5 whisk in the oil, milk, and both extracts.
• 6 batter will be stiff.
• 7 scrape batter into oiled pan and smooth on top.
• 8 in a small bowl, stir together the cocoa and remaining 2/3 cup sugar.
• 9 sprinkle this over the batter.
• 10 pour the boiling water over the batter, do not stir!
• 11 bake 25 to 35 minutes, or until top of cake looks crisp and crackled.
• 12 cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes.
• 13 serve warm.