Rich Hot Fudge Pudding Cake

Name: Rich Hot Fudge Pudding Cake
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons, instant coffee; 1 1/2 cups, water; 2/3 cup, Dutch-processed cocoa powder (2 1/2 ounces); 1/3 cup, brown sugar (packed, 1 3/4 ounces); 1 cup, granulated sugar (7 ounces); 6 tablespoons, unsalted butter; 2 ounces, semisweet chocolate or bittersweet chocolate, chopped; 3/4 cup, unbleached all-purpose flour (3 3/4 ounces); 2 teaspoons, baking powder; 1 tablespoon, vanilla extract; 1/3 cup, whole milk; 1/4 teaspoon, table salt; 1 , large egg yolk

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated May/June 2002, America's Test Kitchen TV

Desserts or Baked Goods

Chocolate

Cakes

Here's how to make a homey, no-fuss chocolate cake with hot fudge sauce—baked together in one dish.

SERVES8

TIME1¼ hours, plus 25 minutes cooling

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

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