Hot Fudge Cake

I made this cake for Kevin's grandma's birthday last Sunday.  Kevin's mom called us on Saturday afternoon and asked us to bring a dish for a potluck for Ruth's birthday.  We were in the middle of cleaning and organizing for the big move and had plans to hang out with one of my co-workers that evening for her birthday. I was somewhat frazzled and had no idea what to bring! We have not been going grocery shopping much and just eating what we have here because when we move, the will not transport anything that has already been opened. So we have been eating a lot of pasta, chicken, bread, peanut butter etc....

Kevin reminded me of the crock pot cook book he had recieved from his Uncle Mike last year for Christmas.  He started digging through it and we came upon the recipe for Hot Fudge Cake.  We looked down the ingredient list and then through our cupboards and realized that we had all of the ingredients on hand and that we would not have to make a last minute trip to the grocery store! Pheww!

This dessert was a hit and it was so simple to make that I wanted to share it with everyone. 

1 3/4 cup brown sugar divided

1 cup flour

3 Tbsp, plus 1/4 cup, unsweetened cocoa divided

1 1/2 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. salt

1/2 cup milk

2 Tbsp. butter melted

1/2 tsp. vanilla

1 3/4 cups boiling water

1. In a mixing bowl, mix together 1 cup brown sugar,

 flour, 3 Tbsp. cocoa, baking powder, and salt

2. Stir in milk butter and vanilla

3. Pour into slow cooker sprayed with non-fat cooking spray.

4. In a separate bowl, mix together 3/4 cup brown sugar

and 1/4 cup cocoa. Sprinkle over batter in the slow cooker.

DO NOT STIR

5. Pour boiling water over mixture. DO NOT STIR

6. Cover. Cook on High 1 1/2-1 3/4 hours or until toothpick

inserted into cake comes out clean.

Serves 8

** We doubled the recipe (to serve 16) and cooked a little while longer,

keeping an eye on it and inserting a toothpick every once in a while. **

It turned out perfect.

It was delicious with vanilla icecream!!

I will definately be using this recipe more often! It was so easy, and delicious!  The best part for me was that it did not have any eggs in it so I could get up early on Sunday while Kevin and Lauren were still asleep and get it all made up. When we got to Kevin's grandma's I just added that powder mixture on top and the boiling water and let it cook while we ate dinner.  I hope you all enjoy!