I decided to kick off the week with a short, simple post. Welcome back work week…
This lady is my wonderful Grandma who is about to be 90!! Guess where we are taking her to celebrate? That's right, no better place to ring in your 90th year than LAS VEGAS!! (I kid you not!)
This is my little Boo baby. He was sick yesterday and so we lounged around together. He was sleepy...
Chocolate and Peanut Butter: There is no better combination! I let this cake sit in the crock pot for 2 1/2 hours last night and the result? Warm, gooey, peanut buttery fudge cake. I bet you are jealous...
Chocolate Peanut Butter Pudding Cake from Not Your Mother’s Slow Cooker Cookbook
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 2 T unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- pinch of salt
- 1/2 cup milk (they suggest WHOLE but I used 1%)
- 2 T canola, walnut, or peanut oil
- 1 T vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup smooth or chunky peanut butter (I used natural)
- 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips or chunks
Topping:
- 3 T unsweetened cocoa powder
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 cup boiling water
Directions:
Spray slow cooker with cooker spray.
In a medium bowl, combine flour, cocoa, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Whisk together and make a well in the center. Add milk, oil, and vanilla, stirring together until well blended. The batter will be smooth but thick. Stir in the peanut butter, heat in microwave if hard from refrigerator. The batter will be thick. Stir in chocolate chunks. Spread evenly into bottom of slow cooker.
For the topping: combine cocoa and sugar in a separate bowl, pour boiling water on top and whisk until smooth. Will be watery but the sugars will be dissolved. Gentley pour over the batter in the cooker. Do not stir. Cover and cook on HIGH until puffed and top layer is set, ~2 1/2 hours. Turn off cooker and let sit for 30 minutes before serving.
When serving, cut out slices from the cake and drizzle the fudge sauce from the bottom over the top. This is the best part!! You may feel enticed to lick the spoon…DO IT!
This dish is fantastic for potlucks! Serve with vanilla ice cream if desired. I preferred it without!
QUESTION: What is the BEST thing you ate this weekend?
ME?? Spinach Artichoke Dip from The French Laundry in Fenton, MI. Hands down, best EVER!
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That cake looks unbelievably delicious! I cannot wait to try it – I love slow cooker recipes, but haven’t yet made a dessert in there! Yum!! And so sweet that you took Grandma to Vegas!!
You’re taking your grandma to Vegas?? Hahaha.. that’s perfect! Whose idea was it?
The best thing I ate this weekend was probably my pb + chocolate oatmeal. Or the frozen grapes I had. I love both too much to choose.
if i had that pudding cake, there is no way i’d be able to share… yum!
Oh my goodness, how FUN that you’re going to Vegas with your 90-year-old grandmother! I can’t wait to hear all about it!
I had no idea you could make a cake in a Crock Pot! Wow…looks delicious! Thanks for the recipe!
My nonna (the one who just turned 87) LOVES Las Vegas! She was pretty excited to go last year when my sister got married there (because it had been a while since she had been).
She gets really excited about going to the casino in town too (Caesars Windsor). She loves playing the video poker machines. She can sit there for hours and just play with $20.
Sara Lee made a mint brownie in a crock pot, but I think I would be more up for the PB version. Holy creaminess! MMMM
Best thing I ate this past weekend was so not healthy or original but I had been craving it for awhile. Fried chicken and biscuits. The biscuits actually being the best part. Making pumpkin and chocolate chip muffins for Halloween this weekend.
Have fun with your grandmother and good luck!
you guys are gonna have such a great time in vegas!!!
the best thing i ate this weekend was sushi at only THE BEST Japanese restaurant in town!
Your grandma is AWESOME for letting you guys take her to Vegas!! What a women!
So, your recipe sounds fabulous, especially now that I am CRAVING chocolate. The best thing I ate this weekend was an entire package of Reece’s PB cups. I ate them on Sunday, the day before I started my elimination diet. I knew I had to go an entire week without PB and chocolate, so I took advantage. They were AMAZING
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Happy birthday to your grandma!
Have a wonderful time with your nana! That’s such a fun trip <3
That cake… brb, I just need to go buy a slow cooker
The best thing I ate this weekend was probably the tomato/potato bake my mama made for me when I came home to visit. Yum.
That chocolate peanut butter pudding cake looks absolutely amazing!! I haven’t seen a better reason to get a crock pot until now.
Happy birthday to your Grandma! I think it’s awesome that you’re taking her to Vegas to celebrate. I can only hope I still have that much life and spark in me when I”m that age. Have a great time!
You love three seriously awesome things. I love that you are taking your grandma to Vegas for her 90th birthday! And the look of this cake…seriously mouth watering. Hope your week is off to a good start!
You and your grandmother are both beautiful, inspiring women! Almost 90! Wow. I hope you two have an amazing time together in Vegas…how much fun. Family is so important. And so is good food! Thank you for sharing these pictures and this recipe. It was a wonderful way to start off my week!
I love that you’re taking your Grandma to Vegas!! That is SO awesome!!
Best thing I ate this weekend? Borscht!
Wow! That dessert looks amazing. Yum.
The best thing I ate this weekend were pancakes that my husband made, complete with butter and maple syrup.
Happy Birthday to your grandmother
That cake looks delicious. I absolutely love my slow cooker!!
Wait a sec. You mean to tell me you can cook dessert in a freakin’ slow cooker? Where have I been?! I think I need to make up for lost time and double that recipe.
The best thing I ate were gourmet empanadas at a small empanada restaurant and the chicken tamale casserole you posted!
This is such a crazy coincidence–Hot Fudge Pudding Cake was one of my favorite childhood desserts growing up (my mom’s version doesn’t have peanut butter in it–but I’m sure that could only make it better!). Last week we were talking about recipes we missed, and I mentioned that one. She made it yesterday for our weekly Sunday family lunch! It was super tasty of course!
The hot fudge pudding cake probably ties with the Apple panini I had on Saturday for the best food of the weekend
There’s something so warm and fuzzy about when bloggers pose with their grandma’s. Happy Vegas birthday!!! And ya, I’m dying over this pudding cake. I wants.
That recipe looks awesome -dare I say healthy?….until you get to the topping
. I need to make more of these glaze toppings -yum O! 
I have “Not your mothers slow cooker cookbook” but I guess i missed that recipe….O M G…gotta make it now!
Your grandmother is adorable..that is so awesome you are hitting up Vegas for her birthday, how cool!!!!
I love your lil Boo….SO CUTE!
I don’t even like peanut butter but that cake is mouthwatering. Best thing I ate = homemade sushi.
I can’t believe you are taking your grandmother to Las Vegas! That is soo awesome! And yes I am jealous of that cake. Holy Cow that looks awesome. I wish I could have some right now. The best thing I ate this weekend, was pumpkin ravioli in a mascarpone cheese sauce….mmmmm oh and pumpkin bars
)) I am loving pumpkin right now!