Crock-pot Chocolate Cake

Hot Fudge Cake (from tasteofhome - 4 stars)
8 servings
Prep: 20 min
Cook: 4 hours

Ingredients
1-3/4 cups packed brown sugar, divided
1 cup all-purpose flour
6 tablespoons baking cocoa, divided
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup milk
2 tablespoons butter, melted
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1-1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
1-3/4 cups boiling water
Vanilla ice cream (optional but you'll want it, this is a rich cake!)

Directions
-In a small bowl, combine 1 cup brown sugar, flour, 3 tablespoons cocoa, baking powder and salt. In another bowl, combine milk, butter and vanilla; stir into dry ingredients just until combined. Spread evenly into a 3-qt slow cooker coated with cooking spray. Sprinkle with chocolate chips.
-In another small bowl, combine the remaining brown sugar and cocoa; stir in boiling water. Pour over batter (do not stir). Cover and cook on high for 4 to 4-1/2 hours or until a toothpick inserted near the center of the cake comes out clean. Serve warm with ice cream.

This picture is so you can know the approx size to use when cutting the recipe in half (the only way we've ever actually made it. Four servings is just right for our family of 3... especially since only 2 of us eat it :P)

Baby G enjoying one of his momma's favorite treats - peanut butter with chocolate chips. I had no idea he liked semi-sweet (or chocolate chips in general) so much until we made this cake together. The boy went to town eating them right out of the big bag while I mixed things together. He loved getting to dump them into the crock-pot too. He is such a good little helper. Anyway, pb and cocoa really is one of my favorite treats. I made it for myself all the time from elementary school on. Giving my little boy some protein on a stick made me feel slightly better too. I was worried he was going to have a tummy ache from so much chocolate.

Cutting the recipe in half: 

1/2 cup + 6 tablespoons, packed brown sugar, divided (aka 1/4C + 3 T in each bowl)

1/2 cup all-purpose flour

3 tablespoons baking cocoa, divided (aka 1 -1/2 tsp cocoa in each bowl)

1 teaspoons baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/4 cup milk

1 tablespoons butter, melted

1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

3/4 cups semisweet chocolate chips

1/2 cup + 6 tablespoons cups boiling water

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FYI
Nutrition Facts (as posted on tasteofhome): 1 serving equals 435 calories  13 g fat (8 g saturated fat), 10 mg cholesterol, 306 mg sodium, 82 g carbohydrate, 3 g fiber, 4 g protein