Instant Chocolate Pudding

Yet another stolen recipe. This time from betterwithcake.com. Apparently she fed this to someone who HATES avocados and they loved it so those avocados are easily disguised :) I changed this recipe to non-healthy. I'm not afraid of sugar :) She uses Stevia and Maple Syrup and I tried it that way but I wasn't thrilled.

Healthy Homemade Instant Chocolate Pudding
Makes approximately 2 cups of pudding

Ingredients:
2 avocados
2 Tablespoons of cocoa powder
1 cup sugar
2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
a pinch of salt

Directions:
1) Slice your avocado in half and remove the pit.

2) Scoop out the flesh and place into your blender/food processor Of you dont have a food processor or blender you could just use your stand/hand held mixer)

3) Blend/pulse/whisk until smooth

4) Add cocoa powder, sugar, vanilla, and salt and blend/pulse/whisk again until smooth, glossy and well combined.

5) Taste and add extra sugar accordingly.

Her pic :)

Note:
You can also spoon the mix into a Ziplock bag and snip off a corner to pipe into cute little cups which is what she did.

One Pan Chocolate Fudge Cake & Frosting

I don't know how I stumbled across this recipe on Pinterest or how out of all the dessert recipes I pin I picked this one to try but I'm so grateful I did! This is one of the best and easiest chocolate cake recipes ever! I'm posting this because if the link to Simply Sweet Home ever fails, I will have a copy of the recipe.

Fudge Cake (Taken from Simply Sweet Home)
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup cocoa
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
2 cups flour
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
3/4 cup vegetable oil
1 1/2 cups water
1 1/2 teaspoons vinegar

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In an ungreased 9 x 13 pan (yes--UN-greased!) sift all dry ingredients.

Add the liquids and stir just until blended.

Bake for 25 minutes.

Top with hot fudge or frost with your favorite frosting. Cake will be extremely moist so care must be taken that you don't tear up the top of the cake.

Pic stolen from Simply Sweet Home

Simple Vanilla Frosting (taken from Simply Scratch)

YIELD: 2 cups

INGREDIENTS:
4 cups Powdered Sugar
4 tablespoons Butter, softened
1 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract
4-6 tablespoons of Whole Milk

DIRECTIONS:
In your mixing bowl add the powdered sugar, butter and vanilla. Turn your mixer on medium low and slowly add your whole milk. Adding more milk if needed. Increase the speed to medium until fluffy.

*for special occasions tint the frosting with food color!