Chocolate Upside Down Cake Dutch Oven Recipe

Ingredients:

3 Tbsp butter (or margarine) or oil
1 cup flour
3/4 cup sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
5 tsp dry cocoa powder
1/2 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
1 cup water
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup dry cocoa powder

Instructions:

Warm dutch oven over coals.
Melt 3 Tbsp butter in dutch oven and swirl around to cover sides.

In zip-loc, mix the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and cocoa. (Could do this beforehand)

Add milk and vanilla to zip-loc. Pour in melted butter from dutch oven. (Just take what pours out, leaving the oven well-coated.)
Add nuts and kjnead well to make a batter.

Pour batter into dutch oven, squeezing it all out of the zip-loc.
Mix sugar, brown sugar, cocoa, and water in the zip-loc.
Pour over batter.

Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes.

When done, remove from heat and remove lid for about 5-10 minutes to cool.
When serving, flip the piece upside down so chocolate sauce is on top.

Serves 6 to 8.

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All recipes use a 12-inch dutch oven, unless specified.
If you have a 10-inch dutch oven, use about 2/3 to 3/4 of the ingredient amounts but keep the temperature and time about the same.
If you have an 8-inch dutch oven, use about 1/2 of the ingredient amounts but keep the temperature and time about the same.
If no temperature is listed, use 350 degrees.
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Comments:

Dec 15, 2019 - Bill Sanderson

Do you flip the Dutch oven when serving like a Pineapple Upside Down cake, or just flip the piece?

Dec 15, 2019 - Dutch Oven Dude

@Bill - Yes, when it is cooked, the top will be like cake, but the cocoa, sugar, and water will work down to the bottom and remain fluid.
When you scoop some out, if you flip the piece the saucy part will wind up on top. But, it does tend to be a bit messy.

Jan 13, 2020 - Bill Sanderson

I made this for the Scouts tonight. It's like an island of chocolate cake floating in a chocolate sea. No complaints and I had some scouts offering to lick the Dutch oven clean. I declined their offer.

Jan 13, 2020 - Bill Sanderson

I see I forgot to let it cool. Wonder what a difference it would have made.

Jan 14, 2020 - Dutch Oven Dude

@Bill - Letting it cool would help a little since some moisture would steam off, but not much. It's supposed to be 'saucy' on the bottom, but 'floating' sounds like you might reduce the amount of water a little next time. Or, letting it cook a little longer might help some.

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