Chocolate Lava Cake

Chocolate Lava Cake

Ingredients:
wheat flour, white, all-purpose, unenriched
salt, table
leavening agents, baking powder, double-acting, sodium aluminum sulfate
sugars, granulated
cocoa, dry powder, unsweetened
cocoa, dry powder, unsweetened
butter, without salt
milk, fluid, 1% fat, without added vitamin a and vitamin d
sugars, brown
water, bottled, generic

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Blend flour, salt, baking powder, granulated sugar and two tablespoons cocoa powder in a mixing bowl.
Stir in melted shortening and milk.
Spread batter in a 9-inch-by-9-inch baking pan and sprinkle with brown sugar and 1/4 cup cocoa.
Pour hot water over all.
Bake 45 minutes.
During baking, chocolate sauce will settle to bottom and cake will rise to top.
To serve, invert cake onto plate or cut cake into squares and invert each square onto a small dessert place.
Spoon sauce over top.
Serve warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, if desired.