• 1 cup flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp salt
• ¾ cup sugar
• 2 tbsp cocoa powder
• 1 cup of walnuts (optional)
• 2 tbsp melted butter
• ½ cup milk
• butter for greasing ramekins or baking dish

For The Sauce

• 1½ cups boiling water
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 4 tbsp cocoa powder

Special Equipment

• cookie sheet
• 6 ramekins or 9 x 13" baking dish
• 4 oz. ladle

1. Preheat oven to 350º
2. To make the cake batter, mix flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, 2 tbsp cocoa powder. (If adding walnuts, add them at this point.) Add melted butter and milk. Stir to incorporate all ingredients. Batter will be thick
3. Portion out evenly into 6 buttered ramekins that have been placed on a cookie sheet
4. In the same mixing bowl used to make the batter, add boiling water, brown sugar, 4 tbsp of cocoa powder.  Mix well with a whisk and portion out over the cake batter in the ramekins (using a ladle helps)
5. Bake 15-20 minutes.  When cake is done it will feel sponge-like on top and a syrup will have formed in the bottom
6. Serve with whipped cream, ice cream or heavy cream