Dessert: Cherry Chocolate Pudding Cake

Pancake mix, cocoa and cherry pie filling transform into a delicious dessert with the flavors of the famous Black Forest cake.

Ingredients

1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa
2 cups hot water
2 cups Hungry Jack® Complete Pancake & Waffle Mix (Just Add Water)
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
1/4 cup oil
1 to 2 teaspoons almond extract
2 eggs
1 (21-oz.) can cherry pie filling

Instructions

Heat oven to 350 °F. In ungreased 13x9-inch pan, combine brown sugar, 1/3 cup cocoa and hot water; stir until sugar is dissolved.
In large bowl, combine pancake mix, sugar and 1/4 cup cocoa. Stir in oil, almond extract, eggs and pie filling; mix just until dry ingredients are moistened. Spoon batter over sauce mixture in pan.
Bake at 350 °F. for 35 to 45 minutes or until top springs back when touched lightly in center. Serve warm with ice cream or whipped cream, if desired.

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