Viral Brownie Pudding Recipe

Ina Garten’s Brownie Pudding has rightfully gone viral for its unforgettably rich, fudgy, and gooey goodness! With only 15 minutes of prep time and minimal ingredients, this brownie pudding delivers a molten-like dessert that’s impressive yet easy enough for anyone to make!

The Viral Pudding Cake For Any Occasion!

One bite of this Viral Brownie Pudding will forever change the way you look at brownies. In the most delicious way possible! The slightly crunchy top pairs with the molten middle for a luxurious texture that’s pure magic yet SO easy to make!

Serve this gooey brownie warm with an oversized scoop of vanilla ice cream, and you’ll enter dessert dreamland. But what makes this so good? High-quality cocoa powder and baking the brownie pudding in a water bath.

I started by making this recipe exactly as Ina Garten’s Food Network version states, then improved it through three rounds of recipe testing. We take brownies very seriously around here, so we aimed for perfection and, after a few tweaks, landed on what, dare I say, could be even better than Ina Garten’s original recipe!

Ingredients For Ina Garten’s Brownie Pudding

• Hot Tap Water
• Unsalted Butter
• Large Eggs
• Granulated Sugar
• Vanilla Bean
• Coffee Extract
• Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
• All-Purpose Flour
• Fine Sea Salt
• Vanilla Ice Cream for serving

Brownie Pudding Substitutions & Variations

• Unsalted Butter – I tested this recipe with both salted and unsalted butter. I preferred using unsalted butter and then adding salt to have more control over the final flavor of the cake. You can use salted butter instead of unsalted; to do so, just then reduce the additional salt by 1/8 teaspoon.
• Framboise Liqueur – Some recipes call for this liqueur, bringing out the fruity flavors in the cocoa powder. This ingredient does give the overall pudding a different flavor. I opted not to use this and instead chose coffee extract.
• Vanilla Caviar – This ‘caviar’ is just the seeds scraped out of a vanilla bean. We tested this recipe with vanilla bean paste and fresh vanilla caviar and found that the caviar from the beans gave the cake a much better flavor. However, you can substitute the vanilla bean seeds with vanilla bean paste or vanilla extract, and the cake will still be delicious!
• Eggs – We tested this recipe using both 4 extra-large eggs and 5 large eggs. Both ways worked just fine, so if you already have large eggs on hand, use those!

How To Make Ina Garten’s Brownie Pudding Recipe

1. Preheat the oven, then grease a baking dish with butter. Then transfer it into a deep roasting pan.
2. Fill the roasting pan with hot tap water until it’s halfway up the sides of the buttered baking dish.
3. Melt unsalted butter in a pot, then remove it from the heat and let it cool.
4. Beat the large eggs and granulated sugar together until the mixture is thick and pale yellow.
5. Slice the vanilla bean in half and then scrape out the seeds (vanilla caviar). Mix the vanilla seeds and coffee extract into the egg and sugar mixture.
6. Mix unsweetened cocoa powder, all-purpose flour, and fine sea salt into the egg mixture until just combined.
7. Pour the melted butter into the bowl slowly while the mixer is running at low speed.
8. Scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl with a rubber spatula, then fold the batter to thoroughly combine.
9. Pour the brownie pudding batter into the buttered baking dish. Use the rubber spatula to smooth out the top.
10. Transfer the baking dish with the batter into the water bath and then into the oven to bake.
11. Allow the cake to rest before scooping it out and serving it with a heaping scoop of vanilla ice cream!

Tasty Ways To Serve & Enjoy Brownie Pudding

This Brownie Pudding is incredibly delicious as-is! But if you want to elevate it even further, here are some tasty (and easy!) ideas to try:

• A light sprinkle of powdered sugar.
• Topped with a heaping scoop of vanilla ice cream or coffee ice cream.
• Add a dollop of Homemade Whipped Cream.
• Sprinkle with chopped pecans or walnuts.
• Served with fresh fruit such as strawberries or raspberries.
• A drizzle of caramel or hot fudge.

Storage Instructions For Brownie Pudding

When a recipe is this good, it’s highly unlikely there will even be leftovers to store! But if you do, you can either tightly wrap the baking dish with aluminum foil or plastic wrap, or transfer left overs into an airtight container.

Then store the leftover brownie pudding in the fridge to enjoy for up to 3 days.

How To Reheat Brownie Pudding

This Viral Brownie Pudding can easily be reheated in individual servings in the microwave until it becomes soft and spoonable.

You can also reheat this baked pudding in the oven at a low heat. Just be careful not to over bake it and dry it out.

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