gwpl's Tobi mod of table without table

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\begin{document}
\listoftables
\lipsum[1]

\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{cc} A & B \\ C & D \end{tabular}
\captionof{table}{Caption text}
\end{center}

\lipsum[2]
\end{document}