Warm Chocolate Melting Cake (Courtney’s Other True Love)
It was Courtney’s birthday on Saturday, and I decided I wasn’t going to ask him what he wanted for dessert this year. I knew what he’d say: cookie cake! And frankly, after four years of shoving store-bought cookie dough in a pan and baking it, I was looking for something a bit more complex.
I know what his favorite dessert actually is. It all started with a cruise we went on several years ago for our friends’ wedding. While Eddie and Amanda were celebrating their love, Courtney was celebrating his love for warm chocolate melting cake, which he had an unlimited supply of every night at dinner. If we could have stayed on the boat, there’s actually a chance that Courtney might have gained some weight.
Anyways, I knew he wouldn’t think to ask for it, so I went ahead and found a recipe for warm chocolate melting cake. The photos are not even close to blogworthy. They were taken with a sticky iPhone after at least five beers. Not to mention that the cake was so ooey gooey almost-raw delicious that it wouldn’t come out of the pan. In fact it kind of looks like someone tried to eat it with their face. However, the recipe is worth sharing. Ridiculously simple, and really quite delicious.
Warm Chocolate Melting Cake
From Top with Cinnamon
- 10 tbsp butter
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 1 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 1 cup flour
- 3 eggs
- Powdered sugar, to top
Preheat you oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 6″ to 8″ cake pan, it needs to be quite deep. In a medium sauce pan, melt the butter. Stir in the rest of the ingredients. Pour into the grease cake pan, and bake for 30-45 minutes (should be 30-35 minutes for an 8″ pan, 35-40 for a 7″ pan or 40-45 for a 6″ pan; err on the lower end, you do not want to overcook!). Dust with powdered sugar and serve warm!
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[…] As I lamented last year, if you ask Courtney what kind of cake he wants for his birthday, he’s always going to say “cookie cake.” I’ve made him cookie cake for years. At first I didn’t mind. I wasn’t much of a baker, and all I had to do was shove some store-bought cookie dough into a pan and bake it. But as my culinary skills improved, that started to get boring. I tried to make them interesting. His first year at Virginia Tech, I cut the pieces into “VT.” Another year during our nearly four-year long distance relationship, we couldn’t be together on his birthday… so I shipped him a homemade cookie cake. Well, this year when he asked for yet another cookie cake, I had to put my foot down and demand a greater challenge. And he gave me one: cookie ice cream cake. […]