The cake is a lie

[Elizabeth Conté]

This was a triumph. I'm making a note here, big success.

[quote]This was a triumph. I'm making a note here, big success.[/quote]

[Drawde D’Rinax]

Portal fans eh?

[Elizabeth Conté]

[Steve Sharp]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6ljFaKRTrI

[Tanner Willeg]

Things you need:
Mixing bowl, small bowl, fork or spoon, measuring cups and spoons, small pot, spatula, standard casserole dish (or 11×8" baking dish)

3/4c butter (1 and 1/2 sticks)
1c flour
1/2c chocolate chips, or chopped chocolate
3/4c brown sugar
1c granulated sugar
7TBs cocoa powder
1/2c milk
2tsp vanilla extract
1 and 1/2c water


Preheat oven to 350F.
Place butter in baking dish, place dish in oven.
(You're just melting the butter, so it'll take approx 10 minutes as oven is heating up.)

Measure 1 and 1/2c water, put in pot to boil. (You can microwave the water in safe bowl, but you will want the water to be boiling.)

Stir flour, chocolate bits/chips, 1/2c brown sugar, 1/3c granulated sugar, & 2TBs cocoa in medium mixing bowl.

Measure milk, add vanilla to milk. Stir, then add to your flour mix.

Mix until blended. It should be the consistency if a cookie dough.

Drop dough into baking dish in spoonfuls. Carefully spread as evenly as possible, but do NOT mix. The melted butter will form pockets in spots around your dough. This is normal. Again, resist the urge to mix the dough and butter. Just make sure there aren't giant peaks of dough sticking up, and let it be a bit valley-ish.

Check your water. It's probably boiling by now. You don't want it to evaporate, so if you're super slow at mixing (or had trouble finding ingredients you didn't set out) and didn't check it before, you may want to remeasure. But if you got your shit together, you're fine. Pour it over your dough and butter. Gently. Don't be a doof and create a pockhole in your dough.

Do not mix. Just let the water sit on top.

Put remaining ingredients - 2/3c granulated sugar, 1/4c brown sugar, 5TBs cocoa in a mixing bowl (feel free to use the same one you used for the dough), and mix. Sprinkle sugar mix over the top.

Bake at 350F 35 minutes.

After 35 minutes, remove from oven. Do not use the toothpick test. Your cake will not set like a normal cake, but will be a very gooey texture. The water will be pooled on top. Just trust the timing, or add 10 minutes for high altitudes.

Allow to sit 15 minutes before serving. Some of the water will continue to soak into the cake. A little will remain on top, and will look like a chocolate syrup or chocolate gravy. (That's because it is. Sshhh.)

Best served a la mode. But feel free the add whatever toppings you might have or want, or just eat it as is.

If there's any left, refrigerate. Reheat in microwave as needed.

Because there shall be cake!
Chocolate Cobbler AKA Chocolate Pudding Cake