Chocolate Hot Fudge Cake and Two Little Rascals

Hello there!

Nice to see you again.

Thanks so much for taking time 

out of your day to hang out here with 

me

and

this

CHOCOLATE HOT FUDGE CAKE.

It's a simple recipe, really.

You most likely have all of the ingredients

to make this in your pantry. 

 

Hot dog!

or 

Hot fudge, actually.

This is the kind of recipe busy folks love.

Throw some ingredients together...

Bake it for a bit...

And magically you will have a chewy brownie like cake, with a smooth layer of hot fudge running around underneath it.

                           

Seriously. 

It's going to happen. 

Serve it warm from the oven with a dollop of ice cream, 

and you and your family are going to be in a happy place.

Having a happy family is good!

Just take my word for it... 

Happy kids are just so much more pleasant than kids who 

argue 

and whine, 

or say "Noooooooo, I don't want tooooooooo". 

I hate "no".

Who invented it, any way?

Kids who think a Walmart shopping cart is a jungle gym aren't really that pleasant either. Especially when the shopping cart (heavy laden with groceries) starts to tip over. Not my favorite kind of thing.

Speaking of Walmart...just a little tip for you. 

Don't take 4 year old twin boys there if they have 

little bouncy balls in their pockets. 

Bouncy balls roll and bounce, you know. 

All over tarnation. 

Walmart has tarnation pretty much covered. 

To a boy with a bouncy ball, the place is a haven. 

Shopping cart jungle gym + bouncy ball haven =

One tired out Mama. 

Pretty sure I've burned enough calories during my 

chase bouncy balls/keep the cart from falling over shopping trip to earn myself a nice serving of this Chocolate Hot Fudge Cake....

Care to join me?

The little rascals have been put to bed....
What a happy time. 

I would be ashamed if I didn't tell you....

that I really like these boys.

They are pretty darn sweet.

Most of the time.

 

Let's make some cake!

Chocolate Hot Fudge Cake

Time: 10 minutes prep + 35 minutes baking

Yield: 8 servings

Recipe adapted greatly from Taste of Home

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1 C flour

1 C sugar

6 T unsweetened Cocoa powder

2 1/2 t baking powder

1/4 t salt

3 T butter, melted

1/2 C evaporated milk

2 T canola oil

1 t vanilla

1 C packed brown sugar

1 1/3 C hot water

Ice Cream 

  

1. Pour your flour into a large mixing bowl. 

Add your sugar 

and 2 T of the cocoa powder. (Save the rest for later on in the game, folks.) 

Toss your baking powder 

and salt into the bowl.

Stir it all up with a wooden spoon.

2. Pour in your melted butter

evaporated milk

Canola oil

and vanilla.  Give everything a nice stirring. All ingredients should be well incorporated.

3. Spread the batter into a 9x9 inch pan that has been sprayed with cooking spray.

4. In a separate bowl combine your packed brown sugar

and 4 T of cocoa powder. 

Whisk it all up together. If you have a few clumps of brown sugar that don't want to cooperate...don't dismay. A few brown sugar clumps are acceptable. What a relief. 

5. Sprinkle the brown sugar/cocoa mixture onto the cake batter.

6. Pour your hot water right over the top of the whole lot.

DON'T STIR IT!!! I'm not kidding here. That water is going to make it's way to the bottom of the pan and turn into itself into luscious hot fudge. Yes. It is amazing. I totally agree. 

7. Bake the whole confection at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes. Serve warm from the oven with vanilla ice cream.

Enjoy!