If y'all want to take a break from politics for a bit, Paula Deen...recipe

[jhrobbins]

from the food tv network is on now and she is about to make a gooey double chocolate butter cake. I have made this cake before and I have to tell y'all that it is mucho delicious and very easy. (I exchange toffee bits for the nuts though). Anyway, since it is late Friday (or Saturday), maybe some of you night owls would like to whip this up - it's fast too.

Butter, for greasing pan, plus 16 tablespoons (2 sticks) butter, melted
1 (18.25 ounce) package chocolate cake mix
1 egg, plus 2 eggs
1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
3 to 4 tablespoons cocoa powder
1 (16-ounce) box powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup chopped nuts (or toffee bits)


Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Lightly grease a 13 by 9-inch baking pan. In a large bowl, combine the cake mix, 1 egg, and 8 tablespoons (1 stick) melted butter, and stir until well blended. Pat mixture into prepared pan and set aside. In a stand mixer, or with a hand mixer, beat the cream cheese until smooth. Add the remaining 2 eggs, and the cocoa powder. Lower the speed of the mixer, and add the powdered sugar. Continue beating until ingredients are well mixed. Slowly add the remaining 8 tablespoons (1 stick) of melted butter, and the vanilla, continuing to beat the mixture until smooth. Stir in nuts with a rubber spatula. Spread filling over cake mixture in pan.

Bake for 40 to 50 minutes. Be careful not to overcook the cake; the center should still be a little gooey when finished baking. Let cake partially cool on a wire rack before cutting into pieces.

[petronius]

1. "1 egg, plus 2 eggs"!?

:wtf: does that mean? Is it '3 eggs', or do two of them just not count for some reason? Is the "plus 2" some kind of magic cooking thing, as in "fat calories don't count if you eat them after 10 pm"?

:shrug:

[grasswire]

3. if you read the recipe...

...you'll see that the one egg is added to some ingredients and the two eggs are added to other ingredients.

[petronius]

6. But that's still three eggs, right?

Or did I miss something back in 2nd grade math? :shrug:

[jhrobbins]

5. I jst copied it from her website - she can't help it ; she's a...

moronic Southerner - wait a minute, so am I - nevermind. Sorry Paula, I was just kidding.

[Rowdyboy]

2. My God that sounds delicious....

I want some......

[jhrobbins]

4. I saw her make it and thought, that sounds good; I'll try it...

I made it and it has become a staple with all my friends - it is amazingly delicious to be so easy to make.

[jhrobbins]

7. BTW, I have also used a white cake mix and a yellow one...

and they are equally good.