So i tried making this last night...followed the recipe and all I can say is YIKES. For starters, it was SO sweet that more than a few mouthfuls was too much. It was almost comical. It was me, DH and our two friends and we were all laughing while trying to choke down the uber-sweet cake. It was also too "liquidy". IF I ever make it again, I'll use a muffin pan. Making it in a cake pan was a mistake I think. The inside was sooo runny. I didn't under bake it. Left it in for over an hour and the crust would have been burned had I not pulled it out when I did. I also let it rest and cool plenty hoping to solidify it.
Bummer. What a let down.
Sorry that my seven-year old is not awake to show me how to do multiple quotes...
I see from a later post that you used a 9x9 pan...yeah, that would never have worked without burning. Mine was lightly brown. I guess I would have used 2/3 of the batters and put the rest in a loaf or muffin pans. Or made it more cake-like by using all of the cake batter and making only half of the "filling".
It IS a bit runny. The finished product should be jiggly, not complete liquid. And, it needs to set up a few minutes after it comes out of the oven.
The original recipe(s) that I found said to bake it 35 minutes. (A disclaimer, I am a PC consultant...the world's laziest, barely working, personal-use consultant.) Stoneware, metal or glass...no way it would have been done in that little amount of time. I like the stone baker, as I think it cooked a bit more, and stayed rockin hot!
To re-warm, I popped it in the microwave for about 15-20 seconds.
I think I will make it again on Tuesday as a back-to-school reward for the kids, ha! A couple of other thoughts....
I am going to try the filling with a 1/4 C butter and see how that changes the runny factor.
I had part of a Heath baking pieces bag (toffee with chocolate...beware there are also bags of pieces sold without the chocolate, but I am sure it work, also.) and topped off my cup with two bars that I bought in the checkout line. It was all great, but I liked the bigger pieces from the bars. It was no effort to break up as I just smacked the unopened packages on the kitchen counter.
I am also going to cut the the chocolate to 1/2 to 2/3 of a cup, without losing anything. I think the bigger hunks were yummy and gave it a bit more bang for the buck, so to speak.
Thanks for all the comments! I will post about how it turns out on a second try. I will get the kids to post a pic, too.
Rusty, look for your order on Wednesday.
