CHOCOLATE COBBLER [LAVA CAKE] 26 AUGUST 2023
I've been wanting to make a NAVEL ORANGE MERINGUE PIE, but it's been so humid and RAINY, I knew trying to make a meringue ANYthing would result in another FAILED IT!. I looked thru my "FOR FUTURE" folder, and decided to make this CHOCOLATE COBBLER [LAVA CAKE] . . . . . . at least, it looks like a LAVA CAKE to me. Be forewarned: this Southern MeMe is quite annoying; I resorted to Closed Captioning to go thru the video a second time to get the ingredient measurements. [Hand] mixing station . . . In loyalty to my Dutch birth, I've always used DROSTE™ cocoa; a cyberfriend sent me this GHIARDELLI™ cocoa, and I thought this a good time to try it. While a stick of butter was melting in the 9" x 13" baking pan (I chose to put it in the preheating oven, rather than the microwave), I mixed together the first set of dry ingredients . . . . . . remembered to take out the melting butter before it burned . . . . . . and "poured" the first layer of batter over the butter . . . Well, that was the theory. However, the batter never became "pourable", even after I added quite a bit more heavy cream. I figured these "islands" would soften in the oven, but realized I'd have to add to the baking time to account for the extra liquid. Next layer, sugar & cocoa . . . I highly recommend SIFTING the flour & the cocoa. . . . covering the "islands" with the sugar/cocoa mixture . . . . . . which definitely improves their looks . . . . . . and then pouring boiling water over it all, which felt like a weird thing to do . . . I added 10 minutes to the baking time . . . . . . and it doesn't look too bad. The taste was pretty good, altho I thought the chocolate tasted a littlle "watery". It certainly wasn't as strong as I thought it would be. And it DEFinitely needed whipped cream, or ice cream if that's your preference. Wouldn't THIS be convenient . . . . . . and I'll bet she never washed her own dishes, either!
THE RECIPE I USED

ICE CREAM BREAD [OR CAKE] HERE