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The BEST Cake Known to Man (Gooey Chocolate Cake)

The BEST Cake Known to Man (Gooey Chocolate Cake)
I love to bake cakes, in fact I often find myself daydreaming about cakes during boring lectures and doodling cakes on the margins of my notebooks.
Sadly, during the semester I don't have time to make a proper cake, but here is a recipe everyone can follow using basic ingredients and a cake mix.
This cake ends up to have four different layers; the top of the cake is a chocolate meringue, the next layer become almost mousse-like, the thirds layer is the gooey chocolate cake, and the last layer is a rich dense chocolate cake.

Once you make this all your friends and family will be begging you to make more and soon it will become your best bargaining chip :)

Here's what you'll need:
~ 1 chocolate cake mix
~ 3 eggs
~ 1 package of cream cheese (8 oz.)
~ 4 tbsp. cocoa powder
~ 1 whole box of powdered sugar
~ 2 sticks of butter
~ 1 tsp. vanilla extract
 
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Step 1Get those hands dirty!

Get those hands dirty!
In a nice big bowl combine the cake mix, a melted stick of butter and an egg. It's a bit hard to combine these three elements with a spoon or mixer because there is so much more cake mix in proportion to the melted butter and egg so I like to get my hands in there.
I'm sure y'all are clean people, but it never hurts to wash your hands before you get them working the base of the cake all together.

After it has been worked, the base shouldn't be liquid-y, it should have the consistency of molding clay.
It'll also smell really good. Mmmm chocolate-y
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Apr 27, 2012. 5:18 AMallielliott says:
If I make this in a spring form pan will it fall apart when I remove it from the pan?
Jan 24, 2012. 5:29 PMAussieAnglerGal says:
OMG
Nov 24, 2009. 7:21 PMclaudiaivonnefranco says:

If this is cut into 12 pieces, each has 540 calories and 30 grams of fat.

Mar 13, 2011. 7:40 AMUna says:
I make a flourless chocolate cake that has 6 egg and three sticks of butter. I call it quiche, and have it for breakfast. Don't try to play a player, and don't try to guilt the guiltless. Calories are yummy. :o)
Mar 9, 2010. 2:21 PMkomecake says:
  So that's like... 2 of your meals for the day. Only eat dinner and you're set. LOL.
Feb 4, 2010. 5:49 PMGlockenator says:
its obviously not meant to be eaten everyday, but its ok every once and a while
Jan 12, 2010. 11:31 PMMarishkaS says:
 Who cares as long as it tastes good. Also, portion control, take what you want/can have if you're worried about that sort of thing.
Feb 1, 2011. 6:20 AMMariahWeezy123 says:
My mouth is drooling(:
Yumm!
Jul 19, 2010. 8:34 PMmarjoycek says:
Paula Deen had the original "Gooey Cake" on a Food network show several years ago. There are many versions,including one with pumpkin, one with ripe bananas, one with chocolate & peanut butter,and one with pineapple. I have made all of them except the pineapple. Very good,and very easy. Great for taking to potlucks,etc. This is the link for her recipe. http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/pumpkin-gooey-butter-cakes-recipe/index.html Your instructable was great. I cannot wait to try your version with the chocolate cake and cocoa powder. My husband loves chocolate!
Feb 13, 2010. 3:14 PMwillrandship says:
How much powdered sugar do you use? We buy bulk bags, so we can't go by the "whole box" measurement.
Jul 19, 2010. 8:12 PMmarjoycek says:
A box of powdered sugar is 16 oz. or 2 cups. Do not pack down when measuring sugar into cup.
Mar 9, 2010. 2:20 PMkomecake says:
  The more sugar the better?
Mar 13, 2010. 7:40 PMwillrandship says:
So I go until the cake is so powdery and dry it falls apart?
Mar 14, 2010. 6:29 AMkomecake says:
  I was being funny. No reason to be smart with me.
Mar 20, 2010. 11:44 AMwillrandship says:
Umm, so was I?
Mar 23, 2010. 5:50 PMGrikovien says:
lol
Jul 19, 2010. 5:44 PMsteve_phx says:
If you like your cake so moist, just call it PIE. Pie is better than cake anyday
Jul 19, 2010. 7:11 AMSisterMable says:
Hey @willrandship, if no one ever told you, it's a pound of powdered sugar :)
Jul 18, 2010. 9:40 AMhammer9876 says:
"1 whole box of powdered sugar" is not specific enough for any recipe. Would you please update your instructable?
Jul 16, 2010. 10:51 PMkarossii says:
Chocolate cake of any sort is just... disgusting... I know I may be in a minority here, but chocolate generally just turns me off... and cake makes it that much worse! So, while your instructable is well written and looks great (thumbs up for that!), you shouldn't use wrong opinions in titles.... because clearly my opinion is the most important, and the best cake known to man will have no chocolate within miles of it. ;)
Jul 15, 2010. 7:54 AManres321 says:
DELICIOUS !!
Nov 22, 2009. 6:10 AMSeaLion says:
Err...one whole box of powdered sugar? Isn't that a lot of sugar for a cake?
Nov 23, 2009. 3:38 AMSmaj says:
i could use with a translation, powdered sugar is iceing sugar? or have i somehow missed powered sugar?
Nov 23, 2009. 9:47 AMSeaLion says:
I always thought that icing sugar is simply very fine sugar...but that could just be me...
Mar 9, 2010. 2:22 PMkomecake says:
  It's powdered sugar.
Feb 23, 2010. 4:54 PMsocca_grl101 says:

oh myy god! lol i tried this recipe for the Gooey Chocolate Cake aka best cake known to man, and my WHOLE family loved it! including me! :D yuu done guud hehe keep posting morr recipes!!!


Jan 7, 2010. 2:50 PMciroman says:
 Hey, could you please update your recipe, like the guys said... And could you please specify at which temperature to bake it. 45 minutes doesn't mean anything to me, theres a big difference between 45 minutes on 100°C or 45 minutes on 220°C
Feb 2, 2010. 7:45 PMspraynard says:
In step 3 it says to preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Feb 3, 2010. 12:34 AMciroman says:
think. it might have been corrected by the time you replied(1 month since i posted)
Jan 10, 2010. 7:41 PMmmcpherson4 says:
i put mine in a pan WAYY to small and deep and came out terrible :l .. lol
Dec 15, 2009. 8:39 AMrefriedtoad says:
 My Dear..... Martha Stewart "snitched" most of her recipes...One reviewer once wrote a review of one of her cookbooks in which he stated : "Great recipes, unfortunately I've seen them before....And where do you think Paula gets her recipes...maybe from your neighbor :)  
Thanks for posting and keep em coming !!!
Dec 8, 2009. 2:35 AMkid cudi says:
this is the reason why there are fat people on earth i have to try this, i wonder would this be good for christmas give me your opinion this or chistmas cake
Nov 25, 2009. 7:19 PMHe11uvaCook says:

This is a working link to Paula Deen's version of this recipe (as of 11/25/09), for those of you who might want to check it out. 

http://www.pauladeen.com/index.php/recipes/view2/german_chocolate_cake_cheesecake_style/




BTW, very nice job on the instructable!

 

Nov 22, 2009. 5:25 AMhammer9876 says:
As for the weights, would you please edit the original instructable with this information? When I first saw the "whole box of powdered sugar" I thought that I would have to email you to ask exactly which size. Even the "1 chocolate cake mix" can be very widely misinterpreted. Can you give specifics for that? 

I have a recipe from my grandmother that my mother had to annotate. Grandmother called for "a package" of something that was 10 ounces originally (according to Mom,) was 8 ounces in the 60s and 70s and comes in 6 ounces and 12 ounces now. Please, please be very specific in recipes!
Oct 10, 2008. 2:04 PMchriskarr says:
Is the powdered sugar supposed to be regular powdered sugar (the kind with the corn starch in it) or confectioner's sugar?
Oct 14, 2008. 8:35 PMnightninja87 says:
confectioners and powderd are the same
Apr 22, 2008. 8:10 AMdunnos says:
what is 1 oz??
Oct 14, 2008. 8:35 PMnightninja87 says:
1 oz is 2 tbls
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