Okay! Okay! This will be my last naughty recipe for a while! I promise!
If you are attempting to stick to your healthy eating plan and do not need any additional temptation in your life, please feel free to click and move on! I am certainly not trying to suggest that anyone should make or consume this cake on a regular basis. Quite the opposite. But this is the holiday season and I am trying to navigate a middle road between complete Grinch and Paula Deen. (We all realize that Paula Deen has been diagnosed with diabetes, and it is no shock to anyone. This is the woman who thought it might be a good idea to use glazed doughnuts as hamburger buns.)
Speaking of voluptuous middle-aged women, this recipe comes to you courtesy of Nigella Lawson and her fantastic volume FEAST: Food to Celebrate Life. I agree that food can play a significant role in the holidays and milestones of our lives. And one delicious (yet sinful) cake once in a while should not pose an immediate danger to your health. Not if you make intelligent choices the other 90% of the time.
Ingredients:
1 and 1/2 sticks unsalted butter
1 cup dark brown sugar
3/4 cup golden syrup or light corn syrup (or honey)
3/4 cup molasses
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 TB ground ginger
1 & 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
2 TB warm water
2 eggs
1 cup whole milk
2 cups flour (I use white whole wheat.)
1/3 cup cocoa powder
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 325F. Thoroughly grease a 9x13 baking pan. In a large saucepan, melt butter and stir in all the sugar, syrups, and spices. Take pan off heat and add eggs, milk, and water with baking soda dissolved in it. The add flour and cocoa. Fold in chocolate chips last. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake for 45 minutes. Allow cake to cool in the pan before cutting into squares. Makes about 12 decent-sized servings.
NOTE: Nigella Lawson also frosts this cake but I see no need! It is rich, moist, and filled with chocolate chips. Enjoy in moderation!
If you are attempting to stick to your healthy eating plan and do not need any additional temptation in your life, please feel free to click and move on! I am certainly not trying to suggest that anyone should make or consume this cake on a regular basis. Quite the opposite. But this is the holiday season and I am trying to navigate a middle road between complete Grinch and Paula Deen. (We all realize that Paula Deen has been diagnosed with diabetes, and it is no shock to anyone. This is the woman who thought it might be a good idea to use glazed doughnuts as hamburger buns.)
Speaking of voluptuous middle-aged women, this recipe comes to you courtesy of Nigella Lawson and her fantastic volume FEAST: Food to Celebrate Life. I agree that food can play a significant role in the holidays and milestones of our lives. And one delicious (yet sinful) cake once in a while should not pose an immediate danger to your health. Not if you make intelligent choices the other 90% of the time.
Ingredients:
1 and 1/2 sticks unsalted butter
1 cup dark brown sugar
3/4 cup golden syrup or light corn syrup (or honey)
3/4 cup molasses
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 TB ground ginger
1 & 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
2 TB warm water
2 eggs
1 cup whole milk
2 cups flour (I use white whole wheat.)
1/3 cup cocoa powder
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 325F. Thoroughly grease a 9x13 baking pan. In a large saucepan, melt butter and stir in all the sugar, syrups, and spices. Take pan off heat and add eggs, milk, and water with baking soda dissolved in it. The add flour and cocoa. Fold in chocolate chips last. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake for 45 minutes. Allow cake to cool in the pan before cutting into squares. Makes about 12 decent-sized servings.
NOTE: Nigella Lawson also frosts this cake but I see no need! It is rich, moist, and filled with chocolate chips. Enjoy in moderation!
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