Tools:
- 8×8 or 9×9 glass tray(s) (recipe makes 2 trays)
- parchment paper
- 1 large mixing bowl
- 1 medium mixing bowl
- 1 medium sauce pan
- a rubber spatula
- a fork
- a knife
- an oven
- a stovetop or hotplate
- measuring cups
- measuring spoons
- sifter
Ingredients:
- 4 Eggs
- 1 cup of hot chocolate mix
- 1 teaspoon of salt
- 1 teaspoon of baking powder
- 1 tablespoon of vanilla
- 226 grams of butter
- 2 1/4 cup white sugar
- 1 1/2 cup flour
- 1/2 a large chocolate bar (about 70 to 100 grams)
- cooking spray or butter for greasing the tray
Directions:
- grease bottom of tray(s) with a bit of butter or cooking spray, line tray(s) with parchment paper, then grease the top of the parchment paper with cooking spray or butter
- preheat oven to 175C (350F)
- sift the flour into the large mixing bowl, set aside
- break chocolate bar into small pieces, set aside
- cut butter into thin pieces and put in saucepan, set aside
- crack 4 eggs in medium mixing bowl
- whisk eggs with fork while adding in the vanilla, salt, baking powder, and hot chocolate mix until smooth
- put the saucepan with butter on a low heat (never allow to boil) and stir with the spatula while it melts
- slowly add sugar to the butter, constantly mixing until shiny and melted together
- turn off heat source
- pour the egg mixture into the saucepan with the butter and sugar
- stir together while adding in the chocolate bar pieces until they are melted in
- slowly add the contents of the saucepan into the large bowl with the flour, mixing as you go
- pour finished mixture into tray
- bake in oven for around 30 minutes
- let cool in tray for 10 minutes, then lift out with the edges of the parchment paper and sit on counter or rack until cool enough to cut and eat
Notes
You can use any type of decent chocolate bar you want, dark or milk, flavored however you like. Same for the hot chocolate mix, though I would avoid the kind with tiny marshmallows in it because those don’t usually cook so well.
You will have enough mixture for two 8×8 or 9×9 trays, so bake one or two at a time depending. You may need to add some baking time when baking two at once or if you use all the mixture at once in a larger tray.
If you think the middle still needs baking but you don’t want to scorch the edges, you can add an overhang of tin foil around the edges of the tray.
When it looks/smells done, test the middle with a toothpick or fork. It should come out not completely clean like cake, but not be liquid either.
