Recipe

Simons Birthday Cake Recipe

	Yanichka / All my dishes 1 year ago AKA 'cocoa bars'. This makes a pan of flat, cakey treats, topped with fudge, that are absolutely addictive. Prep:60m Cook:25m Servings:25	Yanichka
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Ingredients

2 cups white sugar

1/2 cup butter, no substitutions

4 eggs

1/2 cup milk

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 cup cocoa powder

2 cups all-purpose flour

Frosting:

1 cup brown sugar, packed

1/2 cup butter, no substitutions

2 squares baking chocolate

1/2 cup milk

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

up to 4 cups powdered sugar, sifted

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350°; grease and flour a jelly roll pan.

Cream the butter and the sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer. Add the remaining ingredients in sequence. Spread the mixture into the pan. Bake for 25 minutes; allow to cool in the pan. As they cool, start the Fudge Frosting.

Fudge Frosting

Combine the brown sugar, butter and baking chocolate in a medium-sized saucepan; bring to a boil. Boil for two minutes, stirring constantly. (If your arm gets tired, just keep thinking "Fudge frosting, fudge frosting!")

Remove from heat; add the milk, bring to a boil again. (Trust me.)

Remove from heat; let cool to lukewarm.

When cool, stir in the vanilla and the powdered sugar, a cup at a time until the frosting has reached the proper consistency.

The frosting can overshadow the flavor of the bars. To prevent this, remove about 1/4 of the frosting and save it in the fridge for a rainy day when you have some pretzels (graham crackers, strawberries, toast, etc.) that need to be made more interesting.

As the frosting cools, it will harden, so it is important to frost the bars as soon as the frosting is ready.

It is recommended that you leave the bars uncut, and let your family cut a piece as they wish (so they can say "I'll just have one.") Keep tightly covered with aluminum foil or plastic wrap.

To make these into Simon's birthday cake (from the "Firefly" episode "Out of Gas"), cut a few same-sized cocoa bars and stack/frost them like a layer cake. Add a few candles of varying heights and tell your friends "It's pretty much what we just had for supper, but I tried to get the frosting as chocolatey tasting as possible."

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