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Recipe

My Granny’s Chocolate Cobbler

by Sooz Hawkins on April 30, 2010 in Cakes, Desserts

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Recipe Description

This cobbler brings back childhood memories of summer time at my granny’s house. She would make this decadent dessert to go with the homemade vanilla ice cream. I don’t know of anything that melts ice cream better.

Preparation Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

First stir together the flour, baking powder, salt, 3 tablespoons of the cocoa, and 3/4 cup of the white sugar. Reserve the remaining cocoa and sugar.

Stir in the milk, melted butter, and vanilla to the flour mixture. Mix until smooth.

Pour the mixture into an ungreased 8-inch baking dish. I prefer my small oval Corning Ware glass dish.

In a separate small bowl, mix the remaining white sugar (it should be 1/2 cup), the brown sugar, and remaining 4 tablespoons of cocoa. Sprinkle this mixture evenly over the batter.

Pour the hot tap water over all. DO NOT STIR!

Bake for about 40 minutes or until the center is set.

Let stand for a few minutes if you can hold yourself back. Serve with homemade ice cream using the gooey sauce to spoon over all.

Ingredients

1 cup All-purpose Flour
2 teaspoons Baking Powder
¼ teaspoons Salt
7 Tablespoons Cocoa Powder, Divided
1-¼ cup Sugar, Divided
½ cups Milk
⅓ cups Melted Butter
1-½ teaspoon Vanilla Extract
½ cups Light Brown Sugar, Packed
1-½ cup Hot Tap Water

Comments

dinadm on 5.2.2010

This recipe caught my eye and I made it right away. It was easy and the results were delicious! We served it with coconut gelato and it was amazing.

I cooked it for 50ish minutes and it was still pretty gooey in the center, which I think is the point. Yum

lorieg on 5.11.2010

This sounds very much like a recipe I have from many many years ago. It is a wonderful dessert best served warm. Thanks for sharing.

rozanie on 5.11.2010

This is one of our favorites! So yummy, and even better, easy to make!

ydavis on 5.12.2010

I made this last night and boy it was so delicious!
Thank you for sharing!

time4pie on 5.12.2010

This reminds me of a childhood favorite of mine (but I have no recipe). Bless you!

agreendolphin on 5.12.2010

My mom makes this, but she makes it even easier by making the batter in the same pan she bakes it in. Super easy! And amazingly delicious.

tjl1970 on 5.12.2010

Otherwise known as chocolate denver cake. It was one of my gran’s fave’s too.. and my mum’s.

pattywalkerred on 5.12.2010

You’re dreaming if you think that’s ten servings!

Sooz Hawkins on 5.12.2010

Haha…I put 10 servings because its sooo rich especially with ice cream on top. I am sure for most its probably less servings. =)

tifferrific on 5.12.2010

This… looks… sooooo… stinkin’… good! I am not even a huge chocolate person! I am so going to make this… my mom will love me forever (if she wasn’t planning on it already)!!

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Reviews

BlueGreenOrange on 5.19.2010

I love that this is so easy to make… and, of course, super delicious! I thought the leftovers tasted just fine cold in my lunch box the next day, too.

I made this for some guests we invited over to discuss a weekend vacation. I realized how easy it would be to pre-mix the two layers at home to take along, then just add milk and water for a delicious cabin dessert.

Added bonus – no raw eggs for us dough lovers!

lillieknits on 5.19.2010

I made this last night for my bunco group, and they went wild for it. The only reason I didn’t make it sooner was that my husband is allergic to chocolate, and I needed a bigger crowd. I doubled the recipe and cooked it for more like 55 minutes. At 4o minutes it seemed way to jiggly underneath. There was still plenty of gooey-ness!

sharivan on 5.19.2010

Delicious and easy! It’s very good warm, but the next day the chocolate sauce had thickened to a pudding consistency and it was even better.

kristieann718 on 5.20.2010

I made this last night for dessert, and it was an instant hit. I found myself sneaking back into the kitchen all night long and having a spoonful. Needless to say, the pan is empty today. What a ooey-gooey chocolatey treat!!! This recipe will defintely be made frequently!!!

Liz on 5.20.2010

DELICIOUS! So good and so easy. Will definitely be making this again and again and again.

I love the combination of crunch on top, moist cake and the gooey syrup at the bottom. Really a 3 in 1 and was such a hit with good vanilla ice cream.

usmcwife689 on 5.20.2010

I have made this on Monday. It was very easy, so my younger daughter was able to help me, which is always a bonus! I used dark chocolate for the cake part but regular chocolate for the filling. Next time I will go with all dark chocolate. I liked the richer flavor. It was a very good recipe, though.

epoole on 5.20.2010

This was really easy to make and I doubled the recipe with no issues and took it to a work potluck. It was a big hit with vanilla ice cream. But we had some that night after dinner and I don’t know if it was because it was cooled down or the taste of the brown sugar came out more but something about the chocolate and the brown sugar didn’t go well. It is a good recipe and I would make it again in a pinch because I always have everything on hand but I probably wouldn’t plan to make it again.

austinbite on 5.20.2010

I’m not sure what I did wrong….but it wasn’t nearly as gooey and chocolate-flowing as I expected…..Will definitely give it another shot because the concept alone has me fascinated!