Craving Chocolate!

Did you have a good weekend? I sure did! Nice, enjoyable and good quality time with that sweet boy Chase! Speaking of sweet, my friend Catherine brought over these scrumptious Mini Fudgey Chocolate Cakes for dessert on Saturday night. She found them over at Epicurious.com. Oh wow, they were wonderful!

After a long day at the office, I needed a little something to perk me up. I wanted to make the cakes that Cat had made, but was short on a few items...mainly an egg. (Blame it on the cornbread I made the other night in my cast iron skillet!) I researched recipes with what I had in my pantry and found a recipe similar on the same website. I did a little switcheroo on a few items to make it my own and WOW!

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.

In a medium bowl, mix all ingredients together and pour into a small oven safe dish. (I used a 16 oz round Corningware dish.) Bake for around 20-25 minutes, starting to check the dish at 20 minutes.

4 tbs flour
8 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp baking powder
1-1/2 tsp shortening (butter flavored Crisco works WELL!)
4 tbs buttermilk (yep, you guess it...out of milk too!)
1 tsp of orange extract
2 tbs cocoa powder
handful of semi-sweet chocolate morsels
pinch of salt

If the batter is a little too thick, add just a small of water or a little more milk to thin it out...but not too thin!

Enjoy, it's like reliving the Christmas season with the warm, chocolate and orange scents in your kitchen!