December 09, 2007
Sweet, Sweet Misery
We made a family favorite dessert tonight. It's called Kentucky Chess Cake. We don't make it often because it is a little bit on the unhealthy side.
Bottom layer:
1 dry cake mix - butter flavor. (Though one day I'm going to try this with chocolate)
1 stick butter or margarine. (By they time you get to the end of the recipe you will see that using margarine is pointless. Use butter.
1 egg
Mix all of this together and press into a greased 9x12 pan.
Top layer
3 eggs
8 oz cream cheese
1 1lb box confectioner's sugar
Mix well and pour evenly over bottom layer.
Bake in a preheated 325° oven for 40-45 minutes.
The recipe we have suggests letting it cool before serving but don't take that too seriously. Wait just long enough to to be able to handle the pan with bear hands. As good as this is when it's cool and set, hot and gooey out of the oven is much better.
I have seen variations with a bit of lemon juice and zest added to the topping - and I'm sure you could use any citrus for that. I suspect you could add a little ginger or a hint of cinnamon too.
Enjoy in moderation.
Bottom layer:
1 dry cake mix - butter flavor. (Though one day I'm going to try this with chocolate)
1 stick butter or margarine. (By they time you get to the end of the recipe you will see that using margarine is pointless. Use butter.
1 egg
Mix all of this together and press into a greased 9x12 pan.
Top layer
3 eggs
8 oz cream cheese
1 1lb box confectioner's sugar
Mix well and pour evenly over bottom layer.
Bake in a preheated 325° oven for 40-45 minutes.
The recipe we have suggests letting it cool before serving but don't take that too seriously. Wait just long enough to to be able to handle the pan with bear hands. As good as this is when it's cool and set, hot and gooey out of the oven is much better.
I have seen variations with a bit of lemon juice and zest added to the topping - and I'm sure you could use any citrus for that. I suspect you could add a little ginger or a hint of cinnamon too.
Enjoy in moderation.
Posted by: Stephen Macklin at 08:35 PM | Comments (3) | Add Comment
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Lucy and I had dinner at Chili's on our Saturday Night Date. I had the baby back ribs and they threw in a free desert, something I normally avoid. It was some kind of chocolate cake with hot chocolate fudge inside covered with ice cream with a hard chocolate shell covering and caramel too. They gave us two spoons and it evaporated in a matter of minutes. We had to cover it with a glass of water it was so rich.
Posted by: T F Stern at December 09, 2007 11:25 PM (Ruh11)
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Good lord .. you hardly ever spoke as a kid.. always the "quiet one" of the bunch... When did you turn into a geek!! LOL
Posted by: Karen at December 10, 2007 09:53 AM (EI4uz)
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Hi Karen,
I turned into a geek somewhere around puberty! I got good at in college. I've almost got it perfected now.
I turned into a geek somewhere around puberty! I got good at in college. I've almost got it perfected now.
Posted by: Stephen Macklin at December 10, 2007 07:08 PM (Z3kjO)
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