Week 3 - Chocolate Cookie Cake

So, there's a history with this cake....and I am excited I made it!

Casey, one of my two Seattle Besties - makes this cake.  She made it for the first time for us and Mike loved it....Now she usually makes it with brownie mix, which is a definite winner.  I got this cake pan set from Doris, my mother-in-law, this Christmas and it had a cake recipe on the box.  I decided to try the cake recipe from scratch as opposed to brownie mix! It was a good choice...and now I have two ways to make it...

I actually bought unsweetened cocoa and dissolved it in water. And then made cake batter with flour, sugar, eggs, etc.

But - a confession - the icing was Betty Crocker. I didn't make icing from scratch....too bad! Next time.

The cake recipe is not online - I searched but if someone wants it, I will post it for you!
Suggestions for next time: More icing and I sort of bent the bottom cake when flipping it out of the pan - next time I will be more careful!

So this week's baking experience gives a special thank you to Casey for introducing me to this wonderful cake/brownie! And Doris for the present of the cake pans! Lastly, to Mike and Vincent for being my taste testers...