Some stats: Over the past year, we’ve had 5,938 visits. Our most popular blog post by far in terms of hits was the Celebrity Doppelganger post (What the random?), while the most commented post was the one about our S’mores Cupcakes. Maybe we should blog more often about celebrity lookalikes and baked goodies….
One thing we noticed is that the number of visitors is super disproportionate to the number of comments we receive. I will often hear, “Oh, I read your blog about this and that” from friends but am always surprised to hear it because we receive so few comments and I feel like nobody is reading this darn thing. If you stop by, let us know by leaving us some love!
Regardless, thank you to everyone who keeps up with our blog! We would not be as happy as we are without family and friends like you.
I’ve had all sorts of cobblers before, most of which have been fruit-based — peach cobbler, blueberry cobbler, apple cobbler, cherry cobbler… all delicious. But I’d never heard of chocolate cobbler until I saw this Tasty Kitchen blog post (a cooking community founded and led by The Pioneer Woman, whom I mentioned previously) come through on my Google Reader earlier this month. I was immediately intrigued by the idea and was determined to try it, especially when my chocolate cravings struck today.
Here is the mouthwatering result:
My first chocolate cobbler!
The recipe, which you can find here, is surprisingly simple! The ingredients are very basic and are things that you normally have already stocked in your pantry — I didn’t have to make an extra trip to the grocery store or anything. The steps went super quickly, and the batter was ready to go into the oven in ten minutes!
What is at first alarming about the recipe is that you create the main cake batter, then pile on a mix of sugar and light brown sugar, and then pour hot tap water on top, and then stick it in the oven without stirring it. Sounds crazy, doesn’t it? I thought that there must be some missing step or misprint in the recipe, but the blog post assured that this was how it was supposed to be, so I trusted them despite my reservations as I uneasily stuck this visually unappealing mixture into the oven.
All watery and muddy-looking on the top. Doesn't look too appetizing, does it?
Somehow, 40 minutes later when you take it out of the oven, the liquidy portion has sunk into the inside and the top has set in a cakey layer. It’s like magic! (Or some science to baking that I can’t quite grasp.)
Out of the oven.
Smells pretty good!
Breaking open the top of the cobbler to find the chocolate oozing out.
The chocolate filling is still steaming when I break the surface. (It's similar to those molten chocolate lava cakes in that sense.)
Enjoying some chocolate cobbler for dessert!
Dan described it as a “liquid brownie” when he took his first few bites, and then when the cake mixed more with the syrupy filling, he said it started tasting like pudding. He couldn’t get enough of it and ended up eating about a third of the cobbler! 😮
It was delicious (although admittedly indulgent) and the best part is that it’s so easy to make with on-hand ingredients. Big thanks to Tasty Kitchen for such a great recipe! Dan and I were talking about how we want to try our hand at some fruit cobblers too! We’ll let you know how that goes…
It’s here! Dan and I have started our very own joint blog, titled “Coupled Confessions” — the name will likely change and evolve with time, but for now, it can be accessed via coupledconfessions.com or danandmisono.com/blog.
For those who don’t know us, we’re a newlywed couple (our first wedding anniversary is creeping up on the 26th of this month) currently living in the Bay Area. I’m originally from the DC metropolitan area and grew up in Northern Virginia. Dan spent his early childhood moving around various parts of the East Coast, but moved to Northern California in 1996, so he has been out here for over half his lifetime.
The idea for this blog came about when Dan complained that I spend too much time blogging online and I pointed out that we should do more things together — so we decided, why not blog together? But the real purpose of this blog is for us to keep our family and friends up to date with our everyday lives. Our hope is that our loved ones, both near and far, can drop by from time to time to see what we’ve been up to. Please don’t hesitate to leave comments, even it’s to tell us that Misono is getting fat and needs to hit the gym very badly, or that Dan looks like a monkey with his new haircut. We would love to hear from you!
photo courtesy of Sofya E
