I Heart Mom

There she is, my attempt at Paula Deen's Double Chocolate Gooey Butter Cake.  My guilt free gift to myself.  So, how'd it turn out?  By the above picture, you might say glorious!  You can see the layers, the gooey goodness, but unfortunately, this momma overcooked it.  Boo hoo!  I cooked it in a 10x14 pan that I always thought was a 9x13.  I got the tape measurer out and measured it after the tragic loss of my cake, and I think that is the culprit...math.  Oh well, lesson learned, right?  That pan has always seemed a little off, and now I finally know why.

In the picture, you can see the top layer is indeed gooey, but the bottom is quite dry.  The strawberry topper not only was a great compliment to the chocolate, but also brought some much needed moisture back to the cake.  This cake would probably be best described as a blended marriage of chocolate cake and brownie.  It's not the traditional round and layered cake I was going for in the picture from my last post.  Guess I still get to make another cake...

As I now understand, it's pretty tricky to make a gooey cake perfectly gooey.  It's hard to know when it's cooked or uncooked goo.  I think I will wait a long while before I attempt one again.  I do have a delightful secret weapon though for the next time I crave goo.  Because I love ya, I'll share it with you.  Ready?  His name is Gooey Louie.  As seen on the Food Network, and as shared by my niece in St. Louis, at www.gooeylouiecake.com you can order from a variety of yummy flavors of gooey butter cake AND have it shipped to your door.  Now, doesn't that sound more relaxing than slaving over an overcooked cake?  My next gooey craving will definitely be satisfied by Gooey Louie.

Well, I sincerely hope you all enjoyed a wonderful Mother's Day weekend.  My husband and sweet girls did everything they could think of to make me feel special and loved.  They brought me donuts and coffee in bed along with the paper, they left me alone for a ridiculous Lifetime movie indulgence, and all the while, the 4 year old princess kept making me pictures, and each one was adorned with the sweetest 4 year old inscription...

I heart Mom.  Isn't that all we really want is to be "hearted?"  I definitely felt their love yesterday.  I'm grateful to have them, and I love them dearly too.  Well, my calendar says Monday on it, and that means Mother's Day is over.  I've got laundry to do and toys to put away, and somewhere along the way, these lovely people are going to want food.  Between you and me, I've got no clue what I'm going to feed 'em.  Guess I've got my work cut out for me!  See you tomorrow with a new recipe!