Carnival Cruise Line To celebrate National Chocolate Cake Day
Tomorrow, Thursday, Jan. 27 is National Chocolate Cake Day. To celebrate, Carnival Cruise Line has put together a package demonstrating how to make its famous Melting Chocolate Cake from the galley of your home.
For anyone who has found themselves in a chocolate cake rut, Carnival Cruise Line Chef Russel Gomes comes to the rescue. Only 5 ingredients and 15 minutes are required to make its signature Melting Chocolate Cake, so anyone can replicate the ooey-ness and gooey-ness from home.
Five Simple Ingredients
6oz Dark Chocolate
6oz Butter
4 Eggs
3oz Sugar
2oz Flour
Five Easy Steps
Melt the chocolate and butter
Mix eggs and sugar and whisk for a few minutes, then add flour
Add the egg mix to the melted chocolate and mix
Pour the mix in a greased mold
Bake directly in the oven at 350°F for 20 minutes
Bite-size Facts about Chocolate Cake
The first chocolate cake was made in 1765.
In the 1800s, an Austrian chef created the modern chocolate cake when he spread jam between two layers of chocolate dough and covered it with chocolate frosting.
Until about 1840, chocolate was primarily consumed in liquid form as a drink.
The first chocolate cake mix was invented in the 1920s by a company called O. Duff and Sons.
In 1948, Pillsbury released the first instant chocolate cake mix
