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Chocolate cobbler served into two dishes with ice cream
Chocolate Cobbler Recipe
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
35 mins
Total Time
55 mins
 

If you're looking for a decadent chocolate dessert, my Chocolate Cobbler recipe is the one you've been dreaming of all this time.

Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 8 people
Author: Gemma Stafford
Ingredients
Chocolate Cake
  • ¾ cup (6 oz/170 g) butter
  • 1 cup (5 oz/142 g) self-rising flour
  • ½ cup (3 oz/85 g) dark brown sugar
  • cup (2½ oz/71 g) granulated sugar
  • 2 tablespoons (½ oz/14 g) unsweetened cocoa powder
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ¾ cup (6 fl oz/180 ml) whole milk
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • ½ cup (3 oz/85 g) bittersweet chocolate, chopped
Chocolate Topping
  • cups (5 oz/142 g) granulated sugar
  • ¼ cup (1 ½ oz/43 g) dark brown sugar
  • 5 tablespoons (1 oz/28g) unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 ½ cups (12 fl oz/360 ml) boiling water
Instructions
To Make the Chocolate Cake
  1. Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). Place butter in baking dish, about 11 x 7-inch. Place dish in oven and heat until butter melts, about 5 minutes. Remove from oven and set aside.

  2. In a medium bowl, stir together flour, brown sugar, granulated sugar, cocoa powder and salt.

  3. Pour in the milk and vanilla and whisk until the batter is smooth. Lastly fold in the chopped chocolate.

  4. Pour batter evenly over melted butter in the baking dish. Do not stir.

For the Chocolate Topping
  1. In a small bowl, stir together the granulated sugar, brown sugar, and cocoa powder. Sprinkle evenly over the cake batter in a baking dish, Do Not Stir.

  2. Carefully pour boiling water over mixture in dish, again Do Not Stir.

  3. Bake for about 30 minutes, until edges are golden brown and mixture is set on top. Serve cobbler warm with vanilla ice cream. Cover leftovers and store for up to 3 days in the fridge.

Recipe Notes
  • If you can’t buy self-rising flour, you can easily make your own with my recipe.
  • I strongly recommend using bittersweet chocolate rather than milk for the ultimate, over-the-top decadent dessert.
  • This dessert doesn’t allow you to stir it. Please follow my directions and DO NOT STIR where it applies.
  • When it comes to cocoa powder, use unsweetened cocoa powder, not hot chocolate powder. It’s not the same thing.
  • Use a baking pan around 7 x 11 inches. If you use a 9 x 13 inches the dessert won’t be thick.