My grandmother would make it for him, then the recipe was passed to my other grandmother who would make it for her favorite son-in-law. It was then that it was decided to make extra chocolate sauce (Part 1) because that’s the way he liked it best. Now, I have the recipe and still make it with the extra sauce because that’s the way I like it, too.
In this day and age, the only thing I do differently is buy store bought pre-made pie crusts and they are perfect. AND, I highly recommend Imperial margarine, I’ve tried others and they aren’t the same. Don’t forget, make some extra chocolate sauce.
What is Funny Cake? It’s part cake and part pie. It’s a light cake but it’s baked in a pie crust. You pour the batter into the pie crust, cover with a chocolate sauce, when it’s done baking, the chocolate sauce is on the bottom, with just a few swirls of the chocolate throughout the cake.
I don’t bake much, but this is one recipe from my Grandmother that I can do. It took me a few tries but I finally got it right.
Funny Cake
(makes two pies)
Part 1:
1 cup sugar 1/2 cup cocoa
1 tsp. vanilla 1 cup hot water
Part 2:
1 1/2 cup sugar 1 cup milk
1/2 cup margarine 2 1/2 tsp. baking powder
2 eggs 1/4 tsp. baking soda
2 1/2 cups flour
2 9″ ready-made pie crusts
Mix ingredients from Part 1 over low heat and stir until sugar dissolves.
From Part 2, mix together sugar, margarine and 2 eggs and add flour and milk, alternating the flour and milk. Add baking powder and baking soda. Mix until well blended.
Pour Part 2 equally into the two pie crusts, pour part 1 over that. Bake at 400 degrees for 10 mins. Reduce temperature to 350 degrees and bake for another 30 to 35 minutes.
If it has chocolate, i'm for it. sounds yummy!