Oh Hi There! + Subterranean Worms n' Dirt Cake

Well hello internet!  Britt and Liz here.  Welcome to the debut of the Fat Kid Kitchen!  Listen, let's just get this out of the way.  We are here to celebrate Fat Kid Culture. 

You: Oh man guys, isn't that kind of mean?
Us: Heck no! Dude, we said 'celebrate!'
You: Are YOU guys fat kids?
Us: Nah, we're all grown up. But we sorely miss our fatty childhood indulgences. And let's be real, we're not the only ones! You know how you sometimes plunge a spoon into a container of chocolate frosting at 2am? And how every now and then you have this uncontrollable need to spread peanut butter on EVERYTHING? And that one time you put ice cream on your pancakes and your boyfriend told you that was "Such a fat kid thing to do"?
You: Oh yeah. I totally do that. Daily.

See? THAT, my friend, is what we're celebrating! Part recipe blog, part childhood-nostalgia-contact-high, this will become your safe haven for all your beloved Fat Kid tendencies. So go ahead, stick that spoon in that frosting. You know you want to.

For our first kitchen creation, we figured we'd start with a treat every kid loves: Chocolate Cake! But our childish imaginations ran wild and the recipe quickly transformed into...

Subterranean Worms n' Dirt Cake

Just in time for Halloween parties next month, we present to you a slightly sophisticated twist on the old pudding cup classic.  You know the one.  That party-in-your-mouth parfait of chocolate jell-o, gummy worms, and crushed up oreos.  But we thought...you know what'd make that even better?  If the worms were UNDERGROUND.  And the "ground" consisted of two extra-rich, indulgent flourless chocolate cakes.  And so it began...our first official Fat Kid Kitchen culinary adventure!

First, you'll want to make your mousse.  Combine your 5 min. mousse mix with the cold milk, whip till it's thick.  Then throw that bad boy in the fridge to chill for the next hour.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.  Then, spray two circular cake pans with non-stick cooking spray.  The smaller the pan, the better, we found.  You don't want the cakes getting too thin or else they'll crack and get all earthquakey when you try to layer them!

Next, place your chocolate chips and two sticks butter into a medium saucepan over medium-low heat.  Stir it often until it melts into a gooey delicious soup.

Cocoa powder warpaint optional but highly encouraged.

 Transfer the melted chocolate and butter to a large bowl.  Add sugar and mix well.  Make a happy face like Liz's above and get psyched, you're making the best cake ever!

Eggs n' teamwork!

Add eggs one at a time, whisk together.  Then combine your cocoa powder and stir until just blended.  Equally divide the batter into the two greased cake pans.  Set a timer for 35-40 minutes and put those guys in the oven!

Do not anger Britt the ferocious crusher.

While your cakes are in the oven, prepare the filling! Crush 2/3 of your oreos into small shards and set aside.  Then crush the remaining oreos into a fine powder, sans creme filling.  As for the worms, cut up half of them into smaller pieces so your cake is easier to slice.  The longer ones can poke out of the cake like they're trying to escape!

Take your cakes out of the oven and let them cool for about 15-20 minutes.  Then VERY CAREFULLY transfer the bottom cake onto your serving plate.  Seriously, be careful!  These things can crack if they're on the thin side.  But if they do crack, don't fret.  You've got chocolate mousse putty on hand and it's easy to fix.  That's what we did!

Combine the chocolate mousse and oreo shards, then spread across the bottom cake.  Plant your worm pieces (these worms won't grow back after you cut 'em in half!).  Leave the longer ones on the edges, dangling out of the cake.

Ultimate concentration...

Then, very gently move the top half of the cake onto the wormy-moussey-layer.  Teamwork is recommended at this point if you haven't been utilizing it already.  For the cake topping, we drizzled some hot fudge sauce and sprinkled the finely powdered oreo on top.  And the result?

We happened to be having a bunch of people over to watch the Emmy awards that night.  So we took this cake to the next level of TV themery and created a graveyard for all the dearly departed True Blood characters of this past season.  Like so:

Thanks so much for visiting the Kitchen, guys!  We knew you would be coming so we baked you a cake.  A giant goopy cake bursting at the seams with gummy worms and oreo cookies, to be precise.

Love,

Britt and Liz

P to the S:  Special thanks to Emmy Yu for taking the photos and being our first official taste tester!  She's just the bees knees, she is.  Info forthcoming on how YOU can be a taste tester in the near future!