Everyday

This post is for a fellow student and one of the nicest guys I have met on the island. <3 Congratulations to Benji and Irene on their wedding today. :) If you haven't heard of Benji and his blog, head over to Diary of a Caribbean Med Student and start reading. I'll be especially disappointed if you're an AUC student and don't know his name.

But besides the point, this is an everyday kind of recipe for the type of relationship where not even thousands of miles will come between you. This is the recipe you make together, stirring chocolate and vanilla, sugar and butter together into a chocolate cake you can have every day, morning or night.

Everyday Chocolate Cake

1/2 cup butter (1 stick)
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 egg
1 cup buttermilk
1 tsp vanilla
1.5 cups AP flour
3/4 cup cocoa powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
dash of salt
optional: chocolate chips

Line a 9x5 loaf pan and set aside. In a bowl, cream together the butter and sugars until you get a light fluffy consistency. Add the egg and mix to combine. Add the buttermilk and vanilla. If you don't have buttermilk, combine 1 tsp of lemon juice or vinegar and fill the rest of the cup with milk.

In a separate bowl combine all the dry ingredients: flour, cocoa, baking soda/powder and salt. Slowly add to the wet ingredients. You don't want a mushroom cloud after all. Fold in 1/4 - 1/2 bag of chocolate chips if you so desire. (I did.)
Pour into the pan. Bake at 325 for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.