Gooey Brownie Cake

Ingredients

• 4 ounces semisweet or bittersweet chocolate bar for melting
• 1/2 cup butter, softened + 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 4 eggs, room temp
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 1 cup cocoa powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 4-8 ounces semisweet or bittersweet chocolate, chopped

Directions

1. 1. Preheat the oven to 350. Grease a 9 x 13 baking pan.
2. 2. Melt 4 ounces semisweet chocolate with 2 tablespoons butter. Set aside to cool.
3. 3. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment, beat � cup butter until creamy. Add in both sugars and beat until combined.
4. 4. Add in the eggs and beat to combine. Add in vanilla and combine.
5. 5. Slowly pour in the melted chocolate and mix to combine.
6. 6. Stir together the cocoa powder, baking soda, salt. Add the cocoa mixture to the batter and blend until smooth, scraping down the sides if needed.
7. 7. Fold in chopped chocolate.
8. 8. Pour batter into pan and bake 22-25 minutes, or until the top is shiny, the edges are just starting to pull away from the sides, and the center of the brownies are set.
9. 9. Let cool in pan for 20 minutes before cutting.