The Book Pantry: Super Easy Sunday: Poor Boy Cake

As usual on a Sunday I've worked, the last thing I wanted to do tonight was get in the kitchen. Time to pull a easy recipe out of my hat. This one is so easy, it hardly qualifies as a recipe really (but hey, I'm shameless). Tonight, I made a Poor Boy Cake. I've been making this cake with only small alterations since I started cooking; it was one of the first things I learned to make (aaaahhhh, nostalgia *tear*). A little online research reveals a lot of variation for this cake, so let's just call this my version and leave it at that.

What You'll Need

Supplies

Large mixing bowl 13 x 9" casserole dish

Mixing spoon Fork

Cooking spray

Ingredients

Box chocolate cake mix Water

Eggs 14 oz can sweetened condensed milk

Vegetable Oil

Now Let's Make Poor Boy Cake

Preheat your oven according to the directions on the box. Yep, that's right: boxed cake mix. Choose your favorite chocolate variety, or if you have a basic chocolate cake recipe, use that.

Prepare the cake batter according to the directions on the box. Most basic box mixes call for a combo of eggs, water, and vegetable oil, so that's what I listed above. Use the amounts indicated on the box.

Pour the batter into the 13 x 9" casserole dish, scraping the bowl. Tilt the casserole from side to side and corner to corner to force the batter to spread out thoroughly. Bake according to the time listed on the back of the box. Do not overcook. Cake is done when a knife inserted comes out clean.

Allow cake to cool slightly, about 5 minutes. Take your fork and stab the cake until it is covered in holes (make like a senator in Julius Caesar). Open the can of sweetened condensed milk and pour over the top of the cake.