Funny Face Cake I just love this recipe...we first tasted Funny Face Cake at the Allentown, PA fair and it was offered as a sample of the kinds of baked goods entered into the cooking contests.....If you have never heard of it, you will be surprised to find it is actually a kind of cake batter cooked inside a pieshell....yummy and unusual. A slight bit like a shoofly pie, but with the chocolate gooey stuff instead of molasses. Give it a try for something easy, inexpensive and delicious. Great for a simple dessert at a picnic or to bring as a contribution to a pot luck or neighbor's home for cake and coffee. You will need 2 pie tins with uncooked pie dough--fresh or frozen store bought is fine....NOT graham cracker! Batter Part: 2 eggs 1 1/2 cups sugar 1/2 cup butter (or combo of butter and lard) 1 cup milk 2 cups flour 2 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. vanilla Syrup part: 1 cup sugar 1/2 cup cocoa 3/4 cup boiling water 1 tsp. vanilla In a large bowl, combine all ingredients for the batter part and set aside. In a separate bowl, combine the syrup ingredients. For ease in handling, place your pie pans on a cookie sheet large enough to hold two, or one on each smaller one. Carefully pour the syrup into the 2 ready made pie shells, dividing it evenly between the two. Then spoon or ladle the batter part into the pie shells, trying not to disturb the liquid below. Bake in preheated oven at 350 degrees for 35 minutes or until firm and just lightly brown. As the pies bake, the syrup will create a design in the "cake" part. If you want to try to make your own design, you could hold back some of the syrup part and then drop spoonfuls of syrup over the batter in the design of eyes, nose and mouth.....or, just bake and see if yours looks like a Funny Face! Kids would enjoy making this with you! Back To Cakes and Bakery Delights Recipes Feel Free To Email Me Anytime Back To The Index Page