Gooey Chocolate Cake

This doesn't cut well and obviously doesn't photograph well because of it but it is delicious!!!  I adapted Gooey Butter Cake to make it a chocolate lover's dream!  It turned out great!  I'm really trying to take better pictures but if it's not the operator (a.k.a. me) it's something like this.  Argh! Oh well...

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Ingredients

Cake Mix:

    1 - 18 1/4 ounce box of chocolate fudge cake mix

    1 egg

    8 T melted butter

Topping Mix:

    1 - 8 ounce package of cream cheese, softened

    2 eggs

    8 T melted butter

    2 t vanilla extract

    1 pound powdered sugar

    5 T chocolate syrup (you know, the Hershey's syrup you use to make chocolate milk...)

           -I just wanted to make the topping on the brown/tan side.

To Prepare

1.  Mix Cake Mix ingredients in a mixing bowl.  

2.  Pat into lightly greased 9 x 13 inch baking pan.

3.  Mix topping mix with a mixer until smooth, scrap sides a couple times.

4.  Spread over cake mix.

5.  Bake at 350F for 40 - 50 minutes.  Be careful not to over bake, the center should be gooey.

6.  Let cool, cut yourself a piece and enjoy the gooey goodness!  Note that the top of the cake does fall when cooled.