January 27 marks National Chocolate Cake Day. No, really, it is. If eating an entire Chocolate Cake today seems a daunting task or if you’re on a diet and doing well since the first of the year, I have another idea.

Carnival Cruise Line‘s Melting Chocolate Cake is sure to check that box and satisfy the obligation we all have to embrace all the dedicated days of the year. Here is the simple recipe:

Five Simple Ingredients

• 6oz Dark Chocolate
• 6oz Butter
• 4 Eggs
• 3oz Sugar
• 2oz Flour

Five Easy Steps 

1. Melt the chocolate and butter
2. Mix eggs and sugar and whisk for a few minutes, then add flour
3. Add the egg mix to the melted chocolate and mix
4. Pour the mix in a greased mold
5. Bake directly in the oven at 350°F for 20 minutes

Carnival reminds us of some Bite-size Facts about Chocolate Cake

• The first chocolate cake was made in 1765.
• In the 1800s, an Austrian chef created the modern chocolate cake when he spread jam between two layers of chocolate dough and covered it with chocolate frosting. 
• Until about 1840, chocolate was primarily consumed in liquid form as a drink.
• The first chocolate cake mix was invented in the 1920s by a company called O. Duff and Sons. 
• In 1948, Pillsbury released the first instant chocolate cake mix

Other National Days of similar interest in January:

• January 4- National Spaghetti Day
• January 11- National Milk Day
• January 12- National Bagel Day
• January 15- National Strawberry Ice Cream Day
• January 20- National Cheese Lovers Day
• January 23- National Pie Day
• January 30- National Croissant Day

You’ll have to wait for December for my personal favorite day of the entire year:

• December 4- National Cookie Day

To help with that wait, some lovely Viking cookies just for you: