Someone finally picked the recipe for the picture that is most likely responsible for over half of the sales of this book
Despite appearances, this cake is actually pretty easy to make. The thing you want to remember when making cakes, at least for creamed butter and sugar batters, never cheat on your mixing time in those initial stages. Creaming sugar and butter can really make or break your cake. It can mean the difference between discovering a brick or a fluffy cloud of sweetness in your oven.
Do you really even need to ask if this was a winner for me? I mean, look at it.
Doesn’t that just scream, “Eat me! I’m fluffy and delicious!” Believe it or not, I’m not that into chocolate cake, Devil’s Food especially. While this wasn’t an epiphany in terms of Devil’s Food, it was really good. The frosting was a real winner for me. I’m always searching for good frosting recipes since, for the most part, I haven’t found one that really hits it out of the park. While this frosting isn’t one for my record book of culinary experiences, it definitely will be one that I see myself turning to again and again. One thing to note about this frosting is that this isn’t a frosting that keeps for days on end. Ideally eat this the same day because it seems to deflate a bit with time. Go figure since it’s mostly egg whites.
One thing I tried with this recipe is using real dutch process cocoa. I’ve been meaning to really price cocoa and chocolate online but I haven’t had the time, so I ended up making a last minute stop to my local kitchen gadgetry and gourmet oasis, the Rolling Pin. Ideally I would do all my shopping there since I like to patron small business, but since I’m unemployed I have to look for the best bang for my buck. I’ve been unemployed so long I’ve actually started shopping at Walmart again. I hate myself every time I go in there, but what else can you do.
Anyways, did the dutch process cocoa make a difference? I think it may have because I did enjoy that cake more than I normally would when it comes to chocolate cake. I can’t be sure unless I make two cakes one with dutch process, and one without to be sure – talk about a decadent experiment! I should find a more reasonable recipe to test the difference with.
Here’s some pics:
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i loved this cake, it wasn’t too overly sweet. i know what you mean about walmart, i feel the same way every time i go in there too.
Beautiful! You did a fabulous job with this cake. It was quite tasty, wasn’t it?
Lovely looking cake! Can’t make myself go into Walmart. Sorry you have to.
Beautiful cake. I’m going to have to make this cake one day soon!
Nice looking cake!
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You’ve got a delicious blog here! Yummy!
Yummy looking cake. I was sooooo glad we finally got to make this one.