I had to make a birthday cake for my friend, so I decided to use one of nanna's recipes. Chocolate cake always goes down a treat, so that is what I decided to make. Doesn't the final product look impressive??
The RecipeClick on the link above to view the full recipe. It's a simple chcolate cake originally from the Bourneville Cocoa Company, by the looks.
It makes a great looking batter:
I actually made two double batches because I was feeding a big crowd. I cooked each double batch in a lamington tray, then once they were cooled, I placed one on top of the other and put fresh cream between the two layers.
The icing was the fun part!
The HintsI iced the cake with a chocolate ganache. Yum! Then I made chocolate curls and added fresh, cut strawberries. For instructions on how to do these, google! That's what I did and it turned out ok. I also bought gingham ribbon and tied bows to toothpicks to get the bow feature.
The PositivesThis cake was delicious. Even multiplying the recipe still made a tasty treat.
The Issues
I can't recall any. Once again, you have to convert to metric, but I've resigned myself to having to do this throughout this blog! It's not a mud cake though so be prepared that it is much lighter and less denser under all of that chocolate ganache!
The Rating
9/10
As you can see, it got eaten!
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