Photo-bombed bya cute little taste tester. Cover with icing (recipe below) and enjoy. For those who avoidgluten, nuts and/ordairy, you definitely won't feel deprived here
Check the cakeby sticking a squire into the middle, if it comes out dry the cake is ready. (This cake recipe is adapted from DonnaHay's 'No Time To Cook' cook book
Byallaccountsall the elements came together well. Fill withchocolatebuttercream. Bake until a skewer inserted into the middle comes out with only a few moist crumbs clinging to it
Add egg and egg white one ata time alternatingwith the sugar, stirring well between additions. Once these cakeshave their time in the oven we slather on rich chocolatebuttercream frosting, and some raspberryjam between the layers, and sprinkle with fresh berries and icing sugar
If you're not looking to make the GF DF variety, and just wantnormalcake bottoms, you could makeplain or chocolatecakebatter, and just put a tbsp or so in the bottom of muffin tins instead - or, you could makeJaffa muffins by using the orangeand melted chocolate toppings on top of muffins - or even better, on top of chocolateMagicBeanCake muffins, for areally delicious twist
Once I’d nibbled on a cookie or two to satisfy my cravings, I gifted the rest of the batch to my Dad, who is a wonderful source of constructive advice for baking experiments (one of his favourites is my Cappuccino Ice CreamCake)
Let me know if you makeany of my Thoroughly Nourished Life cookies for your Christmasandholidaycelebrationsbytagging me on Instagram (@achatwin) or posting on my Facebookwall
(Andbymade we all know that I meanthat they barelymade it out of the oven before I was double-fisting them and cursing my mouth for not being big enough to hold more than one bite ata time
If you’re aregularreader you’ll already know about my love affairwithroasted, or caramelisedwhitechocolate, so when I cameacrossa recipe for chocolategelatothat suggested roasting the cocoa to bring out richer, more complex flavours in the cocoa, I knew I had to give it a try
Comments
Log in or Register to write a comment.