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Originally uploaded by Konomaigo
This is the cake I baked for my birthday. It was bloody tasty, it was. It isn't my prettiest cake, though. Also, I forgot the cherries. ;_;
This came out of Best Recipes, as so many of my cakes do. I didn't make any modifications, other than making it a three layer instead of four layer cake. For some reason German Chocolate is one of my favorites, though I'm usually not one for nuts in my baked goods (I tend to remove them from my recipes.
One of the things I noticed after it was too late to do anything about it was that the recipe called for 8in rounds and I had 9in rounds. The upshot of this was that there was only enough filling for three layers, and the layers were a little more difficult to cut. If I make it again, I'll either use 8in rounds or scale up the recipe accordingly.
On the subject of cutting layers, I do not have a good knife for this. I will have to acquire one before embarking on another multi-layer cake.
I wonder if the addition of a middle layer of fruit would do to this. A blackberry filling, perhaps. I may have to experiment, as I rather enjoy fruit filling.
Also, I kind of want to experiment with the chocolate a little bit. The recipe calls for cocoa powder. No doubt this is what helps give it the rather light texture. I sort of wonder what it would be like to do a mix of cocoa powder and melted chocolate, such as what I do with the brownies. The Devil's Food Cake uses this sort of mixture, so I may try to combine the two. I like me some damn rich chocolate cake.
My next project will be a Mexican Chocolate cake, as per request. There will be a party centered around this.