Saturday, January 22, 2011

Birthday Cake.

It was Aaron's birthday last week, so I decided to make him his favourite cake - German Chocolate Cake.

We don't have this cake in England, but as I had tried a slice at a party in the USA a couple of months ago, I knew it would be a delicious option, if I could pull it off....


I love cooking, but don't really bake so much. I think it's because when I cook dinner I can experiment a lot more, but with baking, you have to stick to the measurements and ingredients, and that's where I can get a bit lazy.

Anyway, I found a great German Chocolate Cake recipe online and set to work.....




The recipe called for baking three small cakes in separate tins and assembling, but I just baked one big cake and sliced it into three layers.






It came out soooooooo delicious (even if I do say so myself!) and moist and rich and chocolatey! The cake part was almost brownie-ish in consistency, and the frosting was chewy (it's a caramel, pecan and coconut frosting).




The birthday boy was happy....




The addition of fresh raspberries and cream complimented the rich chocolate cake perfectly.

4 comments:

  1. That looks so delicious, 'specially with the raspberries!

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  2. Ladies, if you like really rich, chocolatey cake, then this is a brilliant recipe! It was soooooooo yummy! I was sad when we finished it haha!

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  3. I haven't felt this spoiled on my birthday in a very long time. I was so surprised and overwhelmed with love that you would take the time and make the effort to present me with such a lovely and delicious cake.

    Once again...when I think I couldn't possibly love you more than I do, I discover that I sell myself short. Thank you, Melanie!

    I LOVE you, my Incendiary Blonde <3 <3 <3

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