Tuesday, May 24, 2016
TWD - Betty's Chocoholic Cake
The second recipe this month for Tuesday with Dorie is a glorious chocolate cake - Betty's Chocoholic Cake, to be exact. The original recipe is three layers of dense chocolate cake, containing 400g chocolate, 400g butter and 6 eggs. I halved the recipe and made two layers instead. I made mine with a commercial gluten free flour mix so that I could share a slice with a gluten-intolerant friend.
This cake is densely rich and chocolatey - a chocolate lover would happily substitute a bar of chocolate for a slice of this cake.
I only used half of the ganache, only having half the cake. I figured that a cake such of this did not require even more chocolate. Accordingly, instead of decorating it with white chocolate curls, as suggested by Dorie, I decorated it with hundreds and thousands:
The hundreds and thousands give the cake a festive look but do not take away from the gorgeous dark chocolate flavour of the cake.
This cake tastes as good as it looks - discipline is involved not to keep eating it.
To see what the other bakers made this week and what they thought of it, visit the LYL section of the TWD website.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
13 comments:
Wow! this sounds like every chocolate lovers dream. looks delicious!
oh yes a large slice for me please - looks delicious
This one was really really good, huh? Yay 100s and 1000s!
Love the 100's and 1000's! This cake was a chocolate lovers dream! I myself am not too fond of chocolate however the rest of the family absolutely loved it!
Oh man...love this beautiful cake! Mouthwateringly delicious!
It looks so festive with the colourful sprinkles! It's good to know the recipe works with alternative flours
i love 100s and 1000s! looks delicious, and so very rich.
Ooh this looks like a goody! I'm going to save it up for a chocoholic friend! :D
I love the sprinkles. This was definitely a decadent cake. I hope your friends enjoyed.
Your cake looks dreamy and delicious!
Gaye, this is one gorgeous chocolate cake - I have to try this recipe soon for one of our girls birthdays. It looks moist and chocolatey and utterly delicious!
Andrea
After seeing this cake I think I need to go back to TWD. I have missed all the baking. Wonder how many I can make sugar free??
Oh, I love your chocolate cake and the 100s and 1000s on top are perfect. Good to have a baker recommend a great cake.
Post a Comment