Recipe 36: Velvet Cocoa Cake

[ninevirtues]

I don't remember the last time I made a cake. Okay, so, this one:

http://www.marthastewart.com/page.jhtml?type=content&id=recipe4615&contentGroup=EDF&layout=edf&rsc=ns2006_r1

Brief review: The cake itself was good-- it seemed sturdy, leading us to fear that it might be... dense... but no, it was light and tasted like a perfectly reasonable cake.

The frosting, however, called for two jars of marshmallow cream. ("I am NOT eating that," said R. "I don't even know what that stuff IS."

This called for the judicious application of Mom's frosting (box of powdered sugar, stick of butter, beat, add milk until frosting assumes the desired consistency, frost cake.)

So I mauled the cake with frosting, and ended up with something that tasted good, but looked like a slightly squashed Matterhorn with delusions of ionic columnhood. (Sigh.)

Next up: I learn to frost a cake correctly. ;-)

Comments

[catagon3.livejournal.com]

You will have to come out here and have Wootie teach you to make frosting. He doesn't put it on the cake, I have to do that, but his frosting is amazing.