Sunday, November 16, 2008

Black Hole Chocolate Cake


I think I can.... I think I can..... I will conquer the layer cake. This attempt was called Black Hole Chocolate Cake and I found the recipe at http://www.cdkitchen.com/. I had high hopes for this one since after baking, the layers were very dense. I had a few problems though ....

1. A buttercream concoction was to serve as the filling and used to frost the sides of the cake. Now I know how to make buttercream. I really do. So when the recipe instructed that melted, uncooled chocolate, butter, powdered sugar, and cream be combined; I knew I wouldn't get "light and fluffy". None the less, I followed the directions, and ended up with a tasting filling but not enough frosting. I looks ok though.

2. Nothing good can come of pouring a hot glaze over a cake. Nothing. Nothing but a disaster. Again, I'm no stranger to the kitchen, so I let the glaze cool but not nearly enough. I should have been darn near room temperature. On the plus side, this was the best tasting glaze I've ever had and I think I'll keep it!

3. This cake did not taste good. The cake layers were very dry and the filling was "meh" but not spectacular. My coworkers ate it but my official taste tester dumped it into the garbage after a couple bites (as did I - after I licked the glaze off the top).

So it's back to the layer cake drawing board.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

What a shame it didn't taste good. It looks amazing, which just goes to prove that it's better to be good than look good...

Jaime said...

sorry the cake was dry (it's lovely though!). you should try the recipe again... maybe try the cocoa buttermilk cake i just posted instead? that cake is incredibly moist. just use two 9-inch round pans for it

Anonymous said...

it looks beautiful though--and I'm not a chocolate person.

Steph said...

You should definitely try CI's chocolate sour cream bundt cake. I think it's the best in terms of flavour, texture and moistness!

I know how you feel... it is so hard when it comes to finding the 'best' recipe

Jessica said...

The cake looks amazing -- sorry it didn't work out as well as you wanted it to. I've had good results with chocolate cakes that call for buttermilk or sour cream (even mayonnaise as gross as that sounds) something about the acidity or extra moisture makes them super moist.