cake testing

December 9th, 2009

introducing: my first time using overheads in cooking

Just because I’ve been silent doesn’t mean I’ve been languishing in a world-without-food. (And oh-my-goodness I just shuddered involuntarily at the thought of said world. How horrific!)

There’s been recipe testing, oh yes there has! Like this chocolate peanut butter cake that I dollied up from a Smitten Kitchen recipe. And how? By adding a peanut butter mousse insert, cherries through the bottom layer of cake, and a chocolate ganache / peanut butter buttercream (say that three times fast) amalgam piped in pretty rosettey thingies on the top.

gooey peanut chocolate buttery goodness

It was for a friend’s birthday picnic and went down a treat (if by treat you mean eight people clutching at their stomachs and clambering for air, and two sugar-holics asking for another slice).

I might try this one again. But with a little bit less crazy and a whole heap more cake.

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1 Jacq says on December 9th, 2009 at 8:44 pm :

The cake looks great! Chocolate and peanut butter combination is always a winner
2 Simon says on December 10th, 2009 at 9:11 am :

Yep, that sounds like a treat to me! Though, peanut butter and cherries seems like an interesting combo. Does it end up somewhat like the combo of peanut butter and jam in flavour?
3 shez says on December 10th, 2009 at 9:27 am :

@Jacq: Oh tell me about it! Love love love for the sticky sweet!

@Simon: It tasted just like a light, fluffy peanut butter and chunky jam sandwich… but with bread made from super moist chocolate cake. Which was awesome. And rich. Oh so rich…
4 FFichiban says on December 11th, 2009 at 9:49 pm :

Awesomecakkkeeeess!! I wannntttt!! I might have to try that recipe too sometime then…
5 Rose says on December 12th, 2009 at 9:01 am :

That cake is gorgeous, I’m so jealous of your cakebaking skills!
6 shez says on December 15th, 2009 at 9:05 pm :

@FFichiban: It’s awesome. Super sticky and messy but really awesome. I’m gonna perfect it and hand it out all willy nilly, cos that’s what I do

@Rose: Heee! Thanks dudette
7 Anita says on December 17th, 2009 at 8:52 pm :

YUM! The cake look gorgeous, you’ve done an awesome job.
8 betty says on January 4th, 2010 at 10:01 pm :

cake looks beautiful shez