I've been dying to try this cake ever since I saw this post over at Art of Dessert! So here's my version.
My nephew, who can never get a cake that is chocolaty enough, asked me to make his 20th birthday cake. I knew exactly which cake I was going to try!
I used Hershey's Special Dark Cocoa instead of regular cocoa. Wow!!
I did cut one cup of cocoa out of the frosting though, since I used the dark. I was afraid it was going to be a "Death By Chocolate" cake!
Here are a few of the cupcakes:
How would I rate this recipe?
It was a more dense cake that I prefer, but the people at the party who prefer a dense cake loved it! My husband was one of them.
I'd say Peyton enjoyed his too!! Check out those chocolate eyes!!
Happy Birthday, James!!
Wow! I get dizzy just looking at these pictures and even 'wasted' when i went to the site you mentioned, art of dessert.
ReplyDeleteIsn't her blog awesome???? I think it's the first blog I followed!!
ReplyDeleteOh yes absolutely! Art of Dessert is well written without pretense or trying-hard-thing. She is simply an honest-to-goodness Mom sharing beautiful ideas with us. Thank you for letting me know of the blog. You are so gracious yourself.
ReplyDeleteI got caught up in the crazy weather we had here in the Northeast and it's just now that I am able to visit and take a couple of more looks (more like drooling stares) at the chocolate wasted cake. I will try this for the holidays.