So we're getting ready for Baba's 80th surprise birthday party. We've hired a caterer, a polka band and a choir. And I'm trying to decide what kind of cake to serve. Enter Julien, with a suggestion for "the best cake ever". If there's one thing Julien knows about, it's cake - eating and baking - so I bowed to his superior knowledge.
He promised to send me the recipe. Which he did, as a jpeg from his phone. Kids today!
Here's the recipe.
Serves me right, really, since it looks like a "recipe" I would have written.
When I asked for a bit of guidance, he gave me a look I haven't seen since my own kids were teenagers and said, in all sincerity, "Who needs a recipe? It's a cake. Everyone knows you bake it at 350 until it's not gooey."
Duh.
Well the 1x recipe made a 9x13 plus an 8x8 cake. They were fine but I think I could have made one 9x13 and it would have been ok - just a lot taller.
Halfway through mixing this chocolate cake, I realized that I didn't actually have any cocoa. I ended up scraping hot cocoa drink dust out of the bottoms of several hot chocolate drink cans - which had been in the cupboard way too long - along with some Ghirardelli mini semi-sweet chocolate drops. I reduced the amount of sugar a bit since there was some sugar in the mixes. Just goes to show you that the recipe is pretty foolproof.
Julien slathered it with whipped cream since neither one of us really likes icing. Plus whipping cream is fast and easy.
Julien says he makes mostly cupcakes from this recipe. Whatever. If you decide to make it, you won't be disappointed - it really was delicious. I/Julien got a lot of compliments on it.
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