Tried & True
May 17, 2008
After reading Anne’s book review of Candy Freak, I had a distinct craving for chocolate. I am in the middle of the African wilderness, so-to-speak, so chocolate is a little hard to come by (and I refuse to eat my very last caramello koala which has survived the past 3 months in our refridgerator). My one saving grace was that I did have cocoa buried deep within the wilds of our dry store pantry.
As a result, I decided to make my moist-but-light-chocolately-choclate cake.
It was all going along famously, until I decided that I wasn’t satisfied with my tried & true moist-but-light-chocolately-choclate cake recipe. I wanted to mix it up a bit, try something a little different. “Don’t do it!” I hear you all shouting. Well, I didn’t listen. I did it.
I . changed . the . recipe .
I wanted a better version of my moist-but-light-chocolately-choclate cake, instead I ended up with something that was more or less like a brownie. Now, if I wanted a brownie, then it’s a competely different matter altogether. But I didn’t want a brownie. I wanted a better moist-but-light-chocolately-choclate cake.
Is it edible? Yes. Given that I am in the middle of nowhere, I will pretty much eat most things. Yes, including Hippo sausages, for those of you who are asking.
Will I ever change my tried & true moist-but-light-chocolately-choclate cake recipe ever again? Never, never again.
May 17, 2008 at 2:57 pm
Hooray – Claire’s blog is back!
Sorry your cake didn’t end up what you wanted – what did you change? I’m guessing something to do with the leavening since you were hoping for a cake but ended up with a brownie. Am I close? (I’m hoping that one of these days I’ll actually understand how baking works instead of just following directions…)
May 17, 2008 at 4:30 pm
Well, firstly, I don’t bake with a recipe
I fear that due to a brief excursion into our pantry followed by a smorgasboard-like indulge by a mouse, my rush to save as much of our dry goods as possible resulted in me putting bread flour into our self-raising flour canister. . Or so I like to think, otherwise my baking skills may look rather sad. Hence my vertically challenged cake. That, in combination with an increase in my secret ingredient, I think, was my downfall on this occasion.
Better luck next time, I guess.
May 21, 2008 at 1:11 pm
Woohoo the Claire blog is back to get me through boring days (well looking at pictures of elephant related traffic jams keeps me entertained!).
must get back to work- am organising hte summer booze-up, what a pity
May 31, 2008 at 12:24 am
Ooh, that looks yummy – if I could eat it I would!