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Chocolate Malt Layer Cake {Milk Bar Monday 2/18}

February 18, 2013 By 10 Comments
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I’m going to keep this short and sweet because this recipe looks daunting enough as it is!

Jacqueline originally picked a chocolate to have in her recipe arsenal. Since this one is challenging to make gluten free/dairy free she asked me to post the original recipe. I gladly obliged.

Jacqueline is ah-mazing and made this cake gluten free so if you know someone with a food allergy, they can still enjoy the cake! Check out her gluten free cake recipe here!

We have a small group this week. Me, Audra over at The Baker Chick, and Jacqueline.

Don’t forget to check out our Pinterest page with pictures of all our past Milk Bar Monday recipes.

Like I said, this recipe looks daunting all typed up. But each component is fairly quick to make on its own, so the process isn’t too time consuming.

chocolatecake1 Chocolate Malt Layer Cake {Milk Bar Monday 2/18}

My notes on the recipe:

I wanted the middle layer to be laden with fudge so I used 1/4 of the recipe in each step, and I saved the fudge used to make the cake to pour over my finished  product. [Read more...]

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Vegan Rocky Road Cake {Guest Post from Gormandize with A-dizzle & K-bobo}

June 13, 2012 By 4 Comments
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Hello everyone! Today I have my friend Keely of Gormandize with A-dizzle & K-bobo – enjoy!

I’ve been blogging for exactly one year this month. It’s been a great experience thus far and I’m learning loads as I go.

Like most bloggers I started off with some recipes which had really dodgy photos and this vague idea that maybe my blog could be awesomely successful without me putting that much effort into it.

More than a hundred recipes, a new camera and hours of work later, I’ve managed to build my blog into something that I’m really happy with and proud of.

But the best thing I discovered about blogging was the unexpected friendships that sprung out of it with other bloggers.

It has been wonderful to connect with other food lovers all over the world and have fun exploring food with your new friends. One such friend I have been happy to make is Erin from BigFatBaker, and I was very happy when she asked me to write a guest post for her.

cake Vegan Rocky Road Cake {Guest Post from Gormandize with A dizzle & K bobo}

This cake is one that I made for my mother’s birthday recently, and it was a creation I just had always wanted to try. You may notice that my rocky road contains absolutely no marshmallows. There are two main reasons for this:

  1. Marshmallow are a cheap way to fill out rocky road so that you don’t have to put in so much of the decadent and luscious ingredients
  2. Marshmallows are made from gelatine – which is made from boiling up all the skin, crushed bones, connective tissues, organs and sometimes intestines of slaughtered animals. Now, I’m a vegan, but that aside, I don’t know who would really want to put that in their bodies!

One other quick thing before getting to the delicious point! If you wanted to make this cake even better I would recommend doubling the quantity of the rocky road topping and using it as the filling in the layer cake as well – just to make it extra rocky! [Read more...]

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BFB Favorites

May 27, 2011 By 2 Comments
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On to another week of things I love. Sorry it has been a few weeks since the last one. I have finally settled in to my new home for the summer, started working, and (of course) did some baking. I also want to give a shout out to The Peche and Snappy Service Cafe for awarding me with this awesome towel for BHF11PP!

Don’t forget to keep an eye out for some new recipes coming soon!

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But for now, enjoy some of my most recent favorites.

1. Mini Rhubarb Upside Down Cakes from Teenie Cakes – Upside down cakes are perfect for summer because they don’t need any topping and allow you to use whatever fruit is in season. I recently made a pineapple upside down cake, but these rhubarb cakes are calling my name!

2. Rhubarb Tart with Strawberry Whipped Cream from I (heart) Baking! — This one hit home for me. I recently made something similar, but this sounds so amazing. And the photos are beautiful. I want to try and make this tart with the rhubarb sliced long ways instead of little chunks. So cute!

3. Mini Gooey Chocolate Cakes from Bread and Milk and Blackberries — Who doesn’t love a good chocolate recipe? Nothing is more like home then a good chocolate cake. This one is Swedish. It is partially baked and more brownie like according to her post. Also, in her pictures she topped them with some frosting and berries making this a must try dessert.

4. Thai Banana Fritters from Tes at Home – Have you ever had something that was crunchy, sweet, hot, and fruity? I don’t have anything that immediatly comes to mind but that is essentially what you get from a banana fritter. Tes also mentioned pairing these wonderful treats with some vanilla ice cream. Doesn’t that sound amazing?

5. Strawberry Raspberry Rhubarb Pie from The Baker Chick — Another rhubarb recipe that caught my eye. I love that she made her pie a little different with the addition of raspberries. The tartness of the rhubarb and raspberries must pair perfectly with the sweetness of the strawberries. And her pie was bright and beautiful, great for a summer party!

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Chocolate Cake with a Blackberry Buttercream

February 14, 2011 By 13 Comments
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My parent’s anniversary is Feburary 12th. How sweet is that? They can celebrate Valentine’s Day and their anniversary all in one!

Since I knew I was going to be home for it this year, I wanted to make them something special.

I went with chocolate cake. Nothing is quite as good as chocolate cake when it comes to celebrating a special occasion.

I found this recipe from Nigella Lawson’s website. Her recipe sounded like the best, and I wanted this to be an unforgettable cake. The original recipe was in grams and milliliters so I had to convert it. I was so nervous I was going to mess something up and not have the right ingredient amounts in my cake. But I think all went well, the cake tasted great.

written recipe Chocolate Cake with a Blackberry Buttercream

I decided to skip the extra chocolate and use a blackberry jam to make a buttercream. I thought it would be pretty, and festive. If you don’t have blackberry, strawberry or another flavor jam would work wonderfully.

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