Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Tuesdays with Dorie: Devil's Food White Out Cake

This week's TWD pick is definitely worthy of being the cover girl. It was gorgeous!

The cake itself was sensational. Really rich and chocolatey. I made minis and didn't have any problems with flat cakes, just the opposite in fact, these rose up into domes and didn't sink at all. I did forget to add the boiling water though. Maybe that had something to do with it?

I also decided not to make the frosting, instead using sweetened whipped cream. I haven't really got my head around the cooked frosting thing yet and am still on the anti-uncooked-egg bandwagon at the moment.

On that note, it seems I can't be trusted reading recipes at the moment. At least 3 times over the past week or so I have either misread something or completely overlooked a vital ingredient or process. I blame pregnancy brain! At least leaving out the water wasn't a problem, the results speak for themselves!

The taste test ...

Yum! I really loved this cake. The only problem I had was when it came to slicing it up. The cake wanted to slide all over the place on its pillows of whipped cream and the whole thing turned into a gooey delicious mess pretty quickly!

I'm really glad I made a mini version though because this would have been really dangerous to eat just between 3 of us! Thanks to Stephanie of Confessions of a City Eater for this week's pick.

13 comments:

  1. Oooh...you're cake looks beautiful! Great job.

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  2. Oh darn, gooey delicious mess :) It sure doesn't look like a mess though - it looks absolutely perfect!

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  3. c'est très réussi ! ton gâteau a l'air bien moelleux ! je pense avoir trop cuit le mien, je l'ai trouvé sec !

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  4. It looks wonderful! We loved this cake too :)

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  5. Your cake looks great and not messy at all!

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  6. Beautiful!! :) I love mini cakes!

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  7. Mmm... That looks yummy with whipped cream! Maybe freezing it briefly before cutting would curb the slippage?

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  8. I wish I made this as a mini! Yours looks absolutely DELICIOUS! I'd dig in!

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  9. Your cake looks great. Im glad you liked it! I didn't make the frosting either..it sounded like a pain.

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  10. Your cake looks wonderful. I'm glad it was a hit.

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  11. Fantastic looking cake. Glad it came out so well for you. Yummy!

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  12. It looks great! Love the whipped cream frosting. That sounds delicious!

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  13. Yours looks a lot neater than mine, so mess is a relative term!

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