making a cake
it's my dad's birthday this weekend, and I want to make him a cake. there's a staff potluck tomorrow at work, so I figured I'd try out a recipe and test it on my co-workers. if it's good, my dad would be happy, happy.
anywho, I was thinking about making the Super Moist Chocolate Cake. it seems simple enough. any suggestions for an easy frosting/icing? or ways to make the cake special (layers, shapes, added ingredients...)?
in my cupboard/fridge I have: cocoa powder, a little semi-sweet baking chocolate (but I don't thik it's vegan), carob powder, carob chips, unsweetened coconut, peanut butter, butterscotch chips, various nuts, some cake decorating stuff, instant coffee powder, food colouring, vanilla and maple extract, pure maple syrup, frozen bananas, unfrozen bananas, applesauce, oils and icky margarine (which isn't vegan - so I don't really want to use it), sprinkles, and even a plain vegan icing mix (that my sister bought from a bulk food store)... I can't remember what else.
help, help, help would be greatly appreciated! :o
Hi lauraabs, I had the same "which cake to make" dilemma a while ago, and there's actually a post about which one is best: http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=16527.0
Anyway, I didn't read it until after I decided to make Lisa's Chocolate cake. I picked it after reading the reviews of all the cakes, and because it was the easiest recipe (I've never made a cake from scratch before).
Regardless, my experience, and that of the vegeroni thread made me want to start making multiple versions of things from the different recipes and posting comparison reviews. Anyone else interested? I'm sure I can find lots of people to help me eat my multiple chocolate cakes.... ;D
thanks for the link - I'm interested to know what sort of cake combos everyone has made. what's been successful? what hasn't worked? your idea about that thread is great... :)
I looooooooove the flavor of the golden cupcakes in VCTOTW... I wonder if it'd bake up okay in a cake pan... I'm pretty sure it would... just time would need to be adjusted.
Regardless of which cake you choose, I say, cream cheese frosting!
I've been wondering this... could I smash/break up some semi-sweet chocolate and use it like chocolate chips in a cake? would that do the same thing? I assume it would, but I can never be sure...
I've been wondering this... could I smash/break up some semi-sweet chocolate and use it like chocolate chips in a cake? would that do the same thing? I assume it would, but I can never be sure...
don't do that.
unless the recipe calls for it.
I mean if you want to experiment fine but my bet is it'd be a no go...
I like icing my chocolate cakes with creamy soy nut butter.
wait now i'm confused...
did you mean the recipe calls for chocolate chips but you want to use broken up pieces of chocolate instead... yes that would work.
did you mean the recipe calls for chocolate chips but you want to use broken up pieces of chocolate instead... yes that would work.
yes, that's what I meant. :)
did you mean the recipe calls for chocolate chips but you want to use broken up pieces of chocolate instead... yes that would work.
yes, that's what I meant. :)
;D duh me.
yeah it will work
I assume the recipe says to melt them?
I looooooooove the flavor of the golden cupcakes in VCTOTW... I wonder if it'd bake up okay in a cake pan... I'm pretty sure it would... just time would need to be adjusted.
if you have some good jam, that makes an excellent cake filling! i've done a choco cake with rasberry filling (just the jam!) and chocolate frosting. there is a couple good easy frostings on here that are just "butter" and powder sugar.
I like icing my chocolate cakes with creamy soy nut butter.
TADA! PB&J Cake!
I looooooooove the flavor of the golden cupcakes in VCTOTW... I wonder if it'd bake up okay in a cake pan... I'm pretty sure it would... just time would need to be adjusted.
if you have some good jam, that makes an excellent cake filling! i've done a choco cake with rasberry filling (just the jam!) and chocolate frosting. there is a couple good easy frostings on here that are just "butter" and powder sugar.
I like icing my chocolate cakes with creamy soy nut butter.
TADA! PB&J Cake!
wow that was awesome dinkfeet!!!
*standing ovation*
seriously, Dink... that was good! 8)
aww man now i want a PB&J cake.
what a great idea...
<bowingamidroaringapplause>
Thankyou, thankyou, thank you very much. It wouldn't have been possible without the team. Truly.
Seriously folks, I'm trying this tonight.
Seriously folks, I'm trying this tonight.
As long as there are no knives involved it's fine with me. ;)
i bet a pb & j cake would be really good with either chocolate or yellow cake... or banana.. which are you gonna make?
ok, so I just took my chocolate cake out of the oven. I'm worried I overbaked or underbaked, but whatever. I'm just leaving out on the counter for a bit, to cool off. then, I'll take it out of the pan, and frost it - with some sort of icing. that, I haven't decided yet.
maybe I'll just sift some icing sugar on top (although there are holes in the top where I fork-tested). I guess that would look rustic...
I won't eat it - I mean, the thing's meant for a potluck tomorrow - so testing the taste/texture would well... take a big chunk out of my cake. again, oh well. I worry too much about these things.
hope all goes well... :o
The super moist chocolate cake is SO SO good simply layered with nutriwhip and chilled for a couple of hours.
I took it out of the pan and it's falling apart! I have to be very careful - it's really crumbly! eek... it's not supposed to be like that, is it?
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