Wednesday, October 26, 2011

#51 - Make a Two-Tier Cake + Frosting From Scratch



OK. I have a confession. I am approaching 40 years old (rather quickly!) and I have never made a cake from scratch. Don't get me wrong, I've made cakes before, but was always helped by my good friends Betty Crocker and Duncan Hines. So, when I was putting my life list together last year, one of the things I added was making a two-tier chocolate cake and frosting from scratch. See, life lists are not just all about sky diving and wrestling bears and stuff like that.

This past weekend I decided it was time to roll up the sleeves and give it a whirl. I figured I would start with a classic recipe for cake, so I went with this Hershey's recipe at this link. The only substitution I made was using Ghirardelli cocoa powder instead of Hershey's.


Directions were easy and the batter came together just fine.The two-tier aspect of it was a little stressful, as there was some sticking to the pans when the cakes came out of the oven. Fortunately, it was not anything that the frosting could not cover up. Yes, frosting covers a multitude of sins. The finished product was a little "rustic" in appearance, but tasted great.

With that, I am checking this off the list!


2 comments:

GIRL'S GONE CHILD said...

Hey, lady! (DELICIOUS LOOKING CAKE.) And speaking of cake... congratulations! Random.org picked you to win the Brita prize pack on GGC! If you could just email me at your convenience I'll get you all sorted out. Thanks much and all best!

xx,

Rebecca

Freedom | Rethinking the Dream said...

Wow, that looks yummy. Cooking from scratch seems to be a lost art these days, it's fun to see you try to bring a little piece of it back.