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Speaking of cakes, I actually made that lovely beauty pictured above for Renee's birthday yesterday and I was quite proud of myself as it's been awhile since I've made a cake and I think it came out quite well if I do say so myself! Especially considering I made it in between reading and writing blog posts!
Renee likes anything chocolate - strawberries dipped in chocolate, chocolate-covered nuts, chocolate ice cream, hot chocolate, etc. - and even though I knew that one of the ladies in the Finance Department where Renee used to work before she came downstairs was making her a cheesecake, I wanted to make her a chocolate cake because when it's your birthday you should have whatever your favorites are, right?
With that in mind I decided to bake a chocolate fudge cake with a chocolate cream cheese filling and chocolate Dream Whip frosting. I had never done a chocolate cream cheese filling but it turned out to be quite easy (8 ounces softened cream cheese blended with 1-1/4 cups milk and then one 4-ounce package of instant chocolate pudding mix whipped in; refrigerate for 10 minutes; spread between layers). I even managed to expertly split my layers with sewing thread so that I had filling between three of them - I think Mags might have been proud of me! The frosting I made was a variation on one of my Dad's favorites which simply required a package of Dream Whip, milk, and sugar-free chocolate fudge pudding mix. Of course you have to keep the cake refrigerated because of the nature of the frosting but I suspect the cream cheese filling needs to be also.
Turns out the cake was quite delicious, not overly sweet but definitely chocolaty, and Renee was thrilled with it. It's nice to know that I still have some domestic abilities even though I don't use them too often these days! Now I'm thinking what might be real tasty is a lemon cake, lemon cream cheese filling, and a lemon Dream Whip frosting ... what do you think Miss Bee, how does that sound??
Birthdays...just a good excuse for lots of cake!
ReplyDeleteooooh yummy. You did well. If there any leftovers, I'm not to pround to ask for a doggie bag.
ReplyDeleteYEAH!!! I am WICKED proud of you...3 layers?!? Chocolate cream cheese filling?!? Holy COW!
ReplyDeleteWay to go!!!!
That looks like heaven!
ReplyDeleteI am so proud of you...my birthday is November 19th! :)
wow....this so make me want chocolate cake... my mouth is watering!!
ReplyDeleteI think Miss Bee hasn't seen it yet but I will assure she got cake for finishing her last treatment today.
ReplyDeletei wish you lived in podunk!!
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I can vouch for this cake.... it was one of the best I have ever had.
ReplyDeleteOh and Linda, you had already left but Chica just went on and on about how delicious it was and how you needed to get her the recipe the she said, better yet, she would buy all the ingredients and you could make it for her!!!
LOL!
This cake looks delicious! If you would like to brush up on your domesticity, how about a Key Lime cheesecake?
ReplyDeleteCAKE!
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Yum ~ I love chocolate cake and this looks superb.
ReplyDeleteHappy belated 49th!!
I love cakes....You have chocolate in the house? accessable chocolate?! My mum hides it on a really high shelf where she knows I can’t get it or failing that - in a saucepan because god knows I’m never going to look there!
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