Cake recipe :)
Since Valentine's Day is coming up, I thought I'd share a recipe with everyone. :) It's a recipe for chocolate strawberry cake! I took pictures of the steps, too, so it's easier to follow. I'm not the greatest cook or anything, though, just to warn you. XD
Here are the ingredients:
5 oz semi-sweet baking chocolate, 6 tbsp butter, 1 cup sugar, 2 tsp vanilla, 2 eggs, 1 1/4 cups flour, 1/2 tsp baking soda, 3/4 cup water, 1 cup whipping cream (not pictured), 1 cup strawberries.
First preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Put the butter and 3 oz. of the chocolate into a microwaveable bowl and microwave until the butter is melted. Then stir it until the chocolate is completely melted.
Combine the mixture with 3/4 cup sugar and 1 tsp vanilla and stir until well blended.
Then add the eggs one at a time, beating until well blended.
Mix in 1/4 cup of the flour and the baking soda.
Add the rest of the flour and the water a little bit at a time, alternating and beating well between each addition.
The batter should end up looking something like this:
Pour it into a greased, 9-inch round cake pan, and then put it in the oven for 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Before
After :)
After taking it out, let it cool in the pan for about ten minutes. Then move the cake from the pan to a wire rack for it to cool completely.
I, uh... my cake fell apart here. ._. This isn't what's supposed to happen! Maybe I just didn't let it cool long enough?
Moving on...
Mix together the whipping cream, 1/4 cup sugar, and 1 tsp vanilla. Beat the mixture until soft peaks form.
Top the cake with the whipped cream and sliced strawberries.
(My cake might not look that great but it still tastes the same!)
Then melt 2 oz of chocolate and drizzle it over the cake.
Let the chocolate set, and then you're done!
...My cake looks ugly, doesn't it? ;_; Oh well...
You should store it in the refrigerator, by the way, so that the whipped cream doesn't melt. :)
...I'm giving out store-bought chocolates on Valentine's Day, for obvious reasons. ^^; But if anyone is in the area and would like a piece of this cake, you're welcome to! I can't eat it all by myself, after all! :)
((OOC: *snerk* I am a total klutz in the kitchen. Fortunately I have it in my mind that Akari is the same way, so it all works out! :D
The recipe, by the way, came from here, though I made my own whipped cream instead of using Cool Whip. XD))
Here are the ingredients:
5 oz semi-sweet baking chocolate, 6 tbsp butter, 1 cup sugar, 2 tsp vanilla, 2 eggs, 1 1/4 cups flour, 1/2 tsp baking soda, 3/4 cup water, 1 cup whipping cream (not pictured), 1 cup strawberries.
First preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Put the butter and 3 oz. of the chocolate into a microwaveable bowl and microwave until the butter is melted. Then stir it until the chocolate is completely melted.
Combine the mixture with 3/4 cup sugar and 1 tsp vanilla and stir until well blended.
Then add the eggs one at a time, beating until well blended.
Mix in 1/4 cup of the flour and the baking soda.
Add the rest of the flour and the water a little bit at a time, alternating and beating well between each addition.
The batter should end up looking something like this:
Pour it into a greased, 9-inch round cake pan, and then put it in the oven for 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Before
After :)
After taking it out, let it cool in the pan for about ten minutes. Then move the cake from the pan to a wire rack for it to cool completely.
I, uh... my cake fell apart here. ._. This isn't what's supposed to happen! Maybe I just didn't let it cool long enough?
Moving on...
Mix together the whipping cream, 1/4 cup sugar, and 1 tsp vanilla. Beat the mixture until soft peaks form.
Top the cake with the whipped cream and sliced strawberries.
(My cake might not look that great but it still tastes the same!)
Then melt 2 oz of chocolate and drizzle it over the cake.
Let the chocolate set, and then you're done!
...My cake looks ugly, doesn't it? ;_; Oh well...
You should store it in the refrigerator, by the way, so that the whipped cream doesn't melt. :)
...I'm giving out store-bought chocolates on Valentine's Day, for obvious reasons. ^^; But if anyone is in the area and would like a piece of this cake, you're welcome to! I can't eat it all by myself, after all! :)
((OOC: *snerk* I am a total klutz in the kitchen. Fortunately I have it in my mind that Akari is the same way, so it all works out! :D
The recipe, by the way, came from here, though I made my own whipped cream instead of using Cool Whip. XD))