Chocolate Bubble Cake

[cakecrumbs]

Last Sunday was my 25th Birthday. Shh, yes, I'm getting old. As the only baker in my house, of course the cake duties fell to me. Something I love because I get to experiment with new things.

Comments

If this is the ugly version I'd like to see the good one :-)

[anonymous]

Okay, I don't know what you pictured in your head, but I think the cake looks very fine! The chocolate balls alone would get me a wow (but maybe that's saying more about my baking skills thans yours ;-)) , and I think the cascade thing worked. Not perfectly, fine, but work it did. And the little half spheres on the bottom have a nice understated quality.

Re: If this is the ugly version I'd like to see the good one :-)

[cakecrumbs]

Thank you for your words of encouragement!

[editornia]

(Belated) Happy Birthday for Sunday!

Sadly, I did not make the cake in my icon.

I have recently experimented with Chocolate-pumpkin muffins, but to no avail: they were terrible, and tasted like savoury chocolate muffins, if that's possible! I have learnt my lesson: half the allotted pumpkin as the recipe said, and real, melted chocolate in the mix. But still... I failed, quite spectacularly. I don't have any photos, however. :/They also don't last very long, or very well. No idea what to do, except trial and error.

Your cake looked MUCH better than my failed muffins did! That is definitely NOT an "ugly" cake - it's just a bit different, is all. :)

[cdejonge]

As I was there to witness your stress with the cake, I can sympathise with you. However, I still think the cake turned out great. Even though the polka dots were all at the bottom, I think this still looked effective. The ball decorations were very impressive, and most importantly the cake tasted delicious. I guess it's best to experiment (and sometimes have things not go perfectly) when the cake is for yourself too?

[cakecrumbs]

Indeed - I'd much rather mess up my own cake than someone elses!

[anonymous]

As long as its edible then its not a total waste. Despite your mistake, your cake presentation is great it could make any chocolate cake lover drools. Keep in mind that beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. So cheer up, everyone did learn from mistakes once in a while. And I'm sure you'll produce even great masterpiece in the future. ^_^

[cakecrumbs]

Thanks! I'm determined to get it right next time!

Hey.

[anonymous]

If I have done like 20% percent of this cake, I would be ecstatic. This looked pretty.

Kisses kisses from fellow deviant ~www-arturq

Re: Hey.

[cakecrumbs]

Thank's very kind of you!