Man's secretary has been requesting a cake. I made her one for her Birthday last year and she has been asking for another once since then. Last night after the gym I was feeling energetic, so I baked her one. It was my Mom's recipe for Black Magic Cake. It's a chocolate cake with brewed coffee in it. I'm guessing the coffee is the black magic because this cake is very moist and delicious. I also made chocolate frosting! I started to assemble the cake and as I flipped the top layer on to the bottom layer IT SPLIT IN HALF!! It was so moist it just split!! No problem, I'll just push it together and the frosting will hold it in place. WRONG! I started frosting it and the top layer began to slide off! Homemade icing is not as forming as store icing, so the whole "holding it together" idea was shot to heck! I managed to get it all frosted and looking okay. As I began to clean up one half of the top began to slide off and the frosting on top was sinking into the crevasse that has now formed on top. I tried to just slice the whole cake in half and give her a half of a great cake, but it just looked to sad. I pride myself on my baked goods. As I held the sliding cake with 2 knives I called for Relative to get a spatula. I ended up slicing a quarter of the cake off on to a plate. The rest is holding together okay for now. It tastes great, but looks sad. I will try again on Sunday! Not one of my finer kitchen moments...
Recipe to come later....
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