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Showing posts with label chocolate cake. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chocolate cake. Show all posts
Saturday, February 15, 2014
Chocolate Peppermint Cheesecake Cake
So, have I ever mentioned my slight obsession with anything chocolate and mint?? Well........I have a slight obsession with anything chocolate and mint. There, I said it. I feel better. Now, let me tell you what I decided to do for my birthday this year. I decided to bake myself a birthday cake! But, not just any birthday cake.....a Chocolate Peppermint Cheesecake Cake!! This delicious dessert has a layer of scrumptious peppermint cheesecake, sandwiched between two layers of dark chocolate cake. And to top it all off...a generous coating of peppermint frosting!! I had seen this recipe on another food blog called Shugary Sweets. (With that name, you know I had to check it out....and Aimee, the writer of that blog, did not disappoint.) I had every intention of making it over the Christmas holiday, but I just never got to it. I still had some Hershey's Candy Cane Kisses and a couple of the bars in my cupboard, just waiting to be eaten, so...... the choice was clear! After a couple adjustments, this would become the cake for my special day!
Saturday, February 2, 2013
Groundhog Cake for Groundhog Day!!
Happy Groundhog Day everyone! I guess old Punxsutawney Phil didn't see his shadow so, according to this "expert", we can look forward to an early spring. Well, that remains to be seen. For now, let's just celebrate with a nice piece of cake!
First of all, let me say that I have absolutely no idea why this cake is called "Groundhog Cake". I came across the recipe years ago on the Food Network. The original recipe was a loaf cake, baked in a 9x13" pan. I decided I wanted to make it a little more special, so I baked it as a layer cake and added some chocolate ganache underneath the espresso frosting. The cake has a bit of a chewy texture from oatmeal that's baked in the batter. And the espresso frosting, well....what can I say. It's the same frosting I use on my Italian Espresso, Chocolate, and Cinnamon Brownies. FANTASTIC!!! It tastes like espresso fudge!!
So, friends, here's the first chocolate dessert for February. ENJOY!!
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