This weeks Tuesdays with Dorie is Devils Food White Out Cake chosen by Stephanie of Confessions of a City Eater. I actually made this cake last May for my youngest sister's birthday but never got around to posting it.
My sister helped put the cake together. She's developed quite the enthusiasm for cooking and anytime I come to visit she loves to help. I thought it fitting that she helped make her own cake!
Do you think she liked it?
The cake itself was very easy to make. The frosting is where we had problems. We never could get the temperature listed in the recipe. After waiting a very long time, we finally gave up (i.e. got fed up) and added the syrup to the egg whites. After the syrup was added, the frosting finally followed the directions. At least we think it did, we're still not really sure we did it right.
The frosting was delicious but very soft. And very sticky. The cake layers started to slide a bit after it was assembled and cut. The only solution was to eat it as quickly as possible. Which we did. And it was very, very good! I could have eaten a bowl of the frosting by itself!
Its not the prettiest cake but it was tasty!
Great pick this week Stephanie! It is a perfect birthday or celebration cake. You can find the recipe on her blog, Confessions of a City Eater or on page 246-7 of Baking. To see more cake, check out the TWD blogroll.
And here was Charlie, waiting for a dropped piece!
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Heather - it looks great and I can tell that your sister liked it just as much as my god-daughter did! It is a winner!
It looks great - and so cute that your sister helped make it.
How wonderful that you're making baking memories with your sister! Even if it didn't turn out as beautiful as Dorie's, I bet it sure tasted as great!
Poor lil Charlie. I would "accidentally" drop him a piece. What a wonderful looking cake.
I could eat the frosting straight too. Yum. My puppy loved this cake because all of the crumbs that fell.
I love "the solution is to eat it as quickly as possible." Awesome!
Yup, my layers slid too. Right onto my fork and into my mouth. Glad y'all liked it. Looks just right.
It did take forever to get that syrup hot enough. Your sister does seem to be enjoying it, though!
it took forever for me to get the syrup up to temp - i thought it would never happen but eventually it did!
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