Sunday, July 18, 2010

Heavenly Cake - Chocolate Banana Stud Cake

ב''ה

This was a birthday cake for my father-in-law.


Mis en place:




I made this cake parve so we could have it with a bbq. Toffuti and bananas. I also made a double recipe so I could make a real layer cake.




Chavi loves chocolate. :)



The one on the right is a make shift cake strip. One of my cake strips became dairy when I tried to make cheese cake with a cake strip instead of a water bath. It actually worked nicely, but the cake strip got totally spattered with cheesy stuff. Perhaps I filled it too high.


The birthday boy. The hat says "Yankees" in Hebrew.

I used Trader Joe's Chocolate chips which are somewhat largish. The white film went away after the cake sat out in the heat for a while. I used banana liqueur for the ganache.


Have a mental piece of cake. This cake came out rich and chocolaty with a perfect texture. I added 3 1/2 tablespoons of cocoa to the double recipe. I also weighed the dry ingredients on my new scale. Even if you were to find fanaticism in didactic measuring a fault you can't beat the ease of just pouring straight from the box into the mixing bowl.



11 comments:

  1. Happy Birthday to your father-in-law. Pretty cake Mendy!

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  2. The double-layer cake looks great, and yours looks much moister than mine. I'm envious!

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  3. Happy birthday to your father in law! And your cake looks so pretty with such even top! :D

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  4. happy birthday mendy's father in law! did he like his birthday cake?

    weighing is awesome, and that's exactly why! hey, how did your makeshift cake strip work out?

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  5. Your cake looks great! You have such a nice family. So parve means no dairy? My daughter in law can't have dairy.

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  6. I like that you made it a double layer. It makes it seem a little more special. Very pretty.

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  7. I thought I posted, but it went somewhere - so here I am again. Love your cake - it looks so moist and rich. Mine was not that moist, unfortunately. Your family must have really enjoyed it. Bet you're loving your scale! Love your father-in-law's Yankee hat - he looks happy - probably because he enjoys his marvelous present!

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  8. Mendy said...
    ב''ה

    Thanks everyone!

    ECL: The cake strip seemed to work out O.K. Each cake came out the same, with a slight bump in the middle that needed to be cut off.

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  9. Your cake turned out perfect and good for you, you actually studded your cake with the chocolate chips. What a nice family you have!!

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  10. That looks very chocolatey and moist, Mendy. Great job!

    As for subbing some oil for butter, I guess you would have to do a side-by-side comparison (all butter vs mostly butter + oil) to see which one you like better. I like to think that the butter + oil combo gives you a moister cake. Let me know what you find out.

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  11. Hi Mendy - your cake turned out really well... Rose will be so proud!

    :)
    ButterYum

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