I was melting the drinking chocolate and butter for the fudge topping, and I must have been distracted, because I burned the drinking chocolate.
I scraped out the unburned bits as best I could - I had to as I didn't have any more ingredients - and continued in another saucepan. I don't think it tastes burned. In fact it tastes quite nice, in a chewy sort of way. It contains pecans and coconut so it's meant to have a texture - I think.
The icing looks a bit wrinkled and I wouldn't win any prizes for presentation but it'll do.
Have you noticed how often my attempts at cooking - or anything - end in disaster? Perhaps I should rename my blog: Catalogue of Disaster. Failed novelist, failed playwright, failed cook, failed dog-trainer. Someone once said to me, 'Have you ever thought that your sole purpose in life could be to serve as a warning to others?'
if I took this all seriously I could be very depressed by now. Good job I'm happy. Tra la. Happy and with chocolate cake ...
In the words of Springsteen, from his latest CD,
I'm working on a dream
Though sometimes it feels so far away
I'm working on a dream
And know it will be mine someday
8 comments:
It looks fine.. if in doubt keep adding more chocolate...
In my teens I made my Dad a chocolate cake and burnt the chocolate... he really liked the nutty texture and I never told him!!
"Disaster" can be another term for "creative."
I want a piece of cake!
Not a failure! It looks delicious!
it looks just fine to me... :-)
Oh my gosh, I'm trying to reach through my computer screen to get at that cake! YUMMY!
Thank you all for your encouraging comments!
I have to say it turned out to be really nice cake. I'm not that keen on chocolate cake as such but this had less of a chocolatey flavour and a more interesting and tasty texture. It quickly disappeared at Zac's too!
hi liz love the blog and the cake was to die for yummmmmy, your a real star, di
Thanks, Di!
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