.: It's a Winner!

Thursday, February 26, 2009

It's a Winner!

I have been determined this week to make a successful chocolate cake after the really bad one I made for Noah's birthday. I've made lots of them in the past, but I've never been particularly happy with any of the chocolate cake recipes I've collected over the past few years.
I have always preferred a 'hearty and rich' chocolate cake that has a bit of substance to it, as opposed to a light and spongy chocolate cake. So, being the perfectionist that I am, I searched and searched this week for the perfect chocolate cake recipe that was moist, rich and hearty
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This recipe is truly divine and will definitely impress any visitors!!

My friend Miriam who makes wedding cakes gave me a little advice on modifying the original recipe to make it slightly healthier. To make a change from chocolate icing I decorated it with powdered sugar and then crumbled a cadbury 'flake' over the top (since the cake is so rich, icing would probably be too much - then again, it depends on how much of a chocolate fix you really need!)

Recipe for Moist and Tender Chocolate Cake:

1 cup of plain flour
1 cup of rye flour (makes the cake dense & heavier, is much better for you than regular flour and is high in fibre)
2/3 cup baking cocoa
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
3/4 cup sunflower oil
1 3/4 cup brown sugar
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 large eggs
1 cup of milk (makes the batter more creamier than using water)
1 cup dark chocolate chips

1/2 cup natural or vanilla yoghurt

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease cake tin.

2. Beat oil, sugar and vanilla.

3. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.

4. Sift in flour, cocoa, baking soda and powder.

5. Beat in flour mixture alternately with milk.

6. Add chocolate chips and yoghurt.

Throw into oven and cook until knife comes out clean.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: oooh thanks for sharing! will def. try it. Wow I didn't know Miriam makes wedding cakes!; March 4, 2009 at 9:10 PM

Funny Comments

Ashton walking into the supermarket quietly whispers to himself: "Please can I have macaroni and cheese, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen."

Ashton: "I want to live with Jesus." Mummy: "Why?" Ashton: "Because he be nice to me and he gives me bread and water!"

Mummy, examining Ashton's legs, and thinking: My goodness, what hairy legs. Ashton, unimpressed with Mummy's examination, pulls away: "Don't touch them. I'm growing Daddy legs!"

Hayden gets upset at Ashton: "Right Ashton, that's it! I'm telling Jesus on you!"

Ashton with a cold: "I'm snotty as a piggy."

Hayden: "The sun is burning my eyeballs."

Hayden: "Mummy, how come your penis is missing?"

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Hayden (3yrs old) sees me get dressed in the morning and stares at my breasts with a confused look..."What thooooose be for???"

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Hayden learns the planets at Preschool: Mercury, Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Penus!

Hayden (shopping with me and whining): "My brain hurts forever because you haven't buyed me anything."

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Like the changing leaves of fall...My little boy is now a man.
--Author Unknown

Boys are God's way of telling you that your house is too neat!
--Author Unknown

There never has been, nor will there ever be, anything quite so special as the love between a mother and a son.
--Author Unknown

Boys are found everywhere - on top of, underneath, inside of, climbing on, swinging from, running around or jumping to. Mothers love them, little girls hate them, older sisters and brothers tolerate them, adults ignore them and Heaven protects them. A boy is Truth with dirt on its face, Beauty with a cut on its finger, Wisdom with bubble gum in its hair and the Hope of the future with a frog in its pocket.
--Alan Marshall Beck

Something For A Giggle....

I Owe My Mother ....

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My mother taught me HOW TO BECOME AN ADULT. "If you don't eat your vegetables, you'll never grow up."

My mother taught me GENETICS. "You're just like your father."

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My mother taught me WISDOM. "When you get to be my age, you'll understand."

My mother taught me about JUSTICE. "One day you'll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you!