Today’s prompt over at NaBloPoMo was something along the lines of what would your last meal be. I’m not really feeling that so I decided to share a recipe for a cake I made last month for my dad’s birthday that I have been meaning to post. (Also, I realized that this “challenge” isn’t tied to prompts but rather more about making sure you blog each day, hello challenge new-bie. I get it now.)
Oh wait a minute, I lied. I’m forgetting it’s November. His birthday was in September but late late September so it still feels like it was last month.
I asked him if he had any preferences and to my surprise he wanted some kind of a mocha/chocolate/coffee fusion. I wasn’t expecting that since he usually drifts towards all things fruity but I surfed around and finally settled on a recipe from Bon Appetit. After reading through the comments, I noticed a lot of angst towards the icing recipe that was listed so I opted to pair the cake with an alternative icing recipe leveraged from Bon Appetit as well.
um, please ignore the psychedelic plate, the crap frosting job, and that missing piece.
A couple notes, I would recommend adding less expresso in the frosting and more into the cake batter. The icing was too strong and the cake lacked a lot of that coffee flavor which I was hoping to achieve. Another thing, this cake is really really dense, so if you’re looking for light and fluffy, try and find something different.
As I didn’t alter any ingredients or method, you guys can go ahead and follow the recipes listed on Bon Appetit. I definitely recommend trying it if you love this fusion of flavors.
This weekend, I’m looking forward to baking nutella cupcakes! YUM. Let’s just hope they turn out as delicious as I’m hoping them to be. If you have any tried and true recipes for it, please leave it in the comments! My tastebuds will be forever grateful.
xo loves!
Cake Recipe: here
Frosting Recipe: here
I’m pretty sure that cake would TOTALLY cheer me up.
My birthday’s at the end of December. Just sayin’. ;O)
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. Your baking looks tasty, no worries about the plate, missing piece or frosting job! I signed up for NaBloPoMo, but have not looked at any prompts yet. I’m checking that out next! I don’t always know what to say – although that’s not so obvious from the volume I’ve been posting this year!
Don’t worry about the “prompts” just blog on …
You have a beautiful blog ! You’ll love Thanksgiving in NYC and the Macy’s Day Parade is the perfect way to be a part of it. Enjoy and take lots of pictures.
Keep NaBloPoMoing !
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Love what the NaBloPoMo inspired you to write about today ! I can just taste that cake … my favorite ingredients; chocolate, and coffee, just started another cup right now and I’d love a piece of that cake to go with it. Cake is also the theme of my next book!
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Not sure if my reply went through so I’ll just try once more (pls forgive if it’s dupe)
Love you choice for today’s post … yum, what could be better than chocolate and coffee. I’m on a fresh cup right now and would love a piece of that cake. Cake is also the theme of my next book!
Joining Nablopomo because I love a good challenge!
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YUM ME! That cake looks delicious! I’ve sort of re-caught the baking bug this winter (yes, it’s already winter in Boston) so I’m definitely going to try it out. Thanks for visiting my blog and leaving a comment. I’ll definitely be back!
Good luck on the challenge! (I’m also doing NaNoWriMo and using NaBloPoMo to serve as my kickstart to my writing day — er, I mean night!) And since I just finished Wednesdays blog post, it means I’m gonna be late tonight trying to get in some good novel writing.