Monday, January 26, 2009

Treating myself with a cake



Its the birthday season for our family. It was my mil's birthday on Saturday and mine on Sunday. We went to the temple and had our lunch at the nearby newly opened restaurant. We both love their rasam soup very much so this time also we ordered the same. The lunch was also good but I was full very soon.
Now coming to the cake, I thought of making a Black Forest cake to celebrate both occasions. I used Betty Crocker's SuperMoist Fudge mix for the cake and whipped cream for the icing. Previous time I used the Maraschino cherries but didn't like the smell of it so thought of using the cherries from the Cherry-pie filling. But these were slightly sour in taste. I think the first option was only better. I used only a few cherries as I made a small 2 layer cake. So the sourness wasn't noticeable. I topped it with some grated Milk Chocolate as that was the only one I had with me, though a dark chocolate bar would have given me the perfect colour for the Cake.


The cake was ready in a jiffy and was very yummy. I liked this much more than the one I made before as I used Whipped cream this time while the previous time I used a readymade frosting.

7 comments:

  1. Belated birthday wishes to you and your ma-in-law!!Cake loos delicious..I still have not tried making BF cake..might try soon..(for V day)..I hope..;-)

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  2. Happy birthday to both of you. Enjoy! :))

    Yummy cake, love black forest cake. I love Duncan Hines brand cake mix, kids make their own cakes with that, one chocolate and one Vanilla! :))

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  3. Divya, Asha thanks a lot for your wishes.

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  4. Happy B'day to both you and your MIL, Namrata..Cake looks delish, I had made one too, but used Maraschino cherries and pineaaple bits.You have nicely decorated .

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  5. wow, cake looks so gud an wonderful !! I love black forest cake yummy !! Nice blog with yummy recipes !!

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  6. cake looks puffy & delicious.. nice entry..nice blog &added u in my blog list..

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