The Birthday Week – Two Chocolate Cakes
Hubby and I have our birthdays two days apart. Before Oscar came along we usually just had one celebration and never bothered with a cake. Now there is an expectation of a cake and “party” for each of us. Last weekend was birthday weekend, and it was a chocolate fest. To reduce the amount of left over cake in the house I made a mini (10cm) cake for hubby’s birthday, decorated with the moon (marshmallow) and stars (white musk stick). The recipe was based on one from Cake on the Brain and the cream icing from the Carob Cream recipe in the RPAH’s Friendly Food. I used the tins from pears in syrup (no shortage of those here!) as my cake tins, but hubby must have been impressed as he bought me two 10cm cake tins as an early birthday present the next day! Hubby made my Banana and cashew chocolate cake based … Continue reading
