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Cake 17: Chocolate Orange

cake17orangeOne of my favorite treats is a chocolate orange. They are easiest to find around Christmastime in my area, but I would imagine a nice candy shop would have them year-round. Ever try one? It’s fun. You smack it on the countertop to “break” the orange into slices. They come in milk chocolate and dark chocolate, both equally delicious. I have to ration them out–only two slices at a time or I think I’d eat the whole “orange” in one fell swoop.

Because I love orange and chocolate together, I made an orange flavored cake with a rich chocolate icing this week. The icing is made using Baker’s chocolate and the recipe is from the inside of the box. It’s easy and richly delicious. This cake got great reviews at my house this week!

Cake 16: The Blue Vanilla

cake17bluevanillaI think my made-up name for this cake would be a great name for a restaurant or bakery, right? In this case, I called it what it was. It’s a French Vanilla cake with extra vanilla in the icing. The slightly obnoxious shade of blue I colored the icing was not entirely intentional. The cake was for my son’s 13th birthday (April is THE month of birthdays in our family) and he loves blue. However, I giddily dumped blue coloring in and flipped on my Kitchen Aid without remembering how much “blue” you get out of blue coloring. Some icing colors take a ton of colorant, some surprise you with their vitality. So that’s what happened. The cake was very blue and very vanilla, but we liked it anyway.

Can’t believe I put thirteen candles on and my “Millenium Baby” is now a teenager.

Another week, another emptied cake plate. Now that summer is coming up, I better line up some summer themed cakes. And stock the baking cabinet to continue The Year of Cake. I’m having a lot of fun, and I hope you’re enjoying a taste, too!