I have made death...

[fayespike]

...in the form of cake. This is thee BEST damn cake i have ever made. My french recipes have wonderful results, but they consume 5+ hours of your time and can fall apart at almost any point in the process. My southern chocolate cakes contain JD (or some form of booze) and coffee, but as good as they are they aren't stupendous textures (in

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[kaph]

oh my word, that is one rich cake! hope i get to try it sometime! :)

[fayespike]

It is incredible, edible, lovable death. Ya gotta try it :)
Its actually surprisingly light

[kaph]

you are coming to the sheikh reunion, right? you could bring one . . .

(nudge nudge, hint hint)

;)

[fayespike]

Oh, where i go, chocolate goes with me. Its just one of those things :)

[mr_confessor]

Hmm... don't think I've ever had a 'stout' cake - that is, a cake with an alcohol component.

Do you know of any local restaurants that make such things?

[fayespike]

I highly doubt it in this country, especially up here. Its a type of cake you'd find in a high class Austrian Hotel, except they'd never admitt it was Guiness. A really nice southern thing (ie: southern US) is J.D. or some other type of hard liquor in chocolate cakes.

[ellyane]

the cake is death...
and I keep going back for more

EGGS! Eggs are in chocolate cake. And Milk!

[kaph]

Dad is great!. . . :)