Chocolate cake, frosting & strawberry buttercream

[myxstorie]

So yesterday I mentioned being in the middle of baking a cake for Nick's sister's birthday, and last night I finished it :D Again, I found the original recipe on allrecipes.com, then adapted it so that it worked for me and the ingredients I had to hand. This cake was so good, super moist and it rose nice and evenly ♥

Comments

[un_sanzo]

All you bake look SO delicious and cute ;__; I love strawberries and chocolate together, I'll try this recipe as soon as... my diet will let me XD

The roses came out perfectly btw :O! I don't decorate my cakes too much (like, I don't like using fondant XD;) and I never tried modelling chocolate, but I want to try now~

[myxstorie]

dflk;ksd;k thank you! ._. Yeah, this recipe isn't terribly diet-friendly D: You could definitely make it a little more appropriate though, with low sugar/fat/etc alternatives ^^

You're too nice ♥ I quite like fondant, tbh, I have a huge sweet tooth xD modelling chocolate and gumpaste can do the same things though, and they're not as sugary, so you could always use those instead? If you do try, I'd love to see!

[un_sanzo]

The problem is I'm on a low carb&sugar diet, so I shouldn't eat any carb or sugar at all XD But I'll just choose a day when I'll ignore my diet plan and bake/eat without remorse 8D

I see XD I love baking, but I'm not a fan of sweet food XD;;
I hope to find an excuse to try either modelling chocolate or gumpaste then :O I'll post photos if I do X3!

[kira_shadow]

ooh the roses look super cute! :3
glad the new technique worked out for you~

also, so happy to have someone else to talk to about food on my flist now XD ♥

[myxstorie]

Thank you~ I wasn't really sure how to position them - flower arranging is something I've always been AWFUL at D: - so I ended up just sort of sticking them on and hoping for the best XD;

:DDDD Me toooo, I need more people to talk about cake with 8Dv

[kira_shadow]

it's one of the few things I can more or less, do... maybe it's in my genes. XD

caaaaaaaaake~ :D
(btw Kiramama says "ooh~ looks good! probably tastes better than fondant, too" to the chocolate modelling mass :D)

[myxstorie]

We should bake together, yo, we'd be unstoppable XD /bricked

Tell her thank you! :D The modelling chocolate doesn't taste fantastic, tbh - I only used cheap chocolate rather than couture, and golden syrup rather than corn syrup so the chocolate taste is a little overpowered by the syrup, but it's not BAD tasting, it's just not very chocolate-y tasting either XD;;

[kaoru_yubiwa]

*drooling*

[myxstorie]

XDDD

[grapewhine]

That looks so good! I used a very similar recipe from allrecipes this past weekend; it came out pretty alright. Not half as gorgeous as yours though. ♥

[myxstorie]

There were so many recipes to choose from, I LOVE that site ♥ The reviews are super helpful too. The only frustrating thing is that most of them seem to be American and use ingredients that aren't so easy to find over here (or use 'packets' of things and 'blocks' of stuff, which means very little to me XD)

[weed_pi]

eeeeee cakes. eeeeeee chocolate. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE CHOCOLATE CAKES. So yummy. ♥

I wanna bake something too. My stomach, mouth and hands are all itchy to bake cakes or anything! \:D/!!

[myxstorie]

Bake somethiiiiiing :DDDD Especially if it involves chocolate 8D