Chocolicious Two-Layer Cake

This is a chocolate lovers dream! We made this cake for Thanksgiving last year and it was the only thing that could tame the chocolate lovers palette! It uses chocolate in proceed and unprocessed forms and combines rich, moist chocolate cake in two layers with decadent chocolate icing that will send the chocoholic soaring to new heights!

Needs TLC
This is not a quick mix cake. It requires a watchful eye to make sure that you don’t over heat the chocolate and that you mix ingredients at the right time. This goes for the cake and the frosting. The yield is a wonderfully textured classic two-layer cake.

Ribbons Of Delight
The mattering method of this recipe is called “ribboning.” It involves whipping eggs with sugar until they double in volume, then adding the butter, dry ingredients and milk. It refers to the ribbon-like strands that form when whipping the eggs and sugar. This often the first step in making sponge cake as well.

Chocolate Lover’s Dream!
This makes for a cake that will satisfy even the most rabid chocoholic. It features melted chocolate mixed with cocoa in the cake and melted chocolate in the frosting. Wow! You can easily vary this recipe with the type of chocolate you use, at least in terms of dark vs. light chocolate. If this is too much chocolate for you (and it was right on the borderline for us) then just make your favorite butter cream or cream cheese icing to compliment the delicious moist chocolate cake.

Monkey Bread!

Monkey bread is a delightful treat that loved by all. Basically many instances of the center of the cinnamon roll, it’s irresistable! The origins of the name is a matter of debate. Some say it because we eat it with our hands and it’s so good that we stuff our cheeks and resemble a monkey, others say it resmebles the monkey-puzzle tree. It’s a little known fact that Nancy Reagan served monkey bread at White House shindigs.

An Endurance Race
This is not a quick fix recipe, but the results are well worth the TLC! You have to make the dough, let it rise, work the dough, let it rise, build the bread, let it rise and then bake it. It’s a big effort but as you can see, it makes a very presentable, very edible dessert that everyone will love!