Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Chocolate Raspberry Ganache Cake

My mother's birthday was last Saturday, so I made this cake I found on Pinterest.  I knew it would be a good one because it calls for weird things like sour cream and distilled white vinegar.  Also, who doesn't enjoy chocolate ganache?  The cake turned out well.  Super moist.  Super delicious.  Totally unhealthy.  Unless, you want to count the raspberry jam and juice as fruit and the chocolate as an antioxidant.  But seriously, the thing weighed 12 pounds.  Seriously.  I did 1 1/2 times the ganache recipe, however this baker knows her stuff, and, really, not making extra ganache would've worked well.  (There may or may not be a bowl of what was left currently hanging out in the kitchen.)  The cake was definitely a hit though.  I'm actually kind of surprised that the brother enjoyed it as much as he did.  Get the recipe by clicking here!

It probably would be prettier with fresh raspberries on top, but I forgot to get those!

It's so moist it doesn't stay together well and chocolate gets everywhere.  It reminds me of the chocolate cake on "Matilda" except probably tastier.
I promise I don't only eat cake.  I have mostly just been snacking lately though, since my stomach hates me.  I'll get to have like one bite of everything on Thanksgiving, but hopefully I'll be good to go for Christmas.  In other news, I was doing the splits last night when there was a loud ripping/popping sound.  Weirdest feeling ever.  And now my right hamstring is super messed up, which complicates working out even more.  I'm sure I should chill out and relax, but I don't really do either of those!  Hopefully, it will heal itself up extremely soon.  Like, in the next 5 minutes would be great...

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