After a discussion at an hour long meeting about birthday’s, “we” decided to have a birthday rotation at work. The person who’s birthday came last, was inquired to make a cake for the next persons birthday. While some people we apprehensive to this idea and had the option of not participating, I opted in. Ofcourse, this was before we listed the order of birthdays. Much to my surprise, my birthday, which was two months prior, was the last birthday to occur. This set me up to bake the next cake. I had a decision to make. Go Betty Crocker or go home. Being I like to bake, I took my skills to the test in the kitchen.

After searching around my favorite recipe site allrecipies.com, I came across this beloved Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cake. After stopping by the store and picking up loads of Chocolate, I was off to the kitchen. Everything went great until I realized that I reached for the regular flour out of instinct even though the required cake flour was right next to me. While the cake seemed to bake fine, it is not quite as fluffy as I would have hoped.

Also, I ran into another problem with the recipe. Once I tried to frost it the next night, the frosting was so heavy it started dripping off the cake. While this created a cool effect, this isn’t exactly what a person expects when they see a triple layer chocolate cake. I scrapped the outer frosting off and added some confectioners sugar. I am not sure if I missed adding a whole cup or what, but it still wasn’t quite the consistency in the end that I desired.

I think I would try this recipe again. I will be able to tell if it is worth it today when I take a bite into it. Yum.

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