It was my mum's birthday, a while back. WOOP HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
So a cake had to be made. Now on the cover of the book there is this cake, The Brooklyn Blackout cake and it looks amazing, and my mother agreed. And that was how we decided.
Anyway it is a very chocolaty cake covered in a thick chocolate custard and chocolate cake crumbs. yum.
So you make two chocolate sponge cakes and then cut one of them in half... which is difficult if you can't cut in a straight line. Like me.
So once you have done this you make a thick custard. Be warned it doesn't look like custard. it looks COOL.
Cool thick custard not like that weird stuff from primary school...
Anyway you sandwich three of the sponges together using the custard-y icing. And then you grate, yes grate the last sponge to cover the cake with. yum.
You cover the whole three sponges stuck together with custard and then you sprinkle on the crumbs as a thick layer.
It looks like a fluffy hat, but it doesn't taste like one, thankfully.
It was very delicious and chocolaty and yummy so I will be making that again as it also looks quite impressive. So that was my mum's birthday cake. YAY!
P.S. I have no idea why it is called Brooklyn Blackout cake... I probably should have done so research but I am guessing because it is very dark... but who knows. If you do leave a comment.
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