History of the Brooklyn Blackout Cake

I felt a bit stupid leaving that recipe without telling where the cake got it's name I did a little google.

The first chocolate blackout cake was made by Ebinger Bakery founded in 1898 in Brooklyn. The blackout cake was, surprisingly enough, made during the war  and named after the blackouts which were staged by the Civilian Defense Corps.The cake made  Ebinger Bakery famous as they sold it in their shops across New York. 

It was so popular that many other bakerys started to bake knock-offs of it. Unfortunately, this meant that in 1972 the bakery closed to bankruptcy after lasting all the way through World War II. 

So there you have it the history of the Brooklyn Blackout Cake, enjoy! 

Brooklyn Blackout Cake

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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