Happy Father's Day!

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!!

This was my first attempt at a free-hand shaped cake.  A little shaky, but not too shabby.  But hey, it started as a square!!  I made this cake for my "golf bum" dad for father's day, as he watched golf on TV in fact.  It was a chocolate cake, pieced together with chocolate ganche and iced in buttercream.  Very rich, yet extra moist.  The "sand trap" is made of graham cracker crumbs, while the water was dyed piping gel.  Kinda looks like Pebble Beach, eh? 

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Tuesdays with Dorie- Gooey Chocolate Cake.

GOOEY CHOCOLATE CAKE:

This was both my first ever Blog Challenge and Tuesdays with Dorie event!  Although my cakes were not exactly ooey gooey, I was at least comforted by my fellow bloggers' matching misfortunes, lol.  The cake was still delicious, and the recipe is definitely a keeper.  Conclusion- less bake time.

1/3 cup all-purpose flour

3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

5 ounces bittersweet chocolate

1 stick unsalted butter

2 large eggs

1 large egg yolk

6 tablespoons sugar

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.  Sift flour, cocoa, and salt.  Melt 4 ounces chocolate and butter over a double boiler. Remove from heat once melted.  In a large bowl, whisk eggs and yolk.  Add sugar and whisk until blended, about 2 minutes.  Add dry ingredients and whisk by hand.  With a light hand, stir in melted chocolate/butter mixture.  Divide evenly into 5-6 ramkins or muffin tins and sprinkle 1 ounce finely chopped chocolate.

Although the recipe calls for a bake time of 13 minutes, I think I will try 9-10 minutes next time.  These are served best warm and make a lovely Sunday night dessert =)

I topped my cakes with fluffy whipped cream and a dash of cocoa powder.