Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Chocolate Cake!!

I decided to make a chocolate cake for one of my cousins annual Christmas parties. I had made this cake many times in the past for engagement cakes and for other parties but this time is was different because I got a different brand for the cocoa. Earlier I was using the cocoa from Trader Joes's and thought it was the best of all (really). Then I came across a cocoa powder at Costco called Rodelle Dark Cocoa Powder. The name sounded really high quality so I gave it a shot.  It came in a 24 oz can for only 4 bucks. The one I used to get from Trader Joe's was 9 oz for 3 bucks which I thought was a great deal till I saw the Costco one... I tried this cocoa in this cake. When the cake came out out of the oven it was a rich, dark chocolate brown color and when I tried a piece it was really choclatey and yummy!!!! I gave this cake a little twist by adding some Kahlua ((coffee liquer) coffee enhances the flavour of chocolate)  to the batter and some triple sec (orange liqueur) to give a little umph. For decorations I just got some fresh rasberries(always try to use fresh where ever you can) and some mandarin oraanges. I also zested and orange.
With the really delicious cake I made the chocolate ganache to complement the already chocolaty cake.Out mankind I realized when the recipe says use good cocoa actully use it because it makes a big difference in flavor and quality!!