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dabear
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JanH
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GI
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Mon May 05, 2008 12:24 pm |
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Why not make the topper out of pure dark chocolate. She can eat that. Her guests can eat the cake.
Or why not make the cake for party guests and make her a simple, decadent chocolate mousse dessert all to herself? Or a little pie? Or a cookie? |
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JanH
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Mon May 05, 2008 12:37 pm |
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[quote="GI"]Why not make the topper out of pure dark chocolate. She can eat that. Her guests can eat the cake.
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shisharka
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Mon May 05, 2008 12:39 pm |
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Your friend sounds a bit like me – I don’t hate cake, but I hate the store-bought, triple-frozen, chemically-tasting, greasy feeling stuff that is often called cake… And I love dark chocolate!
If you’re up for it, you can make her a (flourless) (dark) chocolate torte! It is a little more involved and a little more expensive, but boy is it good! PM me if you’re interested, I have a couple of such recipes I use all the time… |
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CakeDiva73
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Mon May 05, 2008 12:41 pm |
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Does she like cheesecake? You could make a rich chocolate cheesecake and dress it up? |
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diane
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Mon May 05, 2008 12:45 pm |
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i like the idea of making the topper out of chocolate!  |
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dabear
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Mon May 05, 2008 8:58 pm |
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Thank-you for the great ideas. I do like the chocolate topper idea.
JanH that link to chocolate 101, is great-thank-you! Would you frost the mud cake the same as a regular cake? I've never made a mud cake, is the texture the same as a "regular" cake?
Shisharka would you frost the torte like a regular cake or would you cover it in ganache?
We are wanting to make a small cake 4/6 inch for birthday girl and then mini cakes for each guest. So I am wanting to try to coordinate the decorations if possible. I am all open for ideas! Thank-you!  |
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heathercarnold
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Mon May 05, 2008 9:05 pm |
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I just met with a groom that wasn't a cake fan, so I am making the top tier out of brownies and ganache.. |
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aztomcat
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Mon May 05, 2008 9:24 pm |
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My son hates cake but Loves chocolate chip cookies...........I make him a huge chocolate cookie cake each year............. Here's an example of one for a guy I know. You can decorate them the same as a cake. Even adding the chocolate 40.
http://www.cakecentral.com/mod.....pid=857803
I love the idea of a rich decadant brownie cake as well. yum, I'm going for a glass of milk right now.
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shisharka
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Mon May 05, 2008 10:53 pm |
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| dabear wrote: | | Shisharka would you frost the torte like a regular cake or would you cover it in ganache? |
Ganache is very appropriate and easy for it (responded to your PM with the actual recipes). I also like SMBC, either chocolate- or liqueur-flavored. Fondant is fine if you want to do elaborate decorations, just nothing Crisco-based!
| aztomcat wrote: | | My son hates cake but Loves chocolate chip cookies........... |
Oh yeah!!! There is one such cake in my pics, the one in the chocolate wrap, I think I made it 5-layer for experiment's sake. Hm... need an excuse to bake right about now!!! |
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Ariginal
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Mon May 05, 2008 11:10 pm |
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JanH
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Mon May 05, 2008 11:17 pm |
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A mud cake is dense and rich like a brownie. |
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Ariginal
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Mon May 05, 2008 11:42 pm |
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Mudcake is a different texture to normal cakes indeed...more dense but yummmmmyyy hehehe... i ice mine the same as any cake with fondant etc... but put in a suitable filling that they may like... |
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dabear
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Tue May 06, 2008 4:43 am |
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On the cakes/tortes calling for liqueour, is there anything non -alcoholic that you can replace it with? None of the people atttending the party drink (as far as I know). We're all church friends. I'm going to discuss some of these options with the party coordinaters today! The party isn't until the end of May. I am a planner and like to know what I am doing!
You all have been so helpful! Thank-you! |
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