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Chocolate Cake Topping
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OK, I've had a lovely day off - had to take my last day of annual leave by today - and I've spent most of it in the kitchen (now there's a surprise lol - made a brilliant Irish soda bread, a fabby white farmhouse loaf, some cheese scones and a chocolate cake).
Right, back to the problem - I don't normally make cakes and have no idea what to put on the top of the cake. It was baked in one piece and has risen to about 5" - there is no central filling. I don't like cream and don't want to add too much more sweetness to the cake (which does look rather good hehe). I have some dark chocolate (G&B) and some milk chocolate (Tesco's finest) but I've also got some low fat cream cheese and I was wondering whether it might be a nice idea to melt some of the chocolates and whisk in some cream cheese, then spread that over the top of the cake - what do you think ?
I've also got loads of other interesting stuff - all manner of nuts, dried, fresh and canned fruit, butter and sugars (granulated, caster and muscavado but no icing sugar).
Right, back to the problem - I don't normally make cakes and have no idea what to put on the top of the cake. It was baked in one piece and has risen to about 5" - there is no central filling. I don't like cream and don't want to add too much more sweetness to the cake (which does look rather good hehe). I have some dark chocolate (G&B) and some milk chocolate (Tesco's finest) but I've also got some low fat cream cheese and I was wondering whether it might be a nice idea to melt some of the chocolates and whisk in some cream cheese, then spread that over the top of the cake - what do you think ?
I've also got loads of other interesting stuff - all manner of nuts, dried, fresh and canned fruit, butter and sugars (granulated, caster and muscavado but no icing sugar).
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.LOL - not quite all of the cake has gone, just one tiny weeny slice.... well I had to check for quality control, didn't I ? It was flipping fabulous actually - not bad for a non cake eater hehe....
I didn't think of just pouring chocolate over it.... and as for punching holes - brilliant idea... I will pour them down into the few cracks that appeared because I could not resist checking on how it was doing in the oven yesterday afternoon .....
I didn't think of just pouring chocolate over it.... and as for punching holes - brilliant idea... I will pour them down into the few cracks that appeared because I could not resist checking on how it was doing in the oven yesterday afternoon .....