In Athens I typically would get my mom to buy a Cecilia cake for my birthday (red velvet, only the best). This year, however, I am too far from Athens for a Cecilia cake so instead I made my own birthday cake. I love pound cake and chocolate so a combination of the two is basically my match made in heaven. I found
a recipe online that looked good and importantly was made from scratch (no boxed cake mixes for this one!) It turned out well and wasn't too difficult to make so I will share the recipe (linked above) and some photos below.
It was very exciting to use my KitchenAid which actually fits in our new kitchen:) The only difficult part of this cake was the icing. I made it and starting pouring it on, making a lovely little design as I went, but unfortunately it started coming out too fast and exploded all over the cake. Soo in the end I just iced the pound cake and Hace enjoyed licking the bowl!
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Using the KtchenAid! It totally makes it taste better. |
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Before going into the oven... |
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Complete project, icing = struggle! |
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Hace enjoying the drizzle/icing |