I thought my first food post should be about two of my favourite foods- cake and chocolate. In my opinion, cake should only be chocolate flavoured! I decided to try a chocolate cake recipe that I had read about on all recipes. Most of my recipes come from that website. If you can find one with a high star rating and lots of reviews, it's usually a slam dunk.
Black Magic Cake is a rich, moist and chocolately cake that I had been looking for an occasion to try. Since I was having my family over for supper, and they love chocolate cake as much as I do, I decided to give it a go. The recipe had one snag though, it called for buttermilk, something I can't have. To simulate the tartness of buttermilk as well as the thickness, I mixed 1 tablespoon of distilled white vinegar with enough regular soy milk to equal 1 cup. When I added the vinegar, the soy milk looked like it was going to turn chunky. Gross. I thought the recipe was ruined, but as I started to stir the mixture, it thickened up to the consistency of buttermilk! Success! I added it to the mix like the recipe stated and crossed my fingers.
When I took the cakes from the oven they looked like they worked, but taste is everything. I sliced the tops of the cakes once they cooled, to level them off (well really more to try a piece) and it tasted great. I topped the cakes with Chocolate Cookie Buttercream Frosting which is really Hershey chocolate icing. To make the icing dairy free, I used soy milk instead of milk and margarine instead of butter.
The cake ended up being a success! My brother always asks with disgust if my recipes are dairy free (like they are poison or something) but he didn't turn down this cake!
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