My aunt and uncle are in town and so I made a chocolate cake yesterday. It's ridiculous, really, how expensive fancy ingredients like gourmet chocolate and Amarena cherries can be. But I splurged anyways and the results were delicious. Amarena cherries are special dark and sour cherries from Italy that come packed in a yummy syrup. They are fantastic when used in cocktails like Manhattans.I love bundt cakes. Somehow that cake shape makes any dessert look extra elegant even though it would have been the same exact work to butter and flour a round cake pan.
The cake itself was just a basic chocolate batter made with cocoa and sour cream. I saved the fancy chocolate for the glaze which you can tell I made a little too thick; it tasted like fudge. I just ate a piece for breakfast and it just as good the morning after! But now I have to go to the gym to make up for it.
This cake looks really rich & yummy. I like bundt cakes, too. I just bought a new bundt pan after using the same one for 20 years--and it was second-hand! Say hi to Aunt Julie & Uncle Ervin. =)
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