Amy of Amy Ruth Bakes decided on Dressy Chocolate Loaf Cake on pages 286 and 287 for our Tuesdays with Dorie recipe. It was one of the recipes in the book that didn't include a picture. I get nervous when this is the cake. I feel like I'm left out a bit on my own, like I have no guide what it is supposed to look like. Then again, when I'm actually making the recipe it makes it that much more exciting.
So behold. Dorie Greenspan's Dressy Chocolate Loaf Cake.
Choosing to make this recipe was a no-brainer. It was a cake. It involved chocolate. And it was made in a loaf pan. I decided to make this cake for Memorial Day. Adam and I would be attending two family bbqs and well, the cake made it to both. I seriously had no idea that it would have such a high yield.
We cut thin slices and paired it with homemade bumbleberry (an Adam creation) and vanilla ice cream (made with vanilla beans straight from Tahiti. Our families loved this dessert! I think if cake is served in the spring or summer time it's always better with ice cream.
I more than enjoyed making the sour cream and chocolate frosting. I thought it was beautiful. And it went a long way, too. The sour cream was such a cool match for the frosting and it had a great tanginess.
The cake itself was incredibly moist from the sour cream and it held a deep, rich chocolate flavor. If you make this recipe, please...please don't skip out on torting it into layers and filling them with jam. I got lazy and only did two layers with one layer of our favorite agave peach-raspberry jam jam and I think it would have made a difference to do three layers.
Another Tuesdays with Dorie success. Be sure to check out Amy's blog for the recipe and hit up all the other Tuesdays with Dorie baker blogs to see how they liked this Dressy Chocolate Loaf Cake.
7 comments:
Love your shiny cake! Mine was shiny at first but overnight it lost its shine, but apparently not its flavor as the guys were eating it for breakfast. Vanilla ice cream...YUM.
great pictures and Awesome shine!
I liked it so much I made 2 - a Bundt and a Loaf
Beautiful light in your photos--really shows off the glossy frosting!
I love the polka dots in your background and foreground -- they're so cute! I bet this cake was perfect with ice cream.
Ohmy your cake looks so good and so mist! I love it!
goodness you cake.... I'm reaching in to grab a nibble so if you are missin some well, sorry. It really looks delicious and I agree with you a little more jam is a good thing. Delicious! Thank you for baking along with me this week.
AmyRuth
Becky, the cake looks delicious. I think I might have to try this one. So nice to meet you at Cristie's last week.
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