Basic Chocolate Cake
Posted on January 6, 2010 | Categories: Food | Tags: photos
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I don’t bake (or cook) when I am at school as the only kitchen available to me is a shared one and it’s generally in a pretty disgusting state most of the time. When I came home for winter break I wanted to start baking again, but I was a little skeptical of my skills in the kitchen after a semester-long absence. I ended up choosing a basic chocolate cake to bake, and it turned out amazingly.
The best part about the cake is that I substituted the unsweetened chocolate portion of the batter with Nutella so that I could skip the icing altogether. As I baked the cake right in the middle of the holiday season, the last thing I wanted was for more unnecessary sugar and butter to go straight to my hips and using Nutella worked like a charm!
On an unrelated note, my blog turns one year old today! Happy birthday, blog! :D
Lee
Mmm I haven’t had homemade chocolate cake in quite a while. And I love the substitution of chocolate with Nutella what a great idea! I’m definitely going to try that next time I make chocolate cake, thanks Manda. :)
Alice
Happy Birthday blog!
And that cake looks so yummy!
Hanna
That looks really tasty cake. :D
Jessica
Ooh that one looks very yummy! And yay for Nutella, it must really taste awesome. :D Now I want a chocolate cake too… Or bake chocolate muffins again. XD
Krissy
Oh man, don’t even remind me of the shared kitchens in rez. SO disgusting.
Glad your first cooking adventure in awhile turned out well. :) I’d say it looks tasty, but I don’t like chocolate. :P
Kaylee
I used to love icing when I was younger, but now I prefer “basic” cake, too :P
Happy birthday to your site!
Sophie
It’s like… it’s like… you made your blog a birthday cake! :D
I should try nutella in baking. I love baking, I have some cupcakes to ice tomorrow.
Damn, hungry now XD
Clem
Happy birthday to Manda’s blog! :D :D
That looks delicious! Putting Nutella in is such a good idea. I put it on everything else, so why not cake? *makes note to try this*
Lady Impulse
Happy bday blog!!! The cake looks so good, and there’s nothing like a good amount of nutella.
Amanda
Happy birthday to your blog! :) Omg, i LOVE nutella and that’s the awesomest idea i’ve ever heard! Maybe i’ll try it sometime, cos icing is such an extra effort to make and then slosh on…
Damita
Looks really yummy! What is the recipe?
SassyGirl
I’m a great chef but a terrible baker. I think the only thing I can consistently bake well are cookies. Cakes (especially multi-tiered ones) are beyond my abilities.
But I will eat anything with Nutella!