Showing posts with label chocolate celebration cake. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chocolate celebration cake. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Westfall Mud Pie

I know you did the new quests out in Westfall. If you honestly haven't yet you must. They explain who the new bosses in Deadmines are and why. It is my favorite questline so far. While doing the quests you will make a Westfall Mud Pie for the quest "Feast of Famine". I can guarantee this one will taste better.




You will need. 




Crust:
2 cup (300 g) crushed oreos
1/2 cup (120 g) butter, softened

For the chocolate pie mix:
2 (3.9 ounce) packages instant chocolate pudding mix (Or use this pudding mix recipe)
(Mix according to package directions for pie)
1 cup (150 g) mini chocolate chips



For the fluffyness that is the top:
1 (8 ounce) (230 g) package cream cheese, softened
1 cup (100 g)  confectioners' sugar
1/2 cup (120 ml) cool whip
1 tbs (8 ml) cocoa powder



For the garnish:
1 bag of gummy worms (Just use a few, oh no! You'll have leftover candy. The shame.)




Combine softened butter and Oreos. Stir until ingredients are combined. Press into bottom pie plate or 9x13 inch pan.




Place pudding mix in a medium bowl and whisk in milk. Mix until smooth and stir in mini chips.  Pour onto cookie crust. Garnish with a few worms.




In a large bowl whip softened cream cheese until smooth. 
Beat in confectioner's sugar and cocoa powder until mixture is smooth. 
Then fold cool whip into cream cheese mixture. 
Spread over pudding layer.  
Add gummy worms to top of pie. 
Chill before serving.


um...Yum?!


 Serve chilled in the evenings and watch the ember gold of the fires in Sentinel Hill. Ahhhh, Summer.

Monday, April 25, 2011

Delicious Chocolate Cake

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I've never made a cake homemake before. I mean, I've make countless of cakes for holidays and celebrations where the directions included. "Empty contents of cake mix into a bowl". A REAL chocolate cake, I was a bit nervous but I dove in and what better project to dive into then a chocolate cake.


I cheated a little, I call it a Delicious Chocolate cake but the icon for DCC doesn't look chocolate at all. So, I in true Blizzard fashion, make the world bend to my story line. I made the cake look like the Chocolate Celebration cake. 


Here goes!




Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C)


2 cups (480 ml) boiling water
1 cup (120 g) cocoa
 I put these two into a seal-able container and shook it. Or you can whisk it into submission.


In another bowl:


3 cups (360g) flour
2 tsp (10 ml) baking soda
1/2 tsp (3 ml) baking powder
1/2 tsp (3 ml) salt


In yet another bowl:


1 cup (240 g) butter
2 cups (400g) sugar
2 tsp (10 ml) vanilla
4 eggs


Mix together the butter and sugar, Add one egg at a time and beat in. Add vanilla.








Left: Flour mixture
Right: butter, sugar eggs muxture
Back: water and cocoa powder shaken

Add the flour and the cocoa liquid to the butter, sugar, egg mixture alternating. I alternate because adding the flour and the liquid at the same time causes lumps that you will have to work harder to beat out.






Grease 3 cake pans. I used a 9in and two 8in pans. In the screenshot for Chocolate Celebration cake, the bottom layer looks bigger then the top 2.


Bake for 30 minutes. I baked the 2 -in then the 9 in separately .






 When the cake is done, let cool on counter or in fridge for 30 minutes.  Then to make the cake even I cut the puffy top off to make it flat.







Put aside scraps, they will disappear when you are not looking. I blame the gnomes.


The Cake is Not a Lie.



 Ice between the layers and the cake is done. Cut in very small pieces, the cake is rich and sweet.


Chocolate Icing


21/2 (250g) cups powdered sugar
1 cup (240 g) softened butter
1 cup (100g) cocoa powder
1 tsp (5 ml) of vanilla
2 tbs (30 ml) milk


If you want the icing thicker add more powdered sugar, to thick add a dash of milk.

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