Join me in a Bake and Share Day 3/3/11

**briggsy's girl** · March 1st, 2011, 08:21 PM

BG, its certainly not something I'd send everyday in a lunchbox! My kids, Steph eats a whole cupcake, but never wants more, and Rhino, well, he only ever licks the icing off!

What is chocolate peppermint bark? I would say it counts. The thought is there.

goodo - might have to look into making the red cake at some point

peppermint bark - there are heaps of recipes, have tried a few - the most successful is just white chocolate melted and spread reasonably thin, crushed candy canes, topped with milk or dark choc that has been flavoured (lightly) with peppermint essence. then you break it in random pieces. nom nom nom. tonight i swirled a bit of the white choc through the dark choc topping just to make it purddy seeing the guy at work doesn't think i'll show up with any lol

**JLeigh29** · March 2nd, 2011, 05:04 AM

Thought I'd post a simple chocolate cake recipe. I've never tried it, but it looks so easy I thought it was worth a go!

So Simple Chocolate Cake
3 cups flour
2 cups sugar
5/8 cup cocoa powder
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups cold water
2 tsp white vinegar
2/3 cup vege oil

Preheat oven to 180 degrees. Mix all ingredients until well blended. Bake in a 23cm x 30cm baking dish for 35 mins. Cool completely before turning out. Ice if desired.

* I plan on halving the sugar, using 1/2 wholemeal and 1/2 plain flour and a round pan.

Just made my cakes! I halved the recipe and still had enough for 12 patty cakes and 5 muffin-sized cakes (ran out of patty cases!) so unless you want to feed your entire street, go for a half-batch - they don't do things by halves in American recipes.

They cooked in 13 mins. I used 1/3 cup sugar, 2tsp baking powder (instead of baking soda - what's that?) and 1/4 cup cocoa powder. HTH

**Snowy Love** · March 3rd, 2011, 05:49 AM

I didn't have enough cocoa! So I made oat cookies, now DS2 is sick so I'm not going to work anyway. I might buy cocoa & take brownies next week.

**JLeigh29** · March 3rd, 2011, 05:52 AM

Snowy Love - oh no, poor DS. The oat cookies sound great though.

DH went off to work with a batch of patty cakes and MIL and I will share some today. The whipped butter icing is amazing!

Mission accomplished!