If my cake was a t-shirt, it would say: "I tried to make a Chocolated Banded Ice Cream Torte and all I got was this lousy soupy stuff".
I had a hell of a time making this "cake". I decided to make mini cakes, because, frankly, if I see one more recipe that calls for almost two sticks of butter again, I'll.... well, I don't know what I'd do. All of my threats would be idle. I'd still make her food. I don't really eat it except to taste it(WILLPOWER!). And I'm not going to throw out my book, so I'll shut up. But come on! Dorie gives Paula Deen a run for her money! And Paula drank butter on camera once. She just melted a stick of butter and drank some out of the bowl! FOR REALS!
http://blog.foodienyc.com/2006/03/paula_deen_chug.html
Since my freezer is incapable of staying cold for more than 3 minutes at a time, all of my molds melted. Then the chocolate ganace melted. All I could salvage was one melty little cake. Seriously, this cake looks like the lopsided cake that Flora, Fauna, and Merriweather from Sleeping Beauty made her when they tried not to use magic and they had to hold it up with a broom.
I used Haagen Daz Dulce du Leche frozen yogurt (I'm trying to bring down the calories somehow, even though this fro yo is high in calories) and made a chocolate streusel topping that tastes like the crunchies in a Carvel Ice Cream Cake (the best part!). I almost ate all of them before they went on the cake.
For the small serving of streusel I used:
- 6 TBSP Flour
- 1 TBSP Cocoa Powder
- 2 TBSP Butter
- 2 TBSP Sugar
When it comes down to it, this was awesome and hard, annoying, a pain in the --- not fun to make. It's ice cream cake! It's worth some pain. Some disturbing news, however: my boyfriend just told me he doens't like ice cream cake. He doesn't like ice cream cake, he doesn't like the 80's, and he doesn't like video games (I asked him for a Nintendo Wii for my birthday, and yes, I may be too old for video games but I don't care). I think it's time for us to break up now (kidding, love you!).
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PAULA DEEN DRANK BUTTER!
Aaah, sorry you had problems. It sounds DELISH!
I've sometimes had that same thought about Dorie giving Paula a run for her money.
Posted by: JacqueOH | August 27, 2008 at 11:53 AM
Sorry it didn't work in its original form. Your version sounds great, though.
Posted by: Jules | August 27, 2008 at 12:26 PM
Oh, to drink a bowl of tepid, disgusting butter! And to play video games in the eighties! Etc!
Sorry to hear about this week's disasterpiece. Hopefully the next two weeks of cookies will bring things back to the norm.
Posted by: Mike | August 27, 2008 at 12:28 PM
awww, it still looks like it tasted good!
Posted by: Heidi | August 27, 2008 at 12:30 PM
It still looks yummy! I'm with you on the butter thing -- sometimes I wish that I had decided to take up pilates instead of baking. I love your flavor choices! Your pictures make me want to dive right in!
Posted by: Cathy | August 27, 2008 at 01:01 PM
Love dulce de leche, and those chocolate crumbles look soooo good! I am sorry to hear about your problems with this torte (but I'm glad I wasn't the only one ;-)
Posted by: Laura | August 27, 2008 at 01:54 PM
Too bad your freezer wouldn't cooperate, but while you might not have found your torte pretty, the flavor combos, chocolate strusel and dulce de leche fro yo...sounds divine!
Posted by: Mari | August 27, 2008 at 02:12 PM
Okay, you are totally cracking me up! I never realized that Dorie really could give Paula Deen some competition on the butter issue. I am still laughing. Thanks. At least you gave it a try, right?
Posted by: Mary Ann | August 27, 2008 at 04:31 PM
Even all melty it looks really delicious. Dulce de leche - I am right with you on that one.
Posted by: Carol Peterman | August 27, 2008 at 04:44 PM
What a shame! Thanks for filling me in on the Paula Deen thing. My boyfriend and I always impersonate Paula Deen and the first thing we say is, "Start with three sticks of butter..."
Posted by: Kait | August 27, 2008 at 05:33 PM
Ew, I never knew Paula Deen drank butter, gross. And how can someone not like ice cream cake or the 80's? :-) I think your cake actually looks pretty good... you could have passed it off like you meant for it to look that way! Wish I had incorporated some crunchies into mine!
Posted by: Melissa | August 27, 2008 at 08:14 PM
It looks and sounds delicious! I had melty problem too. Oh well, it still tastes good right? That's what counts!
Posted by: Heather B | August 27, 2008 at 09:44 PM
Wow, drinking butter. That's crazy!! Love your post!
Posted by: Shari | August 28, 2008 at 10:48 PM
Sorry to hear that your freezer was being difficult. I love the streusel idea--I love the crunchy bits in Carvel cake. I haven't had that in forever.
Posted by: Di | August 29, 2008 at 11:37 AM
i can't believe paula drank butter!!?!
my mom made the same comment when she flipped through dorie's book. i told her how much i loved it and all she could say after looking at the recipes was - there's too much better in all these recipes! :)
sorry your cake didn't freeze too well, but at least it was delicious, right?
Posted by: Jaime | August 31, 2008 at 12:15 AM
I love your sense of humor and the way you tell it like is. I added those two sticks of butter and thought about what you said and laughed. I also love your inventiveness. The dulce de leche fro-yo and chocolate streusel topping both sound and look delicious and are much less fattening. I admire your willpower, too, something I have a hard time with!
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