TWD: Devils Food White Out Cake

Let's be honest. I've started writing this post about twelve times. I've deleted it twelve times. I feel like I'm in a movie where a writer types a few pathetic words on the page, pauses, and then rips the paper out of the typewriter with a huff, crumples it into a ball, and then throws the ball towards the corner of the room where a lone trash bin stands among piles of crumpled balls of paper.

It makes me wish typewriters were still en vogue so that I may be that cool. But, sadly, I hardly remember ever using a typewriter, as I am a child of the 80s and 90s, using clunky computers emblazoned with the multicolored Apple logo and floppy disks.

For now, the delete button on my gorgeous MacBook will have to suffice.

With that out of the way, you will have to understand why this post is going to be short and sweet - and probably not funny (also, as a note, I cannot make witty titles anymore, as I am trying to increase traffic to the blog, and titles like "Ja Bloo Ble, Me la Poo" will not easily come up in a Google Search for some odd reason).

Stephanie, from Confessions of a City Eater (click for recipe), chose the cover recipe from Baking: From My Home to Yours. We've all been yearning for this cake. And for good reason. This cake is good. Dorie knows the way to my heart: Chocolate, complimented by chocolate, with some chocolate added in for some texture.

The icing was interesting and definitely something that I've never made, or even tried, before. It was a bit too sweet for me, and I think if I make it next time, I will reduce the amount of vanilla, but I did want to dance in its pillowy nature.

My boyfriend said, "I feel like a lot of stuff you make is too sweet. You know why? Because your hands are made of sugar."

Rarely does my boyfriend speak with a cheese of this nature.

That said, I really did not like the frosting. The light, billowy nature was interesting and light, but the aftertaste of the cream of tartar combined with the syrupy-sweet flavor was just too much. Next time I make this cake, I will use this recipe for cream cheese frosting, which I will forever use on any cake, no matter what it is, because it is amazing.

My favorite part, however, was decorating the cake. This cake is an impressive looking cake, but lets face it, it is what I like to call "An Artistic Mess". I slathered marshmallow frosting on the cake with wreckless abandon. I then took crumpled cake and smacked in onto the side with no rhyme or reason. We all know my decorating capabilities. This was no dragon with boobs, my friends. This was a work of art.

A work of art that I need to get out of my house immediately, because this is a cake that will be the downfall of my diet. I worked out for 90 minutes yesterday and still gained a pound because I couldn't keep my hands off of the cake. I can't pawn it off on to coworkers, as I did just bring in these red velvet cupcakes and I fear they will organize a revolt on me as a retaliation for the weight they have gained since I began employment at the company.

Devils Food is the perfect name for this cake, because it will be the death of my diet.

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