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On Fri, Sep 23, 2005 at 09:48:58AM +0100,
the following was promulgated by Rev Simon Rumble:
>
> Hi folks.
>
> Tomorrow night I'm having some people around for dinner. Turns out
> it's one of the guests' birthday, so I want to bake a cake.
> Previously I've done this _excellent_ cake from Nigella:
> http://www.nigella.com/recipes/recipe.asp?article=151
>
> But looking through the Kitchen Goddess book last night, I didn't find
> anything that much grabbed my fancy. So I'm wondering if anyone has
> any suggestions? I have two blocks of Green & Blacks dark in my
> cupboard, waiting to be used.
>
> Doesn't need to be a traditional "cake" per se, just needs to be able
> to have candles put on it. I think I prefer the luscious, moist end of
> "cake" to the more "cakey" stuff, but I'm open to trying anything
> that comes well recommended.
Reading "luscious, moist end of 'cake'" and Green & Blacks dark made my
mind jump to Black Forest Gateau.
Some of the recipes I have seen for supposedly genuine schwartzwalder
kirschtorte have been complex and time consuming, saw James Martin doing
this on on UKTVFoodporn and it didn't seem as bad as most.
http://www.uktvfood.co.uk/index.cfm?uktv=recipes.recipe&iID=513191
Can be made even simpler by doing something less 'artistic' with the
chocolate covering.
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