Well, hello there readers. I am typing this sitting at my newly organized desk (another new years resolution--organize my desk). Yes, I have another obsession. Chocolate. I can not get enough of it right now. I love chocolate. When I came across this recipe (again from Orangette), I knew I had to make it. When the recipe for a chocolate cake suddenly appeared on my screen, I just knew I had to make it (Well, ok, the recipe did not just appear on my screen, I made it come up). This cake looked so good. And...not to mention ridiculously decadent. Yes, I know sounds good, right.
So, I picked up all of my ingredients from the store. And the butter. Yes, the butter. Do you remember when I cooked and blogged about a lot of French foods in a row? Well, this is another recipe that I think is French...cross my fingers. Anyways this recipe calls for French butter (one of the reasons I suspect that this is a French recipe). French butter is higher in fat which produces more air bubbles. This are good in a cake because the make the cake airy. But that being said, high fat butter is not the best for you--hence the name high fat butter, and you do not always want your cake to be airy. But for this cake you do.
Let me tell you how the cake turned out. OMG! This cake was good! I mean deliciously, melt in your mouth, decadent, death by chocolate good! The chocolate! Oh! the chocolate. The top was like a brownie and the inside was nice and creamy. This was hands-down one of the best chocolate cakes I had ever tasted. And that is hard. I love my chocolate cakes from the box (aka Betty Crocker Mixes). I know you are surprised, but sometimes I go box!
Did I mention that this cake is named Winning-Hearts-And Minds Cake by Molly Wizenburg's friend Kate (Molly is the author of Orangette)? This one did truly win my heart.
