Southern Devil's Food Cake

My gran&bro had a birthday in the summer months (which is not uncommon, as it tends to happen every darn year). However, because the family couldn't be together for their birthday, we celebrated later on and now I'm late-late-blogging their cake. What is that you say?Unsynchronized mess?Well, here's The Doctor using his sonic screwdriver to make it all cohere.

Southern Devil's Food Cake

My peeps love chocolate so I decided to make something with enough of it so that not even the most flat out chocoholic could handle it. Short story long: We all caved in. Mom didn't. (She must have switched her blood for liquid chocolate earlier in life.) Mission failed. Tasty yum! Ready for a challenge? Here we go!

Here's the recipe.

Here's the music to bake it to:

And here are the pictures:

I covered mine in blackberries because we had A LOT of them and I thought they worked well with the serious amounts of choc. They do, so feel free to berry-it-up for a bit of relief from all that choc.
Enjoy!

The Taste of a Different Summer

Buttermilk Pancakes

As mentioned in the previous post, buttermilk pancakes were last summer's go-to treat. There isn't much to say about pancakes (since they're such a basic thing to make) other than to acknowledge that I was under the influence of Dead Like Me and I overindulged, so eat cautiously, these darlings are addictive and..scales don't lie (unless they're broken).
Here's the recipe.
Here's the music:

Here are the photos:

Toodles!