Saturday, April 30, 2011

Chocolate Layer Cake

Well, hello there! I know, I know, I have been missing from the blogging world for quite a while. You are right, forget updating my own blog, it has been a while since I visited any of yours. What can I say, except that life suddenly got very busy (doesn't it always, just when you think you are on a cruise mode?) leaving me with very little time for blogging.






Much as it has been a busy time this past month - and it will continue to be so over the next couple of months - I have been baking a lot, in fact, more than I normally do over the last month.



Baking gives me a lot of comfort, it is my way of unwinding. Baking de-stresses me like nothing else can. At the end of a long tiring day, all I want to do is not rest, but head to the kitchen at night and bake. I love to bake late at night, when I can be in the kitchen absolutely undisturbed - no telephone calls to be answered, no doors to be opened, no husband or child to attend to.



Gathering the ingredients, mixing them into a batter, waiting for the oven to do its magic, basking in the aromas enveloping the house and pulling out a perfectly baked cake from the oven - sometimes, I bake more for the love of the process than to actually eat cake!










Edited to add...My apologies to anyone who lands on this page and doesn't find a recipe. Please email me for the recipe.

aquadaze@rediffmail.com







19 comments:

  1. Gorgeous bake, Aqua! Love the layers and the color. And am with you when you said 'I bake more for the love of the process than to actually eat cake' I hardly taste my bakes..just wait and look out for the reactions from my kids and hubby :)

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  2. Gorgeous cake! Yes, I love the baking process too. :)

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  3. it looks very tempting !! layers have that effect :D nothing beats chocolate cake !!

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  4. Awesome ... just look at that cake! Seriously Aqua ... so so wish I could pick up a piece ... looks so tempting! :-)

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  5. That is one decadent cake Aqua and I love the choc buttercream frosting. But pray tell, how do you keep those lbs away with all the baking?

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  6. I really crave for a piece of that right now!

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  7. OMG thats my all time fav..i can feel the way it melts in your mouth..im hungry and craving for this...lovely bake

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  8. yummy n gorgeous looking cake..

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  9. Awesome!! I just love the way it looks....The taste must be heavenly!

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  10. Love the layers and the final pic, absolutely drool-worthy !!!

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  11. What a stunning looking cake. Love the layers of chocolatey goodness!

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  12. That's gorgeous. Do find us some time so we can see your other lovely baking experiments!

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  13. Lovely cake..you back in Singapore??

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  14. What a splendid cake! I have been craving such a treat since days... I think that I'll soon have to bake such a baby.

    Cheers,

    Rosa

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