Bimby Chocolate Cake

[I Love Bimby!]

Looks fantastic Fozzie! 

[cookie1]

Frozzie, that cake looks really wonderful, well done.
My DD always got to choose her cake too, from the same book. One year she chose a rollerskate. I nearly had a fit, but by following the instructions VERY carefully we got there.
You should be very proud of your cake. I wonder what you will have to make next week.

[Frozzie]

thanks JD, ILB and cookie  and JD they do love choosing their own but I love watching them as I did too when I was little and love that they love it too..contining traditions!

next week cookie its the bunny rabbit..my mum made me the same cake when i was 1..DD will be 2!  Photos to follow next week:) lol re the rollerskate cake (i can only imagine)..i generally steer them away from choosing something with a whole lot of detail as they usually choose a couple and we have to narrow it down.    Im sure as they get older they will get more complicated then later on they probably wont want them at all   

[Very Happy Jan]

The cake looks fantastic Frozzie. I loved making cakes for my boy's birthday (and yes, some years their choices were daunting!!)

[Cornish Cream]

Lovely looking Birthday cake Frozzie.Another talented cake decorating Mum.Puts my efforts for my kids years ago to shame.My best efforts were a clock cake and a hedgehog.

[Frozzie]

Thanks guys and Cornish Cream I think a clock cake and a hedgehog are pretty impressive!  I love doing the bday cakes..last year my DD had a ladybird and my son a turtle! (pics below)  And I often do cakes for the school committee to sell (have attached the easter cupcakes)

forgot to add as well that for the recipe I use brown sugar in the place of 'normal' sugar..i have found it seems a bit moister and tastes even better..already great but doesnt help to try different ingredients now and then...i actually used it the first time as i had no normal sugar and only brown and had already made it a couple of times as per the recipe but from now on i only use the brown sugar..yum and i get 40kgs bags of flour from our local mill that i share with my neighbour (another thermomix owner)...its a blend of different grains T65 i think and i use that for breads, cakes and anything else really and for this recipe i just add a couple of teaspoons of bicarb soda to lighten it up as we dont have self raising over here and the cake flour isnt that great..anyway they are my tweaks i forgot to mention before (not that it needed tweaking just little accidents that we found we preferred in our house  )

still want to try other flavour bases with this cake mix..i think it could be so versatile...and a hundred other things when i get 5 mins lol

[Cornish Cream]

Cute cakes Frozzie, especially Tommy Turtle.

[judydawn]

Thanks for showing us these pictures Frozzie.  The highlight of any child's birthday party has to be the cake and when they get older they will never forget the efforts their dear Mum put into them.  Very happy childhood memories indeed which will hopefully inspire them to do the same for their own children.

[I Love Bimby!]

Thanks Frozzie for your wonderful pics and tips.  All variations are always welcome. Interesting you mentioned the brown sugar, as that's all we use in our home. 

[Frozzie]

thanks guys just felt like sharing the pics and JD its my little inside wish that they do it for their kids..only time will tell i guess.  Ill pass down the WW birthday books (old and new) that i have to them and maybe that will inspire them to continue it on!

ILB maybe you should edit the recipe??? to mention brown sugar and not just sugar as I find it even better with...considering also thats what you use.....and thankyou thankyou thankyou (again) for this recipe...quick and fantastic cake..you must be so psyched that your recipe has to be one of the most hit recipes on this forum..

[judydawn]

Very hard for me JD as I was overseas when it happened and I haven't had a break since !!!! 

Oh well - hopefully later in the year?  Although number 2 is due in August and then I can bring out my Barbie dolls as it is a girl !!!

  Just looking through the cake posts for a particular icing and found this posting from Thermomixer.  Has the second grand-child come along yet TMXer?

[judydawn]

Frozzie & ILB - are we talking raw sugar here or soft brown sugar?

[Frozzie]

For my part its the soft and normally compact brown sugar and not raw 

[achookwoman]

Frozzie,  loved the cakes.  Thanks for the great photos.

[I Love Bimby!]

Ohhh... thanks for that Frozzie.

Have added a few notes to the original recipe  Thanks