Bimby Chocolate Cake

[Very Happy Jan]

ILB I can't thank you enough for this recipe. I make it in varying forms ALL THE TIME and it is always a winner. I've made slab, round, square,cupcake, replaced butter & sugar with equivalent apple sauce, mixed through chop chip for double choc,  mini M&M's for rainbow. Iced it with ordinary choc icing, choc ganache, frosting & even dusted it with icing sugar & served it with cream for dessert. For anyone who hasn't tried this recipe it is the easiest & tastiest choc cake ever. 

[I Love Bimby!]

Great work VHJ! You certainly are being creative - love it! 

[judydawn]

ILB, I think VHJ loves your recipe    Great wrap up VHJ.

[Rogizoja]

Great cake this. I sandwiched mine with fruit spread (UK cookbook) after making lemonade. The slightly bitter marmalady character  of the spread goes really well with the chocolate flavour. An addedbonus is that the spread soaks into the cake slightly making it nice and gooey. Next one I make will have a bit of chilli powder in it!

[I Love Bimby!]

ILB, I think VHJ loves your recipe    Great wrap up VHJ.

Do you think JD   

[judydawn]

I think I might make this to take up to a friend who has just moved into a retirement village.  I will use my new heart shaped tin which is 22 x 20 x 7cm deep so would that hold all of this mixture and how long would I need to cook it?

[RoxyS]

After reading all the reactions to this recipe I finally got to try it on Monday. Had folk over not long after it came out of the oven and had a request that it be cut. Was very mean and only gave the person who had requested the piece a piece otherwise there wouldn't have been any left. As it was I came out later to find that DH had also had a piece. He loved it. It is definitely a winner. Doesn't even need icing and keeps well, although half of it is gone already, and I'm sure all of it would be gone if I hadn't done heaps of other baking.

[Thermomixer]

Good to hear that you impressed DH.  It is a good recipe

[I Love Bimby!]

Heres the cake - before todays party.  I made a double batch using substituted GF SR flour. About 20% of the second batch went into the Varden mould and the rest went into a square cake tin.

As it turned out it was too much for the Varden cake, but I needed the extra height for Barbie's legs without amputating them 

So the varden cake was placed on top of the square one and were a pretty good fit.

Unfortunatly the icing dropped a bit after decorating it, but I'll fix it up before everyone gets here... hopefully

[faffa_70]

WOW ILB that is magnificent. I bet DD is feeling much better all for looking at her cake!  You've done a great job. Have a fantastic day today. 

[I Love Bimby!]

Apart from being a bit testy she's feeling much better thanks Faffa. Her eyes did brighten up a lot when she saw her cake!! She of course helped decorate it this morning and apparently I am now "the worlds bestest everest mum in the whole world!".... so I think the cake has the thumbs up 

[judydawn]

ILB, that is fantastic.  I have copied it to my photo gallery to show GD. Have a great day, relax and just go with the flow. Hugs and kisses to the birthday girl - how quickly has that year gone by, it only seems yesterday when you posted her last cake.

[Very Happy Jan]

ILB The cake is beautiful. No wonder her eyes lit up. Have a great day & birthday wishes to your DD

[achookwoman]

ILB,  this is just beautiful.  Next thing you will be taking orders.  Glad DD is feeling better and everything went off with a bang.

[I Love Bimby!]

Thank you. DD had a fantastic day. Good weather helped as well, it was just beautiful outside today.

Actually a couple of mothers were asking questions along the lines of if I'd make cakes for their kids birthdays. LOL. I used to do decorative painting but stopped just before DD was born, so I enjoy the cakes as I can still be a little creative. Not great at it, but passable by DD's standards anyway.