Tuesday, April 15, 2003

I always prefer homemade, but if yer gonna use boxed mix, Duncan Hines chocolate mocha cake mix rocks. Egads. 1 1/4 cups water, 1/2 cup oil, 3 eggs, 1 tsp cinnamon, 1/2 tsp nutmeg, 1/4 tsp cardammom, beat til light and airy. Pour into a metal 9x13 cake pan, bake at 350 for 38 minutes. Here's where the real fun begins. While the cake bakes, beat 2 cubes of unsalted butter, 1 package cream cheese, vanilla and powdered sugar to sweeten. Again, beat til light and airy. That's the frosting. Scoop it into a pastry bag, use a star tip. Whn the cake is cool, take a 1.5 inch round cookie cutter and cut out rounds of cake. Split the rounds in half and splurt the butter cream cheese frosting in there. Throw 4-5 bittersweet choc chips in there, top with the upper portion of the cake round. Splurt another blob of pretty-looking frosting on top, pop one choc chip on top at a jaunty angle. ZING. There'ye have it. These little wonders are petite and delish and not too very difficult to make. Unfortunately, they all got eaten before a picture could be snapped.