It was a calm, clear day in New York when the two lonely chocolate cake layers arrived. They were seeking adventure in the big city, and were hoping to find some companions, too! However, soon, disaster struck. Hungry for a doughnut, the cake layers wandered across Manhattan to the home of the chocolate blackout doughnut, only to find it CLOSED!!!
Not to be deterred, the cake layers quickly sought out other chocolate doughnuts. Walking back across Manhattan, the cake layers found friends at Balthazar. While not part of the original plan, disaster was averted.
Returning to the kitchen, it was time to bake again. The effort began with a wonderful chocolate chip cookie recipe, baked in grand form.
After the cookie was baked, the mixer was kicked into high gear making chocolate buttercream frosting. This is not just any frosting, but the very chocolate buttercream frosting used at Magnolia Bakery and outlined in The Magnolia Bakery Cookbook. Of course, for a cake this grand, we needed a double batch of buttercream - which entailed a pound of butter, 12 ounces of chocolate, and a pound and a half of sugar...
Finally, it was time for assembly. It began with a careful surgery of the giant cookie base. Using a cake layer as a reference, the base was cut to size. The remainders were chopped into small pieces for a later use - who throws away perfectly good chocolate chip cookie?
Once in place, the cookie was ready for its topping - a layer of that luscious chocolate buttercream frosting.
The cookie layer was frosted, topped with a layer of chocolate cake, then more frosting, and then...the surprise ingredient, a layer of chocolate doughnuts. The doughnuts were not added whole, but were split to cover more surface area with the doughnut cake. Buttercream frosting was then used liberally on top of the doughnuts to "cement" them into place.
At this point, your teeth may be hurting, but we're not done yet. On top of this concoction went the final layer of chocolate cake, and then the entire thing was coated in chocolate buttercream. Mmm...
Beautiful, right? Rich, indulgent and downright sinful. But that's not all!
Stay tuned for the startling conclusion to this adventure in baking...
This is an award worthy post - you are hilarious! And a great baker....
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