When I was a wee tot, I used to really like maraschino cherries- I sometimes liked the cherry on top more than the sundae under it. When I realized you could just go out and get a jar of them instead of having them granted to you one or two at a time over ice cream or in a limeade, my little preadolescent mind was blown. I should say that these days I find them to be excessively sweet or something like that, but I would be lying.
You know what? I've already mixed a lot of cakes, and (prepare for a Discworld reference) as Nanny Ogg says, patience is a virgin. Let's skip straight to where this goes from regular cake to a maraschino party cake!
Now THERE'S a color found in nature! |
Now it's got milk in it, so it's part of this complete breakfast and totally good for you! |
You know what that last one makes me think of? Strawberry milk. I liked that stuff so much as a kid Mom stopped buying the syrup lest my brothers and I get diabetes and die. And I'd squirt so much into the glass it'd be at least this dark. And you know what? I still like it.
It looks so pretty, I don't want to mix it all the way in. |
It's pink! |
A very delicious compromise! |
When the cake was done, I tried to pass the time waiting for it to cool cutting up what cherries we hadn't eaten for the top. While I always thought maraschino cherries were unnaturally colored, I never realized just how fake the red looks.
Also, holy crap this picture looks cool. I like it more as I stare at it. |
But as lovely as the cherries look in the cup, the cake was still too hot to ice. Since I no longer have the wall-mounted AC to set things on to cool, Marcus got volunteered to speed things up a bit.
No amount of saying "It looks so retro!" could fix the fact that cherry halves make a cake look like it has red welts.
So, as promised, here's proof that I can find two other people who will eat my food. Since Austin volunteered his kitchen and his camera-phone (I forgot mine), he went first.
He may not have reacted much visibly, but he did say he liked it.
Marcus went second:
He may not have reacted much visibly, but he did say he liked it.
Marcus went second:
Leery because I said there's a surprise in the icing. |
"It tastes like a chocolate covered cherry!" |
Everyone liked this thing. I was a little disappointed that some of the cherry flavor baked out, but it was good nonetheless. Also, had I remembered to stir in the cherry slivers, that probably wouldn't have been a problem. Also, the root beer extract in the icing went so well with it!
And finally, I must note that Austin's kitchen had something I haven't had the privilege of using in years: a working dishwasher! It was so liberating not to have to hand wash everything.
Looks good.
ReplyDeleteI did a cherry chocolate pie that was similar--it, too, tasted like chocolate covered cherries!
Sounds really good.
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