It's time for the Cake Slice Bakers Cake of the Month for January 2014!
I apologize that my cake is 4 days late! Somehow the 20th always sneaks up on me! This past weekend I was in Portland, Oregon for a friend's wedding and I did not manage to get this cake baked before I left.
The bride, Erin, and me. |
Because I baked my cake after the due date, I had the extra advantage of reading the other Cake Slice Bakers' experiences and then deciding what changes I wanted to make. Originally my plan was to add orange zest, orange juice, and an orange glaze to my pound cake. But then I realized that both of my zesters were at my parents' home and that I just happened to have a Lindt Intense Orange dark chocolate candy bar. I don't really love eating this candy by itself, but I thought it might be good (or at least interesting) in the cake.
I love chopping chocolate. |
The verdict on this cake is, based on taste, I wouldn't make it again. However, it was a pretty cake and it won't go to waste.
Hope everyone's staying warm (or cool, if it's hot where you are)!
8 comments:
Your cake looks perfect! What a great idea! Orange dark chocolate! YUM!
It's good to know that this cake lacks when substituting the milk...I was tempted to make this with orange juice but after reading several posts I've changed my mind!
Your cake did bake up lovely though!
Nice idea with the orange chocolate. Everything tastes better when there's a glaze on top lol.
Chocolate and orange flavored pound cake is brilliant! :-)
I'm in the same boat as you... not a great cake and definitely needed more of one thing and less of another! Hazel x
Glaze helps about anything eh?! LOL!
Sorry you weren't happy with the cake but it sure looked great!
:)
Holly
So sorry you didn't like the cake. It really did look gorgeous and the pairing of orange and chocolate should have been super yums!
Melanie, it's sad to hear that you didn't like the cake like some of us. However, I definitely agree with you that your cake looks pretty :) Hopefully, our next bake together will be a better one :):)
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