Monday, July 26, 2010

I've got three things in my freezer...what can I make?

I had a craving for chocolate cake. I always have a craving for chocolate cake. It usually ends up with Matt and I driving all over town and ending up at the grocery store buying some buttercream awfulness. So, it's that time again. Time for cake. Got no money. Got no eggs. Got bananas, walnuts and Kahlua. Vegan recipes to the rescue!

Chocolate Banana Walnut Cake with a Kahula Glaze*

Dry Ingredients:
Whole Wheat Pastry Flour 2 cups
Sugar (See Notes) 1 and 1/2 cup
Cocoa Powder 2/3 cup
Baking Soda, 1 and 1/2 teaspoon

Wet Ingredients:
Canola Oil 1/4 cup
Hot Water 1 and 1/2 cups
Vanilla Extract 1 teaspoon
Bananas, mashed or pureed 1 cup

Okay, so this is generally what was in there. I actually used 1 cup Splenda and 1/2 cup Sugar AND I added about a tablespoon of agave nectar, just because I bought the crap and want to get rid of it.

So, mix dry ingredients in bowl. Mix wet ingredients in another bowl. Combine. Fold in about a cup of chopped walnuts.

Bake in cake pan of your choosing for 45mins at 350

Now, here comes the good part. All of that cake crap you just made is a vehicle for Kahula Spectacular.

Kahula Glaze

Kahula 1 cup
Agave nectar 2 tbs (again, if you just happen to have it lying around)
Splenda 1 cup
Sugar 1/2 cup

Bring to boil for about five minutes. Stir...contently. Turn down to low when it becomes a tasty syrup (meaning you can't taste the booze) that takes some effort to suck off your finger. I could bathe in this shit!

When the cake comes out of the oven, it's going to look a little dry on top. Poke it with a toothpick or butter-knife a few thousand times and pour the glaze over it. You could probably wait until the cake cools, but I always have trouble with that part.

Eat.

*find the original cake recipe here. Kahlua Glaze was all me.

I think the recipe still needs some work. A little too sweet, even for me, but I think that's because of all the added agave nectar. I like the taste of it with the kahlua, but could live without it. Overall, the cake seems pretty healthy, considering. And it's nice to have a c-cake recipe that I don't have to buy much of anything for.