Chocolate-It's What's for Dinner

OH BOY! What a stuck mess. I saw that 2017 is the year of the bundt . Hey, I had lemons, I had a bundt pan so I decided to go for it. Well as you can see mine looks nothing like a bundt. It's just a pile of cake. Yes, it is a delicious pile but nonetheless a pile. I greased the pan using spray and I think that was my downfall. I should have used butter? (or Crisco - I know it's pretty gross but it does usually get the job done). A Pile of Cake I've been here before as you might recall . I thought I had set aside my bundt issues. I had purchased a new pan and was ready to go. I did make a chocolate bundt in this new pan successfully before. So what went wrong?? I'm not sure? What happens when you are left with a pile of lemon cake? I guess you make "lemonade" and you eat it? Portion control is challenging, however. I will give this bundt pan another go but it might be the last bundt or I might just have to stick (pun intended) to my mini-bundt pans .

So I didn't learn my lesson with that bundt pan did I ? Really and that was back in May. Sometimes I just need to give up. I convinced myself that maybe it was greasing the pan. Maybe I should've used spray and that would work better. Really? Uh NO! It didn't work better. All the chocolate in the world is not hiding that mess. I've also decided I'm not a good drizzler. What a hot mess! Chocolate Swirl Cake (Adapted from Cooking Light ) 2 c sugar 1/3 c canola oil 6 T butter 2 eggs 1 t vanilla extract 1t canola oil 1 oz bittersweet chocolate melted 2 T cocoa powder 2 c flour 3/4 c white whole wheat flour 1 t baking powder 1/4 t baking soda 1/4 t salt 1c buttermilk 1/4 c milk Combine the sugar, oil, and butter in a large mixer bowl. Beat until light and fluffy. Add eggs; beating until incorporated. Stir in vanilla. In a small bowl mix oil, melted chocolate and cocoa powder. Stir until smooth. Set aside. In a separate bowl mix flours, baking...

Glaze pools in the center - yum! This cake made me realize a few things: 1.  I need a new bundt pan. 2. When a cake sticks to the pan (see item 1), chocolate sauce hides a multitude      of sins. 3. Patience is a virtue I don't possess - waiting for this cake to cool seemed an     eternity. 4.  If you gave me some cold milk, I could probably eat this entire cake by      myself. So what is this marvelous cake? It is the Tunnel of Fudge Cake from Cook's Country. I changed it up a little-slightly.  I saw this suggestion after I had the cake in the oven. Mixing 1T of butter with 1T of melted butter and coating the pan. This might have helped me with item 1, but I still think I need a new pan. It is a good brand pan (Nordic Ware) and a pretty fleur de lis design. I see they now offer it with a different coating. Chocolate cakes seem to stick worse than yellow cakes. My pan has a black coating and I'm wonder...