When will I learn? I think I have spoken about this before, my oven is not a good cake oven, I should not make cakes. In fact I have a series of failed cake stories percolating just below the surface. Unfortunately Birthday biscuits or Birthday Custard just really doesn’t have the same ring to them as Birthday Cake, so when Felixs birthday rolled around, there was just one option, Cake.
I do have a trick up my sleeve, however, a cake that maybe even my oven can’t break – a simple combination of chocolate, butter, eggs and sugar – David Lebovitz’s Idiot Cake.
Terribly similar to other recipes, notable the fabulous Baby Chocolate Cakes, but there is something about this gooey decadent slab of not much more than chocolate that says Happy Birthday like nothing else.
Idiot Cake
(this is a small version, probably serves 10, very sparingly)
150g Best Quality Dark Chocolate
100g unsalted butter
3 eggs
1/2 cup sugar
Melt butter and chocolate together. In a separate bowl, whisk eggs and sugar together, then add slightly cooled melted chocolate. Mix until smooth. Pour batter into a greased springform pan. Place in a water bath (you may need to wrap the bottom of the pan in foil to prevent leaks), ensuring that the water comes about halfway up the sides of the pan.
Bake at 180C, for about an hour until the cake is set.
Let cake cool completely, then serve with beautiful fresh strawberries and cream.
Enjoy the birthday!
One Comment
Happy Birthday Felix. So hard to kiss you when you’ve got gooey idiot choc all over your face.
Darling Girl you could make my birthday cake but postponed until December. You know what I like.
It all looks so good. Love, Pmum