We Bake Our Cake and Eat It Too

Yehey! One more item off my bucket list!

Chi decided it was time we learned how to bake. AA found this recipe which we decided to follow (after all, you can’t go wrong with Hersheys, right?) and I found a video from Insightful Nana for good measure.

Ingredients

2 cups sugar
1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup HERSHEY’S Cocoa
1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1 cup milk
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup boiling water
“PERFECTLY CHOCOLATE” CHOCOLATE FROSTING(recipe follows)

1. Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour two 9-inch round baking pans.

2. Stir together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in large bowl. Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla; beat on medium speed of mixer 2 minutes. Stir in boiling water (batter will be thin). Pour batter into prepared pans.

3. Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks. Cool completely. Frost with “PERFECTLY CHOCOLATE” CHOCOLATE FROSTING. 10 to 12 servings.

“PERFECTLY CHOCOLATE” CHOCOLATE FROSTING

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine
2/3 cup HERSHEY’S Cocoa
3 cups powdered sugar
1/3 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Melt butter. Stir in cocoa. Alternately add powdered sugar and milk, beating to spreading consistency. Add small amount additional milk, if needed. Stir in vanilla. About 2 cups frosting.

The first cake actually got burned even though we followed instructions. I think the oven cooks faster or something, because when we cooked our second cake, it got done in 15 minutes. Thank goodness we came up with a successful cake!

We also made our own buko (coconut) shake, my fave, which they don’t sell here in Singapore. For our main meal, Gelle and I cooked pork potapples, a recipe that I made up sometime ago which turned out be delicious.

After a hearty dinner, we watched Sex and the City 2. Four girls watching a movie about four girls. Hmmm… which is which? No one fits the Samantha bill. The movie ended late, so I had a sleepover at Chi and AA’s place. It was no exotic trip to Abu Dhabi, but it was a really fun day with the girls!