Before I knew it, it was time for August’s Clandestine Cake
Club. This time the theme was “Cakes from Near and Far”. This was because we
had extended our invite to members of other clubs and also one special guest,
Lynn Hill, founder of the whole thing! I got a chance to chat to her briefly
about the virtues of big cakes and she signed my copy of the Clandestine Cake
Club book. The weather was lovely and the venue suited sitting outside. We also
had the treat of a community choir to serenade us while we munched.
After a failed attempt at sourcing flavours from the Far East
(more on those in the future I hope) I finally settled on somewhere even
further away – Mars! The recipe I used can be found here.
Method
This was a bit like the chocolate cola cake in that it
involved melting the butter and chocolate first and then adding it to the rest
of the cake ingredients. When pouring the mixture into the tin, bits of Mars
Bar were added in layers. Then it’s into the oven for a usual amount of time.
The icing is also made be melting yet more Mars Bars and
cream together then pouring it over the cake. The final touch was some chopped
Mars Bar on top.
Results
My cake got a lot of positive comments at Cake Club. It may
have had something to do with the snazzy sign that I made for it; just to make
sure everyone got the reference! Also it was very very very chocolaty which
always goes down well. The small piece I ate (because you have to pace
yourself) was pretty yummy.
Because I only iced it hours before the meeting and it was a
hot day the icing was very drippy and sticky. Also the outside was a little
darker than optimum. (I have now purchased an oven thermometer and hope that
this means I can stop blaming the oven for my mistakes.)
Score: 7.5/10
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