Monday, April 12, 2021

Take the Cake

 

Raspberry Devil’s Food Cake, a moist, fluffy chocolate raspberry cake with a thick chocolate raspberry frosting. | Recipe developed by www.BakingInATornado.com | #recipe #chocolate 
 
 
 
Poetry Monday's once a week.
You may have guessed, it's each Monday.
I don't participate every time,
But today I've come out to play. 

My friends assign each week a theme,
Favorite Invention's what they chose.
Now it's up to all of us,
to put our thoughts into prose. 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Take the Cake
 
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"Best thing since" is often said,
about the napkin and the wheel.
Referencing sliced bread as well,
and yes, they all appeal.

But napkins and sliced bread are not
what I really treasure most.
The wheel itself does not excite,
unless driving to the coast.

Many inventions I can rule right out,
once popular, now antiquated.
Cassette tapes, Walkman, camcorder,
smart phones make them outdated.

But favorite invention truly is
a matter of current need.
Working in the dark requires
a light bulb to succeed.

Any question I ever have,
whatever I need to know,
information overload is what,
the internet has to show.

Thanks to Michael Hart I can,
borrow books right from my home.
E-reader miraculously provides
simple access to any tome.

BUT if I had to choose right now,
my oven'd take the cake.
Its magic powers elicit smiles,
when I turn it on and bake.


Raspberry Devil’s Food Cake, a moist, fluffy chocolate raspberry cake with a thick chocolate raspberry frosting. | Recipe developed by www.BakingInATornado.com | #recipe #chocolate

Raspberry Devil's Food Cake
 
 
Wait!
Read more poetry, 
you're not through.
Some talented writers
are in this crew:
 

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Raspberry Devil's Food Cake         
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Printable Recipe

Ingredients:
2 TBSP baking cocoa
1 box (15.5 oz) Devil's Food cake mix
1 box (3 oz) raspberry jello mix
1 cup milk
1/3 cup oil
3 eggs
1/2 cup raspberry jam
2 TBSP raspberry liqueur (can substitute water)
 
1 can (1#) chocolate frosting
1 box (3 oz) chocolate pudding mix
1/4 cup raspberry liqueur (can substitute 3 TBSP water and 1 tsp raspberry extract)

multicolored sprinkles

Directions:
*Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9 X 13 baking pan and dust it with the baking cocoa.
*Whisk together the raspberry jam and 2 TBSP raspberry liqueur (or water). Set aside.
*Beat the cake mix, jello mix, milk, oil, and eggs for 2 minutes. Pour about 3/4 of the batter into the prepared pan. Dollop with the jam mixture, gently swirl into the batter, then top with the remaining cake batter.
*Bake for about 28 - 32 minutes, until the center springs back to the touch. Cool completely.
*Beat the frosting, pudding mix, and the remaining liqueur (or water and extract) for 1 minute, then spread onto the cooled cake. Decorate with sprinkles.

16 comments:

  1. I was looking for a special choc cake recipe this week and so thank you!
    Carol Cassara

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  2. Amen and it started with fire.

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  3. Haha, yes you would choose the oven! Well written and thought out.

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    1. Well, that's my choice for today anyway. No telling what tomorrow will bring.

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  4. Well done! In word AND in deed! ;)
    And now I want cake...

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  5. MAN! That cake looks good! I have no reason to bake right now, though :-(

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  6. Chocolate and raspberry is a perfect match. Speaking of matches, I would say self-lighting gas stoves are the greatest invention. I grew up in an apartment with a gas stove that had to be lit manually with a match each time you opened a burner or wanted the oven, and it was downright dangerous (especially lighting the oven). Alana ramblinwitham.blogspot.com

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    1. We had one when I was growing up too. I love cooking with gas as opposed to an electric stove, but I don't miss watching my mom turn the burn on till we heard the tick, tick, tick, then the whoosh when the flame caught.

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  7. An oven is a lovely invention, and when it has a cake in it, it's probably a little slice of heaven.

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