A few days ago, I received this little gem:
I know... he's about as subtle as a bomb...
I know he was just kidding but that was all the more reason that I knew I just HAD to make it... you know... out of spite! Err.... out of LOVE! :)
The recipe was pretty easy to follow:
I know he was just kidding but that was all the more reason that I knew I just HAD to make it... you know... out of spite! Err.... out of LOVE! :)
The recipe was pretty easy to follow:
It was actually pretty delicious! And Rob loved it... :) And I loved that I completely surprised him.
A few things worth noting for the future:
* I didn't have cocoa powder so for the cake batter I just used one square of bakers chocolate - you melt it anyway so it worked just fine! For the frosting, I just chopped up some semi-sweet chocolate chips and added them instead of the pecans.
* "Frost immediately" might not exactly be recommended. I was skeptical about putting a buttercream frosting on a pretty warm cake. And I was totally right to be - a lot of it melted right off the edge. I threw it in the fridge right away though so I was able to save most of it!
It wasn't all about the cake though! We had a nice evening together - yummy beef stew for dinner (ok, so it doesn't scream romance... but it's comfort food, people!) and were able to just take a break from studying and spend a little time together. I gave him a gift certificate for a chocolate-making class for two (can't wait!). Rob gave me a beautiful new charm for my Pandora bracelet - it's silver with white mother of pearl hearts on it. Perfect. :)
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