{"id":1114,"date":"2017-08-10T12:11:51","date_gmt":"2017-08-10T19:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adlibmom.com\/?p=1114"},"modified":"2018-07-24T17:09:42","modified_gmt":"2018-07-25T00:09:42","slug":"dark-chocolate-pink-champagne-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adlibmom.com\/index.php\/2017\/08\/10\/dark-chocolate-pink-champagne-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Dark Chocolate and Pink Champagne Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I had my 40th birthday and I wanted to make it extra special!<\/p>\n

I love to bake and so I for sure needed to have a show stopper cake, one that I would not forget! Many different kinds of cake combinations went through my mind and then I knew I had thunk up the perfect cake…<\/p>\n

Dark chocolate & pink champagne cake with chocolate ganache filling dotted with maraschino cherries, and topped off with a cherry buttercream frosting.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes, I know, it sounds a smidge over the top. It also sounds a bit complex and a lot of work but it really isn’t. This is a doable cake for anyone.<\/p>\n

This is also not a surprisingly overly sweet cake. I lowered the amount of sugar in the chocolate cake and the overall sweetness turned out just right!<\/p>\n

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The chocolate layers are made completely from scratch, while the pink champagne layer is semi- homemade. I have not yet found a white cake recipe or created one that I have fallen in love with (I will though, I am on a mission to make a great white cake, stay tuned) so I used a box cake mix and doctored it up.<\/p>\n

The other problem I encounter is that most of the white cakes have butter in them, which I do prefer, but my chocolate cake recipe has oil in it. I wanted the two cakes to have the same texture which is why I made them both with oil. If you don’t one of your cake flavors will be denser than the other.<\/p>\n

In creating the pink champagne cake I looked at a lot of recipes and read reviews before I settled on the amount of champagne I would use. I was conflicted because I like champagne, but not everyone does.<\/p>\n

So what does one do that is a people pleaser? I used an amount in the middle of what I read. I used 3\/4 cup. The champagne flavor is slightly there but not much. If you didn’t know I put it in then more than likely you wouldn’t have known there was anything different about it. <\/p>\n

In thinking up this cake I thought about the flavor combination. Chocolate and champagne go very well together and maraschino cherries, well, I think they go good with anything. I thought about doing strawberries but it seemed like champagne and strawberries and chocolate and strawberries are everywhere and I wanted to be slightly different.<\/p>\n

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Depending on the type of champagne you use, you will probably get a different flavor. I’m not into the dry champagnes so I went with one that was slightly sweeter, and not so dry, a Moscato Champagne. The sweetness from the champagne did not make the cake turn out any sweeter.<\/p>\n

I was so excited that the cake turned out the way it did.<\/p>\n

To decorate the cake I first did a skim coat of frosting over the whole cake and then I used my easy accent cake decorator to make the swirls.<\/p>\n

I also had to bling it up with my 40 sign. Click here<\/a> to see how to make your own diy cake topper<\/a>. Like I said, I wanted it to be special and extra pretty and I couldn’t find anything in the store. Anyway, this was way cheaper and totally easy to make.<\/p>\n

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Wow your guests with this cake at your next special event, I’m sure they will love it.<\/p>\n

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Dark Chocolate and Pink Champagne Cake with Ganache filling and Maraschino Cherry Frosting<\/h2>\n\t
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