Which I think then gives you the third milk of the recipe’s title. The combination of these 3 ingredients alone tasted like the dark hot chocolate of my dreams.
Things were going swimmingly for me until this point. I’d followed every step to the letter and things looked as if they were going to plan.
Things started to fall apart at the cake poking step. From how I read the recipe, the cooled to room temperature chocolate syrup / dreamy on its own chocolate beverage was meant to be poured over the cooled to room temperature cake.
The problem being, for me, was that the syrup didn’t absorb into the cake. No matter how long I left it both at room temperature and also in the fridge. I had plenty of left over chocolate syrup so I saved this in the hope that I could serve as a kind of drizzle over the cake.
Disaster or not, I had no choice but to frost the cake with the cream and sour cream topping of the recipe and hope for the best.
The sliced cake looks fine but sadly, none of that chocolatey, milky goodness made it through the cake. Because the cake itself isn’t sweet, the sauce really was crucial to the final flavour. I think I’m going to have to microwave a slice of cake drizzled in syrup later and see if it tastes any better.
In more successful birthday food news, guess what they had at Costco today?
$11.99 tubs of Chicken Laksa!!! We’ll be having it for dinner tonight with some extra noodles, tofu and some Asian greens.
If StriVectin is more your thing than chicken laksa, then run don’t walk to Costco because the Intensive Concentrate for stretch marks and wrinkles is now available in their aisles. A pair of 120ml tubes is selling for $149.95 compared to $149 for a single 150ml tube (based on my google of Australian etailers). There are also twin packs of the eye cream for $69.95, the price of a single 30ml tube elsewhere in Australia. I was sorely tempted to jump on the bandwagon but have such a back log of skincare already, I’m going to have to leave these bargains to you, readers.
I’m off to have a bit of a lounge before turning in for the night. I’m such an expert and year round self gifting and have been so incredibly blessed this last year that a quiet weekend of catch ups with family and friends via the web and phone and in person is really all that I need this year.
Take care and have a lovely evening.