What makes a chocolate cake recipe so special?

In terms of baking, everyone has another way of going over it. Some people follow a recipe accurately while others take a recipe and make it their own. So long as the outcome works out incredibly delicious, what does it matter? Experimentation and discovering new ingredients and methods for baking is all part of people having their own tastes and creativity. Plus, it's the method in which new recipes are put into publication. There's something which is, for me, incredibly tough to screw up - a chocolate cake recipe. There is not a chocolate cake recipe around the world that hasn't become something that I've thought to be terrible. Sure, some of them can use some improvement, but chocolate is my weakness. So long as it turns out fluffy and moist, I'm in heaven.

Regardless of what cookbook you go through, you'll find a chocolate cake recipe, or several, which will tempt you beyond belief. You will see different toppings, ingredients or icings that will be suggested. It is possible to select the chocolate cake recipe that fits the quantity of work that you are comfortable with making. Do you need to obtain additional information on chocolate? This French post concerning chocolate (chocolat) carries some interesting information and may be interesting for you to take a look.

My grandmother used to make the best cakes. Every year, for my birthday, she would make me a chocolate cake with peanut butter icing. For me, there's nothing better. She never discussed her recipe with anyone, she simply enjoyed we all drooling over it and praising her skills. Her birthday cakes were the key reason I looked toward my birthdays. In her final year of life, she was quite sick. My birthday was a week away and she phoned me to inform me that she was extremely sorry but she wouldn't manage to make my cake. She didn't feel that she had the strength or energy. But, she wished to pass along her secret chocolate cake recipe we all longed to get. Within a day, it was in my hands. I read over it, spotting that the last ingredient stated was "love". My eyes welled up and I decided that I would be baking my very own birthday cake that year. I did just that, following her chocolate cake recipe to the exact details. On the night of my birthday, I took my grandmother a piece of cake. She ate it very slowly, telling me how wonderful it was. I saw the look of happiness in her eyes.

Regardless of how many chocolate cake recipes you will come across in your lifetime, you will always have one that you're attached to. Perhaps it just tastes the best, or maybe it has sentimental significance.