Yes, you read it right - Cherry Chip Cake. The kind that comes in a box and sometimes goes on sale for less than a dollar. Now, before you cast all manner of shame in my general direction, please consider these points.
Cherry chip cake brings back fond childhood memories, especially if you are my wife.
It was Mother's Day and we needed a cake.
The cake can be (and was) upgraded.
If you still aren't ok with it, just look at the picture for a short while and see if you don't start rummaging for an available cake mix.
Now you may be saying 'this doesn't look like cherry chip cake at all, maybe carrot cake or spice cake' but I can tell you that it is cherry chip though it does share something in common with carrot cake. It is frosted with cream cheese frosting - almond cream cheese frosting. The cake itself is bespeckled with flax since we substitute hydrated flax seeds for the egg. The flax is due to allergies, but it also happens to be cheap, very nutritious, and results in a somewhat denser and moister cake. I think it's an improvement. We paired the frosting with bitter-sweet chocolate chips.
The vanilla ice cream actually wasn't all that good with this cake, but it looks nice for the picture, right? This cake goes very well with a game of Mille Bornes. So there you have it - resourcefulness and a trip to the pantry makes pictures you can post to the high-brow food blog and a fun night (oh yeah, and a way to celebrate Mother's Day).
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it looks really good! why didn't vanilla ice cream taste good with it though? I thought vanilla went with everything
ReplyDeleteNope. Vanilla doesn't go with everything. This ice cream had a particularly strong vanilla flavor - kind of like vanilla wafers. It just wasn't a good mix.
ReplyDeleteAh, Steve, you can't even be low-brow when you try. I appreciate the vanilla lesson...
ReplyDeleteAnd that's a good-looking cake. I'm going to have to give that flax seed substitute a try. I like the sound of a denser, moist cake.