Cake? Chocolate!

Chocolate Cake is the theme of our delectable desserts this week.  I think we've consumed at least 2 pieces of chocolate cake (per adult) every day since Sunday.  We've finally finished off the cakes (yes, plural) - to the great delight of my waistline.  But we'll still enjoy looking at the photos and reminiscing of the amazingly delicious and decadent chocolate we shared.  So, we'll share a photo or two with you, as well.

This cake (the first of our cakes) was created by Steve (but I got to do the frosting and assembling portion as he had to be at church early for a business meeting).  The recipe said it would feed 10 people - but I think they would need to be very hungry to be able to finish 1/10th of this cake in one sitting.  It took 9 people 2 or 3 days to finish off this cake (not all 9 people ate it at the same cake-testing time).  The frosting is very fudgy.  The cake is very dense.  But the cake is somewhat healthy - it contains both apple juice and raisins.

The second cake we consumed has no photographs of it.  It was a birthday gift from a friend and about 1/4 the size of this cake, but still was consumed over 4 days by multiple people.  It was a very dense flourless cake - another birthday indulgence.  Let's just say it was very, very good.