Devil's Food Cake With Peppermint Frosting - December 2009 bon Appetit

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Devils-Food-Cake-with-Peppermint-Frosting-350770

Me

I loved the cake.  As I said, it was a bit fiddly to make but well worth it.  The devils food cake was perfect!  Moist and chocolaty.   I liked the ganache layer, but may have spread it too thick.  The peppermint white chocolate filling was wonderful.  And the marshmallow icing took longer than 8-9 minutes to make, more like 15-20.

 I followed the instructions to a tee and it was nice that there was enough of icing and fillings to complete the cake. The quantities were spot on.  Now, what I didn’t do was cut off the domes on the layers, hence the Dr Seuss kind of look to it.  I should have but the recipe didn’t suggest it…what I did do was stabilize the layers with straws stuck in through to the bottom.  Even if I had cut the domes off, I still would have stuck skewers of some sort in it.  The recipe doesn’t suggest it, but based on the cakes height, there was no way I wanted to open up the fridge and see my beautiful cake disassembled on a shelf.  I also thought that each component of the cake, ganache, actual cake, white chocolate filling…etc, are good recipes to keep in mind when you might think about making a run of the mill everyday kind of cake.  My friend Cindy is going to make this using just one layer split, which would be much more manageable and less Dr. Seussy…definitely going to whip another one of these up for Christmas day!

Mom

I thought it was good.  I didn’t care for the ganache though; it was too firm for me.  The devils food cake was delicious, not over powered with chocolate.  I didn’t taste the peppermint in the filling, but did in the marshmallow. 

Luke

Good really good.  I’m not one for peppermint but I liked it.  I’m more of chocolate kind of guy.

Sophie  

OHMYGOD, Mom it was soooo good.  Will you make it for Christmas day?

“Yes, Soph, I will!”

Reed 

It was awesome.  I really liked the icing it wasn’t too sweet like other cakes.  It could have been smaller and a little less of the hard chocolate inside.