Surprise Cake

Saturday I’ll be 12! And I’m making my cake. This is a great cake, it tastes excellent, and you get a great laugh. You ask your friends or family ‘Do you know what the secret ingredient is?’ They’ll never guess. And then you tell them and the look on their face is funny, especially if the ingredient is Indonesian chili powder. I made this last year for my birthday. ***I doubled this and put half of it in a 9x13 and the other half in two round 9in pans.*** We got this from, http://allrecipes.com/recipe/surprise-cake/. And here is what I did.

       Surprise Cake (this is not doubled for the waterfall cake)

2 cups white sugar

2 cups all-purpose flour

½ teaspoon salt

1 cup (1 block) unsalted butter

1 cup water

3 Tablespoons cocoa powder

½ cup sour cream

2 eggs

1 teaspoon baking soda

½ teaspoon Indonesian (or whatever chili powder) chili powder

·         Grease and flour a 9x13 or two round 9in pans.

·         In a large bowl, combine sugar, flour, and salt. Set aside.

·         In a small sauce pan, bring butter, water, and cocoa to a boil. Remove from heat. Add to the flour mixture and beat ’til smooth.

·         Preheat oven to 180C (350F).

·         In a separate bowl, mix sour cream, eggs, baking soda, and chili powder. Add to the cake batter. Blend well. Pour the batter into the 9x13 or etc.

·         Bake for 20-30 mins or ‘til a toothpick inserted comes out clean. ***

***Tip. For this to be really good, bake the day before you are going to serve. Stick it in the fridge overnight (it’s already been cooked). The next day ice it.****

If you want to make the waterfall cake, click here and follow the instructions, http://www.coolest-birthday-cakes.com/cake_designs.html#c3. Or if you want to do it Indonesian style, make some icing, color it and just spread it around to make it look realistic. Follow the steps to building the cake at the website above, but to get it to stand all night stick sate’ sticks in the back of the cake.