Dark Chocolate Madness

I wanted very badly to get Drew a really nice cake for his birthday.  Unfortunately, he doesn’t like surprises and he seemed to lack any preference for exactly how the big 3-0 should be celebrated.  I understand.  We did have grand plans in our heads, when we thought we’d be on our home turf.  Instead we dragged our friends Kerry and Emily to the Ideal Home Show last weekend (though I think they might have liked it as much as we did), wandered through Camden in hopes of finding a special edition comic book, and then journeyed to Angel for a burrito.  Overall, good wholesome activities were undertaken, Dad.  I am sure you (and Jim Sasser) appreciate that.

This weekend though, with the long holiday and all, it seemed appropriate to get a cake and light the candles.  When Drew told Emily that he secretly wished that I might surprise him with a cake this weekend, I pulled out the bakery phone number I had been holding.  They make this dense, flourless dark chocolate cake with a thick ganache type dark chocolate icing.

I know it’s amazing.  I know you can’t eat too many bites in one sitting.  I know you can get a wicked chocolate/sugar buzz from the icing.  I know that I wish I could send one to my sister for her birthday.  What I don’t know is how they make a cake without flour; and frankly, I don’t think it’s a good idea for me to ask.  That sounds like some kind of cake voodoo.

What’s extra funny about this whole cake experience is that Drew wanted to go to Borough Market for these great brownies made by The Cinnamon Tree Bakery.  They are wheat and gluten free, dense like fudge, but cake-y enough to still meet the definition of a brownie.  He ordered a few Brownies for take away so that we could stash them in the fridge his weekend enjoyment, but he didn’t know I was about to pop into Konditor & Cook for this little monster…

Basically, we have chocolate overload at our flat this weekend.  Happy 30th Drew!