A friend of mine had a birthday celebration Friday night so a group of us got together at Cactus Cantina in NW to celebrate. I’m a firm believer that no one should go without a birthday cake so I took it upon myself to fill this need. Heather supplied me with a recipe from one of her favorite cookbooks: CakeLove: How to Bake Cakes from Scratch.

I baked this chocolate pound cake pretty much verbatim from the recipe, save a few “realistic” adjustments. The author definitely likes his unique ingredients (sorry, I don’t have potato starch). I topped it with a raspberry chocolate ganache I whipped up and the cake was a success. Mmm…

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