A little bit of baking!

My inspiration for this baking adventure was actually Jim Chapman from YouTube. I watched the video which he made this recipe in and thought it looked amazing! (Click here to watch his video!) 

So after I got out of bed and was finally awake enough to know what I was doing, I searched for the recipe online as it was easier than following the video. It did take a while but I eventually found it on Pinterest :) and here's the recipe...

I decided that it was simple enough that even I could master it so I navigated my way around the kitchen (with some help from my mum, of course!) and found all of the ingredients and utensils! Turns out, it is actually pretty simple and also very very bad for you. :) I didn't have a deep enough tin so I made two and layered it with some of the coating in the middle which tastes just as yummy! 

Here are a few pictures I took while I was baking:


(yes, I know it looks kind of gross but trust me.. it works in the end!)

So after I finished the mixture (or dog food, whatever way you want to look at it) I split it into the two cake tins and put them in the oven. Now at this point, you can either get on with some washing up or like me, you could sit and watch the cakes rising (don't ask - I found it kind of amusing).  You can see my reflection in the oven.. yes I really did watch them!

Next it was time to take them out of the oven (I think it only took about 20-25 minutes instead of the suggested time) and wait for them to cool, which is quite difficult if you're as impatient as me. Buuuuut the time eventually came for me to make the icing and get down to covering the cake! (By the way, if they crack a lot when they cool, don't panic.. just fill the holes with icing) Also, I know it looks kind of messy but in the film it was like that so I wanted it to look the same (only obviously a lot smaller - imagine how heavy it would be if it was to scale!)

 Oooo.. look, yummy cake!

So, there you have it! One chocolate cake, inspired by Jim Chapman and my childhood love for Matilda! It's definitely worth giving this recipe a try because it tastes amazing (I'm not just saying that.. my family demolished it in a day!)

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And until tomorrow, have a good evening, bye! x