Tuesdays with Dorie: Chocolate Armagnac Cake, but not really.
This week’s TWD was chosen by LyB at And then I do the Dishes. This is the infamous Chocolate Armagnac Cake that got Dorie fired for being too creative. In the spirit of Dorie’s creativity, I really messed around with this recipe.. but it’s so good!
My cake should really be called a Chocolate Cherry Kirsch Cake. Here are my changes:
-Semi-sweet chocolate instead of bittersweet chocolate
-Ground almonds instead of walnuts/pecans
-Kirsch and dried cherries instead of Armagnac and prunes
-I made a 1/2 recipe, which made one mini cake and three cupcakes
This cake truly lends itself to creativity. I promise, ladies, I didn’t change it because of the prunes! I just had some dried cherries on hand and thought this might be a tasty rendition. I hope Dorie would be proud. 🙂
And here it is in cupcake form.. of course!
*Find the recipe here.
**Tuesdays with Dorie is a group of bloggers baking through Dorie Greenspan’s Baking: From My Home to Yours.
Looks just as good.
YUM!
Great substitutions! I don’t even like cherries but your cake sounds yummy!
All your subs sound delicious. Your cake looks gorgeous!
oh my..your subs were great! love the 2nd photo and the cupcakes! 🙂
Sooo cute! Great substitutes and such lovely chocolate glaze!
Yummy – cherries and chocolate. I think this cake worked well with all the substitutions – I certainly did my share.
Your chocolate glaze looks so shiny and beautiful!
Kirsch and cherries — now you’re talking! I love those flavors and love your riff on the recipe. Fantastic work!
Oh that is the cutest cupcake EVER! Love that you used cherries and kirsch! Great job!
Great way to ‘mess’ with the recipe. I like your version better than Dorie’s.