Does anyone remember Sweet Pickles? We had these books when I was little. There was an animal for every letter of the alphabet and each animal had a particular characteristic that drove home the point of the story. My dad's favorite was Hippo Jogs for Health because that was in the 80's when my dad used to go run with his heavy hands and his sweatband. Well, lately I've started to feel like Immitating Iguana. She wanted what everyone else had so I remember that in the story she saw Zebra's stripes and she said, "me too, me too, I want stripes too." And then she wanted feathers like Goose and a trunk like elephant. If I recall correctly, the moral of the story was that she needed to be comfortable and happy with who she was. Well, I'm very happy being me but with all of these super fun recipes and groups running around the blogosphere, I definitely find myself saying, "me too, me too, I want to make that too." Case in point, the Baked Root Beer Bundt Cake.
I posted about the Baked Lemon Cake and how much I love the Baked: New Frontiers in Baking and Megan, from My Baking Adventures, left me a message that for Bake Along 5 they were making the Root Beer Bundt Cake. Well, I love root beer and I've been eying that cake and before I could stop myself I asked if I could join in on the fun this time. The only reason that this is problematic, aside from the fact that my parents are in town this weekend and I have zero time to bake, is that I gave up chocolate for Lent. I couldn't eat this yummy cake . . . and let me tell you, I think that was a serious test of willpower. I am the girl that constantly sticks her finger in the batter to try it and I had to forgo that this time. I popped gum into my mouth to make sure that I wouldn't just unconsciously go for it. I wrapped this up and got it out of my house just as quickly as I could so I can't tell you whether or not it's good, you'll have to check the other bake along blogs for that info. Here's what I can tell you, it appears to be super moist and chocolatey, it's not at all difficult to make, and I can't wait to make this again and next time I'll be eating it too! It makes a ton of chocolate icing and I don't think that I put enough cocoa powder in mine because it's not near as dark as the picture in the book. Honestly, I don't really rock on icing a bundt cake because they're so pretty to begin with so I think that next time I'll 86 the icing and try to make some sort of root beer glaze.
I'm so glad that I got to bake along for the root beer bundt cake!
14 comments:
wow, that is willpower! i've had my eye on this cake, but my boyfriend gave up soda for new years and he said eating baked root beer would go against his resolution. :)
I love Baked too! I can't believe you didn't try it. I wouldn't have had the willpower :)
You get the gold star for willpower - I didn't know you were giving up chocolate for Lent otherwise I never would have tempted you! Sorry!
But I do hope you try again - it's worth it!
I love the Baked cookbook. And, your rootbeer bundt looks fabulous. You have some serious willpower!!
Great willpower - I know the feeling! I think the frosting looks delicious and personally think more bundts should have thick delicious frosting all over it.
Jessica, I fixed the blogger code for the Sweet Melissa Sundays avatar and got it to work on my blog. I updated the avatar page on the SMS with the new code. So excited you are going to bake with us.
Wow - you have amazing willpower! I really wanted to bake along with this one but didn't make it - but now I have to try this cake. I did make the Baked chocolate chip cookies yesterday and they were excellent - another one for you, after Lent.
yum. i make a root beer that i love, too, but this one sounds delicious! love the frosting :)
Wow! I'm seriously impressed by your strength and willpower. I am about to return Baked to the library and about to add it to my list of books I want. The cake looks wonderful.
Great willpower. It's hard to resist those goodies when you love to bake! I love this root beer bundt cake..wow does it looks yummy!
Too bad you couldn't taste it. It looks gorgeous!
That is serious Lenten sacrifice right there to make a cake that you couldn't even taste. This looks amazing. I bet you'll hear great feedback from your lucky tasters, and I hope that you get to try this after Easter! I think that food blogging is turning me into Imitating Iguana, too! I want to make and join everything!
Regarding your lack of willpower around chocolate chip cookies - the first batch of the Baked cookies was gone VERY quickly...good thing I had more dough in the fridge!
I baked along with Megan and Nic, too, and that cake is AWESOME! I encourage you to make another as soon as Lent is over.
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