Chocolate, Butter, Cream, Cake

Dear Turkey,

What do you do after you go to the dentist and get five shots of Novocain and you can't eat for six hours? Did I mention that you also have pint of heavy whipping cream in your fridge that expired yesterday? And you have to find some way to entertain your baby that doesn't involve talking?

I called this "Chocolate, Butter, Cream, Cake" instead of "Chocolate Buttercream Cake" because it is made of chocolate, cream, butter, and more cream (and the frosting is not buttercream). And I even used "butter" and "cream" as verbs in the recipe.

First, butter two loaf pans about this much:

Then, cream one stick butter (soft), 3 oz unsweetened chocolate (melted), and 1 c sugar:

Beat in 2 eggs, 1 1/4 c heavy cream, and 1 t vanilla. Then add 2 c flour, 2 t baking powder, 1/2 t baking soda, 1/2 t salt and beat just to combine. Divide between the pans:

Bake at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes (30 minutes was way too short, 60 was a little too long -- next time I will try to take them out just BEFORE the knife comes out clean):

Cool completely. What to do with the rest of that cream?

Whip it by hand with 1/4 c sugar until it has as much integrity as you can cajole into it:

I just lazily smooshed it between the two layers, but next time I might slice one layer in half the long way, frost it for real, and leave the other layer un-frosted:

Have something healthy fresh, and savory for dinner, like falafel (with the leftover mix that you froze last time), that salad that we call Ethiopian Salad, hummus, baba, grape leaves, dates stuffed with goat cheese, pita, and feta:

Arranged beautifully on a plate:

And then you will be ready for dessert:

And, by then, I could feel my face.

I moss you,
Tofu