Sea Anemone Cake

We needed cake last night – chocolate cake – but I was missing an ingredient for every chocolate cake recipe I have (sour cream, buttermilk, black coffee – not together, obviously).  So I threw a box of white cake into a bowl, melted a bunch of dark chocolate, mixed together, and voila:  chocolate cake.  I covered the top in cinnamon, which gave it a thin crunchy layer, and piped on cream cheese frosting.  But I forgot to taste it – I was too busy pouring Hershey’s syrup over a bowl of Cool Whip.  The poor man’s sundae.

Something I learned: don’t fill the icing bag more than half-full, or trouble will follow.  Have back-up zest in the freezer for when a mix is the only thing around.  PLAN AHEAD.  (Duh.)

Riot Boy said:  “Amazing.”

Immortal Martha says it’s a good thing… that dark chocolate didn’t overpower.

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