ChocolaTea Cake

Rose's ChocolaTea Cake

with caramel buttercream filling

from the FloRo

Half the cake was absconded by

granddaughter number three

before it was frosted.

How could I refuse

when she asked if it was dairy free?

It was without the frosting.

The ganache is delicious.

Combined with the caramel buttercream,

exquisite.

As for the 

I was blind sided genoise

cake layers,

well Taylor Swift says it best-

We are never ever getting back together.

Go have a look see at the other

Alpha Bakers

 and see how it was supposed to

turn out.

I did have fun using my new

All-Clad Saucier pan.

I have coveted this pan

since reading about it

on David Lebovitz's blog 

but it was expensive.

I've watched the sales

for a couple years now

and finally it got down

to a reasonable price.

I love this pan!

The round shape was perfect

for all the cooking steps.

It's going to be great for lemon curd.

There are other saucier pans

much less expensive 

and 

I'm sure just as good;

I just wanted All-Clad

to go with my other pans.

~

The Baking Bible

by

Rose Levy Beranbaum