I made a lovely little chocolate stout cake today, except it came out looking like there was a brain embedded in the middle of it. Or warts, take your pick. The disaster continued when I attempted to cut the 9" round of cake in half (crooked), then tried to frost it with ganache that had been refrigerated too long. I popped it in the microwave, but for too long. Then had to refrigerate it again. It was messy, frosting the cake, because the ganache was still kind of gooey, and by the time it finished it looked like a chocolate grenade had exploded in my hands. Luckily there was lots of it to cover up the Cake Brain, and it ended up tasting pretty good.
- Chocolate Stout Cake (King Arthur Flour Whole Grain Baking, p. 422)