I need a "bakers" help here. I love cakes, but not much on baking them. Recently I have had a hankering for citrus and dark chocolate. (I had these key lime cookies dipped in dark chocolate one time and I fell in love, so this has inspired my idea for a cake.)
Here is how I invision the cake.....
a lemon cake mix / batter (made with fresh lemon juice and/or pulp or maybe lemoncello liquer.)
short bread cookies or something similar to crumble up into the cake batter to be baked in. (this may be a bad idea, but I was trying to get a soft crunch, a slight deviation from the tartness of the cake)
Topping...
Drizzling of a fine dark chocolate or a lemon based drizzle (or both) for on top of the cake.
Garnish....
Thin lemon slices and or mint leave sprigs.
Other ideas I had was to have a pudding type center... is that pushing it? I know when I think about this, it makes my mouth water (and I am fully aware that to others, this will sound disgusting, LOL).
I guess I need to buy the stuff and give it a whirl... but would it be best to start with a yellow cake mix and move out from there? (Remember... I don't bake!)
I would appreciate your feedback on this... just trying to get a better handle on things to take into consideration when delving into the unknown!
Here is how I invision the cake.....
a lemon cake mix / batter (made with fresh lemon juice and/or pulp or maybe lemoncello liquer.)
short bread cookies or something similar to crumble up into the cake batter to be baked in. (this may be a bad idea, but I was trying to get a soft crunch, a slight deviation from the tartness of the cake)
Topping...
Drizzling of a fine dark chocolate or a lemon based drizzle (or both) for on top of the cake.
Garnish....
Thin lemon slices and or mint leave sprigs.
Other ideas I had was to have a pudding type center... is that pushing it? I know when I think about this, it makes my mouth water (and I am fully aware that to others, this will sound disgusting, LOL).
I guess I need to buy the stuff and give it a whirl... but would it be best to start with a yellow cake mix and move out from there? (Remember... I don't bake!)
I would appreciate your feedback on this... just trying to get a better handle on things to take into consideration when delving into the unknown!