A few of our friends in our wedding party chipped in to get us a beautiful new red KitchenAid mixer. I really wanted it because I am powerless to resist a cherry red kitchen appliance, but it turns out to be pretty much the awesomest mixer ever. It has this huge bowl, and it's so powerful! I basically want to whip air into every liquid in the kitchen with it.
Which is good, because Joe eats cake for breakfast, lunch, dessert, and post-dessert.
On the topic of red appliances, another friend got us a cherry red ice cream maker, which means that Joe is also fixated on making the perfect ice cream. He just bought about a pound of vanilla beans, which make a huge difference.
Oh yeah, and this cake? Chocolate red-wine cake, recipe at:
http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/chocolate-red-wine-cake
The red wine gives it a nicely subtle complexity - it's moist and chocolatey, but not as cloying as some chocolate cakes. It looks a little raggedy though -- it left a little of the top layer on the bundt pan when I turned it over, which happened to me for another cake I made in this apartment too, even though I've greased my pans like crazy. I don't know if I'm taking the cake out a little early or what. Sounds like I need to make more cakes, mmm.
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