Oh, but what I really wanted to tell you about was the cake I made. Alena loves chocolate, so it had to be a chocolate kind of cake. I did not want to make brownies and then I found a recipe for a Chocolate-Cherry Cake. Yummy! - A huge success. And yes, of course absolutely Galactosemia safe - at least for the diet our girls follow :)
First the picture - the the recipe....
Cherry-Chocolate Birthday Cake |
150 gr Sugar
200 gr Margarine - soft
1 Pack Vanilla sugar - or vanilla extract
1 pinch of salt
4 eggs
1 teaspoon baking powder
100 gr. grated dark baking chocolate (I only found one safe brand - you could also use chocolate chips)
100 gr. grated almonds
125 gr. Flour
1 glass dark Morello Cherries (Trader Joe's) drained
- Mix sugar with margarine, vanilla, and pinch of salt until it is mixed together
- Add eggs - one at a time
- Mix baking powder, flour, and almonds. Then mix with chocolate
- Slowly add the dry ingredients to the egg, sugar, margarine mixture.
- When dough is thoroughly mixed pour the batter into a greased springform
- Put cherries on top of the dough and gently push them slightly into the batter
- Bake at convection at 350F for about 45-50 minutes (check after 40 minutes), or at 400F in conventional oven
Enjoy!