I love to bake. Though the past few months I haven't had much time to indulge in the kitchen. The last recipe I tested was a play off of a caramel macchiatto from Starbucks. Chocolate cake with coffee glaze and caramel frosting. The test run got rave reviews from my coworkers. If I get time to bake in the next few weeks it's top of my list to make again and aim for perfection
The chocolate cake wasn't "chocolaty" enough so the next go 'round will be devils food with dutch processed cocoa. The coffee glaze was smashingly yummy, not changing a thing there. And the caramel frosting was entirely too sickly sweet -- made with melted Brachs caramel candies. This time I'm going to ignore my lazy streak and make a real caramel sauce for the buttercream frosting.