Happy 16th birthday!

You blink and they grow! My little ray of sunshine is turning 16 today. As for each birthday, I ask the kids what kind of cake they would like. When they were little, we made all kinds of cakes for them... Spiderman, Formula 1 car, Dora the Explorer, etc. Now, they are more interested in their favourite cake rather than what has been pipped on it.

My son had no hesitation in demanding his favourite: my homemade chocolate cake! He said he did not want anything else than that. And that's what he got!

I printed a football figure stencil from the internet and used it to decorate the cake. I used powder sugar on the stencil. My son was extremely pleased with his cake!

Ingredients:

A little butter to grease the pans
Flour to dust over the butter in plans

Cake:
2 cups of all-purpose flour
3/4 cup cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 eggs
1 3/4 cup of granulated sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup of sour cream
1 1/3 cup of water
3/4 cup of melted milk chocolate

Bake at 350 C for 35 minutes.

Icing:
1 pound of room temperature butter
1/2 cup of cocoa powder
4 cups of icing sugar
1/2 cup of melted milk chocolate (incorporate the chocolate when all the other ingredients have been mixed together)