Tabicakes Turns One!

Tabicakes' birthday cake

As of tomorrow, April 25, 2008, Tabicakes turns one!  It's my blogiversary!  Believe me, I'm as surprised as anyone.  Honestly, I don't have the best track record at follow through.  Let's see, I have yet to really start the family cookbook I said I would put together a couple of years ago, the dining room chair covers I made (three years ago) are on the chairs but have never been hemmed, and I could go on.

When I first started this blog, it was on a whim after I viewed a lot of food blogs.  I saw some really wonderfully inspiring ones - Culinary Concoctions by Peabody and Tartelette - and some really terrible ones.  Aiming to fall somewhere in the middle, I had a new camera, and nothing to loose.  Are there future plans for my blog?  I don't know.  All I know is that in this moment, I enjoy it.  Happy Birthday Tabicakes!

Normally I don't encourage "healthy" desserts for special occasions, but Husband and I still have that trip to Mexico next month.  (Yikes!  We better get busy).  Besides, Tabicakes isn't a real person anyway.  She'll be fine with a lighter cake.

This cake was delish!  From Martha Stewart Living Magazine, Double-Chocolate Cake, was advertised as "You can have your cake and eat it too."  Per serving: 261 calories, 8 g. fat, and cholesterol free.

My changes: 

1.  So there was a limited supply of leftovers, I halved the recipe and baked the batter in ramekins. 

2.  I cut the sugar in half again, so there was only a 1/4 of the sugar originally called for in the cake. 

3.  I used unsweetend chocolate in the glaze, so that was a little less sweet too. 

Husband and I don't like super sweet desserts, so we thought these were fine changes.  They made for an intense chocolate flavor.