I baked my first ever chocolate cake in 2006 for my friends (K & S) who got engaged that year in Wales. They were visiting from the States and we had a great reason to celebrate. A chocolate cake would be perfect and so I found this recipe from one of the numerous recipe books that I have but do not use much. It was when I was measuring the baking soda using an ordinary tea spoon that K was horrified! She had just finished a semester of cooking classes at Cornell University and went on to explain why exact... Continue reading