The cake project is proceeding nicely.

This Monday, I brought in the Chocolate Velvet Fudge Cake, baked in a bundt pan, and dusted with powdered sugar. The aroma was a rich, dense chocolate, thanks to Giradelli cocoa powder and superfine sugar.

Rose recommended using a silicone tube pan, but I'm not sure I like those squishy pans. I just don't trust them. Have any of you readers used them? Maybe I'm being small-minded.

As of 3:30 p.m., there's only a third left on the cake plate. As the day advances, as deadlines start feeling more hairy and panic rises, the need for sugar and chocolate rises. 

Here's a beauty shot of this week's cake. Yum. 

This week's cake:

Rose Levin Beranbaum's fabulous recipe for Chocolate Velvet Fudge Cake.