ROSE’S heavenly CAKES: Chocolate Banana Stud Cake (page 96), by one of my students: as i describe:  “that stud cake looks pretty!  I like how your chocoalte chips look slightly at different angles like a floating field of avatar mushrooms!  very organic.  i suspect the photo on the book was done by placing the chips [...]

this is an alternate photo for hector’s take on ROSE’S heavenly CAKES: Chocolate Banana Stud Cake (page 96), gift pan take: this take uses the wilton gift pan.

sometimes, the best equipment isn’t the best anymore.  for ROSE’S heavenly CAKES: Chocolate Banana Stud Cake (page 96), i find myself using my immersion blender more and more rather than a food processor. 1- first, to blend the bananas:   2- then, to mix ganache: unattended, i melt chocolate in my new oven at 110oF [...]

on the fourth day after xmas, hector’s gift take on ROSE’S heavenly CAKES: Chocolate Banana Stud Cake (page 96): this came about in the same fashion as the wreath take. i used the wilton gift pan.

MERRY CHRISTMAS, FELIZ NAVIDAD, BUON NATALE. and may 2011 make humble and a year of hector’s take for ROSE’S heavenly CAKES hector’s take on the Chocolate Banana Stud Cake (page 96): i mixed a 1.5x recipe to fill the nordic ware wreath pan. the ganache was poured on before setting.