Mike's Cake cont....

So.... I've started baking the chocolate mud cake slice.  I haven't tried this recipe before and it's a HUGE mix. The recipe was from http://kiwicakesnz.blogspot.co.nz/2010/06/chocolate-mud-cake-recipe-from.html.  The ingredients were similar to a cake which reminded me of one my wonderful neice Miss Sarah Bear made once.  It was melt in your mouth moist and fluffy.
Hopefully.... this is the same recipe and turns out the same way.
It's quite funny though, the quantities in this sucker meant I had to mix the cake in a HUGE pot...
Will post pics once I pull the cake out of the oven and do the roll with Jam smothered all over it....
The kids are pleased it's a huge mix because they get to have some cake.
Juni doesn't like me making cakes for people because he gets to 'look' at them but isn't able to eat them.
So, now I've pulled the cake out of the oven and have smothered raspberry jam on top of it and rolled it. It's still warm so I'm going to throw it in the freezer until I've finished mixing the fondant to the right colour...

I forgot to take a photo of the cake before I put the jam on it but I'm sure you get the idea...
Once I had rolled out the fondant and after dying my fingers multi shades of blue, yellow and red, I still couldn't quite get the shade of brown I was looking for so I decided I would put my miniature bottle of Gin to work and mixed the food colouring with icing sugar and turned it into a liquid with the gin.
Thank goodness I only used small quantities.... I'm sure the last thing my friend needs is drunk children.