Dave Grohl saves the day and the results

A bit of news on what I like to call "coffee-gate", thanks to Twitter and specifically @MrsK_07:

Rachel Killoran ‏@MrsK_07

@SliceofBarnes coffee cake NOT containing coffee made me laugh. I lived in States and have tried/failed to explain US coffee cake to the UK!

Barnes ‏@SliceofBarnes

@MrsK_07 So they know it doesn't contain coffee?? That's just being contrary for the sake of it!

Rachel Killoran ‏@MrsK_07

@SliceofBarnes haha, not our kind of coffee cake! It's used generally as a breakfast food cos it is designed to go WITH coffee, hence name!

So, it seems that it's quite acceptable over the pond to call a cake a coffee cake because you can eat it with coffee. I think I'd call it a bit of a porkie pie myself but I don't want to make a diplomatic incident out of it. Luckily for Ina, I'd quite forgotten about the Foo Fighters in my list of lovely American stuff yesterday, so she has Dave Grohl to thank for me drawing a veil over the whole sorry business. Well, Dave Grohl and the fact that it's a gorgeous cake.

But, back to the Brooklyn Blackout Cake. Here are some lovely graphs:

And here are some lovely comments:

"delicious icing"

"top delicious, base a little dry"

"excellent, delicious like choc fudge cake"

"jolly nice"

"great! Torte like!"

"choc perfect but too rich"

"very rich but lovely"

"lovely combination of sponge & choc cream, but too many calories"

Seems to have tickled the tasters tastebuds. Try saying that after a few gins. I won't of course as temperance is a virtue. Until next week...