The Defcon Cake (Recipe: Cocoa Banana Cake)
I always struggle to see myself as creative, so when I come up with something great on the fly it is a special boost for me. Lumiri and I got sucked into the scavenger hunt at Defcon's online event and many points were offered for a "Defcon themed cake". I used only what I had on hand.... I chose a chocolate banana cake because I had cocoa and thai bananas in the house. The resulting cake had a lovely texture, somehow crumbly but moist! When regular bananas are used it is less crumbly but equally moist. To decorate it I used a very basic frosting recipe and colored it with gel food colors I found in the pantry. I thinned it with water and literally painted it on with an unused foam paint brush. I used a sandwich bag with a small hole clipped out of the corner to pipe the decorations on. The Defcon lanyard was my inspiration, you can see it around the bottom of the cake in a few of the pictures below. Never be afraid to improvise!...