Arriving at the anniversary of my mother's birthday, I set out to create a meal which would be appropriate, yet delicious. Well, actually my mother decided on the food she wanted to eat. And, actually, the said steak and potatoes had to be postponed for one day due to my father's cholesterol test the following morning. So, that being addressed, the only dish I was able to keep with on the actual day was my mother's cake: Jack's (as in, Jack Daniels) birthday cake. This cake consisted mostly of roux-ish ingredients like of butter and flour, with the necessary additions of brown sugar, b. powder chocolate, pecans (shelled by me and my mother and grown somewhere in NC, our state), Jack, eggs, and vanilla.
It was good, too. I made it in two 7x7 cake pans and was able to squirrel one away in the freezer for a later date. The sauce consisted of butter, confectioner's sugar, Jack, and vanilla. It wasn't really a a sauce--it was more like a glaze--and was actually referred to as the glaze. It didn't dry and it didn't seem strong enough, but it sure was sweet.
I decorated the top with pieces of broken up chocolate and pomegranate seeds (leftover from when I just had to have one!)
Enjoy.
