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Chocolate Sponge Cake ~ Celebrate Your Story Link Party
March 7, 2016 by Sandra 15 Comments
Firm with an airy structure this Chocolate Sponge Cake holds up well with a silky Chocolate Ganache.
Once again I was stumped for a centerpiece when putting together my last tablescape so I decided to make an edible one. When searching for this recipe I had something else in mind. Not so much the cake itself but the pan I wanted to bake it in. Have you ever heard of a Mary Ann pan? This is a Mary Ann cake pan.
From my searches I found that the Mary Ann Pan was first introduced in the United States in 1921, “Mary Ann’s Cake Shell Pans” were designed to bake light cake shells to hold everything from fresh fruit to rich…
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