Let’s celebrate! I finally completed all my requirements; I’m now a PADI-certified Open Water. I went on two beach dives this weekend, which are a bit harder than boat dives because you have to deal with waves and time your entrance and exit. Other than that, the dive conditions were perfec: Great visibility, the water was WARM, low surge, and lots of sea creatures. I held the largest lobster I’ve ever saw. I also octopi, sea slugs, more lobster, and lots of fishies.
This week’s Sweet Melissa Sunday— Fallen Chocolate Soufflé Cake–recipe took a very literal turn for me. I dropped it. Hence, the broken edges you see. Luckily, it was salvgable and edible. I quartered the recipe and baked it in my mother’s mini-corning ware pan. As you can see, even in a wrong pan it rose beautifully.
My Dad has been talking about soufflés for awhile–why? I don’t know. It think he watched a cooking show–so I gave it to him topped with Dorie Greenspan’s Vanilla Ice Cream and fresh berries. He loved it. He thought it was very light and delicious.
Thank you to Sarah of Blue Ridge Baker for selecting a great recipe this week. For the recipe, visit her blog or buy the book.
Oh, and Sweet Melissa Sunday’s was mentioned in an article in this week’s Washington Post Food Section. You can find the article HERE.
Even dropped, it looks fabulous! Congrats on your certification!
Congratulations on your certification! Your cake looks great, even though you had an accident.
Congratulations on your dives and certifications, seeing all of those sea creatures sounds amazing, someday I will have to learn how to dive🙂 Your soufflé cake looks adorable, what a cute little corningware dish! I’m glad your dad liked it.
Even dropped… good enough to celebrate your success! It looks delicious, anyway.
Congrats on the newspaper shout out! That’s huge!!! It’s only letting me read page 2, but still, that is so awesome!
i would have never know you dropped it… it looks great!
Congrats on the certification, but also the whole WSJ article. That is so awesomely cool.❤
Yours topped with berries looks beautiful! And Congratulations by the way on the certification, sounds amazing!!!
The souffle looks great, I love the picture of it puffing in the oven! Congrats on your dive certification!
Congrats on the certification! That soffle cake looks yummilicious!
Your cake looks beautiful! I’m so glad your dad enjoyed it, it wasn’t a favorite for me, unfortunately. Congrats on your diving certification, sounds like so much fun!
Your souffle looks amazing, esp. with all the toppings. Congratulations on being certified.
Congratulations on your certification Wendy!!! Love your souffle cake – those berries make it especially luscious.
I love how you dresssed this up even more with ice cream and berries! yum!
Congratulations on your certification! I think it’s so cool! I’ve always sort of wanted to learn to scuba dive but I’m also a bit intimidated by it.
Your souffle looks terrific! Love all the fresh berries on top. Glad your dad was a fan🙂
Congrats on your certification!
I’m glad the you were able to save the cake after you dropped it! I do things like that all the time (I’ve broken several “unbreakable” dishes). It looks delicious!
Your dropped cake has a certain architectural beauty. I think you should patent the process!
Congrats on your certification! I’m sure there are all kinds of amazing things to see under water. The souffle cake look delicious especially with the ice cream and berries!
Hi! The dives sound wonderful…congratulations! Your cake looks great…lucky dad!!
Peace, Stephanie
congrats on the souffle (it looks better having been dropped, in my opinion! yum..I’ll definitely give this recipe another go), the dive certification AND the newspaper write-up!! what a busy week.. haha, what have you got planned for next week!?
Congrats on the SCUBA cert! And this souffle looks lovely!
Ohhh, filled with fresh fruit, ice cream or whipped cream, these souffles look like the fell right out of heaven! Delicious!
And congrats on the certification!
As you know I’m not fond of chocolate but maybe just a small piece with some berries and ice cream on top. It will hardly be chocolate any more.
~ingrid
My brother was a certified PADI rescue diver – and I know how much work it takes to reach that point – so extra congratulations to you!
What better way to celebrate than with a souffle?
You could call it “twice fallen souffle cake” and start a new trend! Or “fallen and dropped souffle cake”! Well, anything you call it, that is one amazing souffle you’ve got there. Great oven cap shot, btw.
Hey! If anyone asks… be creative and say it’s a chocolate pavlova! …I’m sure it was delicisous just the same!
Who need puffiness anyways, when you can get certified! LOL Congrats on the certification!!!
your souffle looks great!! and your mini scoops of ice cream look adorable surrounded by the berries! great job!
Its beautiful Wendy. Me thinks your Daddy knows what’s good. he will miss all your sweet treats, hot bread and deliciously healthful meals. Hope life is restored soon, and smiles at you.
AmyRuth
Despite the drop it still looks great.
Congrats on being certified.
Dropped–no one would ever know, especially since it’s a fallen souffle anyway!😉 Seriously look de-lish!
Congrats on your PADI-cert! I love diving. I got my open water and advanced but haven’t been in a while. Glad you got to see lots of exciting sea creatures!
That’s the worst! I dropped a risen loaf of bread dough once but unfortunately my beagle is quicker than I am so it was not salvageable!
Congrats on your certification.
came to ur blog thru stephanies…looks great!!!
Even if the edges are broken, it still looks so delicious!
Your ‘fallen’ cake looks so tempting! I love the side dishes of berries and ice-cream.