I would love to share a slice of my birthday cake with everyone who reads my post. Since that is not possible I will share the recipe with you. The cake is called BETE NOIRE (the black beast). It is a flourless chocolate cake that is divinely decadent and addictive beyond belief. BETE NOIRE was the signature desert of our restaurant ROXY’S BISTRO. This is a serious adult chocolate cake. It makes an elegant presentation and if you follow the recipe exactly you will have chocolate lovers swooning at your feet. The recipe is on my food blogMRS. BUTTERFINGERS.
Dear Virginia
Happy birthday to you.
xo Pat
Thank You Pat. I loved baking my own cake. I hadn’t baked a Bete Noire for a great many years. It’s a fab recipe. Hugs Virginia
Happy Happy Birthday to you my friend. The cake looks scrumptious. You look lovely and very bedazzled and your cake is too!!!! Wishing you many many more healthy, happy, and blessed birthdays : ) Ginny
Thank you my dear friend Ginny. I love birthdays – I should I seem to celebrate a lot of them. Have a lovely week-end. Virginia
That was delicious. Did I make the recipe…. No, I admit, I did not.
The thought was delicious…. Happy Belated Birthday, Virginia..
Indeed Carolyn, the very thought of this cake is delicious. After all these years I was happy to be baking it. Virginia
Happy Birthday to you my friend!
Thank you Stefan, very, very much. Virgina
happy birthday Virginia
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Lovely to have birthday greetings from my favorite artist. Virginia
You’re so cute
I love being called Cute!!
My dearest Virginia my best wishes that you continue to celebrate your 777 for the rest of the year. You are an amazing woman!
Triple Seven, I like that. It makes me feel like a character in Ian Ian Fleming novel. So far I have managed to parlay the birthday to several celebrations and there will be more to come. Brilliant. V.
Happy birthday! ‘Divinely decadent’ and ‘serious adult’ sounds like the perfect description for a birthday…cake
This is such an over the top chocolate creation I thought “serious adult” would describe it best. Thank you Steven for your birthday greetings. Virginia
Happy, happy birthday to! Great picture too. Thanks for the divine recipe.
If you want to really impress someone with an outstanding desert make this cake. They’ll be so happy with it. Virginia
Happy Birthday!! And thanks for the slice of your cake!!
Cheers,
Sumithra.
Sumithra thank you for your birthday greetings. The chocolate cake is very decadent – but then you only have a birthday once a year. Virginia
One day too late for the black beast cake… any leftovers maybe?
Happy Birthday dear Virginia!
Many, many thanks for the birthday greetings. Leftover cake? Would you believe the left-overs went with the guests. There are so many calories in this cake I couldn’t risk having any in the hours. Virginia
Dear Virginia! Oh, fly. Your Bête Noire (the black beast) looks lovely, lovely. And so do you. I love the bright sparkler, along with your bracelet and necklace. So darn bling and very pretty!! So there’s a recipe? I’m intrigued. Count me in. I’ll check out the recipe on your Mrs. Butterfingers site. Again, Bon Anniversaire!! T.
Theadora – you don’t miss a thing. As I say “you don’t have a thing if you don’t have that bling”. V.
Oh, that sounds (and looks!) divine! Happy Birthday to you!
Thank you dear friend. The cake is decadently divine… as it should be on one’s birthday.
Hi Virginia!
Belated Happy Birthday…the cake looks just awesome and so do you. Surely you had a wonderful birthday. May the forthcoming years bring you more and more happiness that multiplies every second.
Sayori
How lovely of you to write me birthday wishes. On the advice of experts I am going to celebrate this birthday for the rest of the year. Virginia
Happy Birthday Aunt Jean! You do look great! Been a subscriber of your blog for a few months now and I must say I do enjoy reading your posts! Thank you for sharing your recipe, looking forward to trying it out being a huge fan of chocolate myself. Jon N.
I was thrilled – over the moon to receive your comment Jon. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your birthday greetings. They mean the world to me. I look forward to future comments from you. Aunt Jean.
A week to late, but i still wish you a happy birthday !
Actually you are right on time. I made the decision to make every day my birthday – until the end of the year. It leaves one open for many delicious possibilities. Virginia
Sending many belated birthday hugs your way, Virginia, and your cake looks sinfully delicious! I hope you had a wonderful celebration!
Yes indeed Lauren, it was a most excellent celebration. It was the four of us, Good Husband and marvelous son and his wife. I cooked dinner and made the cake. I so love being in the kitchen. And, as I keep telling everybody, I plan on celebrating my birthday until the end of this year. Seventy seven is such a great number.
Well, you’re entitled to continue the celebration, Virginia, and it sounds like a lovely family dinner, too!