BRAD PITTS 40TH BIRTHDAY CAKE!

I can't believe I forgot about this but one of my readers, a dear friend, Margret, suggested I give the recipe for Brad Pitts 40th Birthday Cake!  Brad Pitt was in Cabo San Lucas filming TROY.  One of my good friends Tracy was catering to Brad and his entourage.  One night, late, Tracy called and apologized, saying she needed a birthday cake for tomorrow.  I said," Oh Tracy, I am so busy I just don't see how I can do it."  Then she dropped the bomb......."Its for Brad Pitts 40th birthday!"  My reply was "What time do you need it?"  I was so excited and my mind immediately started racing........what kind of cake for THE Brad Pitt?  I scanned through recipes, wrote notes to myself and just about panicked for a couple hours. 

I decided on a chocolate (what man doesn't like chocolate) cake with a toffee filling and Kahlua frosting........quite Mexican. You may find this a bit strange but I had never made this cake before........total experiment........but no going back once I got into it. The first step was to bake the cake.  I am not going into detail about the cake.........moist, moist chocolate.  I have found that Duncan Heinz moist chocolate cake is very similar to one by scratch........so don't be afraid to try it.  While the cake was baking I made toffee candy from scratch.  This is Jeanne Bass's recipe I have used for 48 years.  Mix in a skillet 1 cup sugar, 1 cup butter, 3 Tblsp Karo syrup, 1 Tblsp water and 1 tsp vanilla. Cook and stir constantly for about 15 min. When brittles in cold water.........remove, pour onto a cookie sheet.  Now, if you want to make this for Christmas or something......place two chocolate bars on top, while its hot, smear all around as it melts........when cold........chop into pieces.  I only wanted the toffee not the chocolate on top  for the filling of the cake so didn't use the chocolate bars.  I crushed the toffee into pieces about the size of quarters. 

I am hoping that I can remember the frosting..........it was so good.......goes something like this.
One cup of soft butter, Add about 4 cups sifted powdered sugar and a little cream......beating as you go.  Must be quite stiff because now you are going to add the Kahlua.  Just start with about 1/4 cup and go from there........tasting as you go. Beat until a nice frosting consistency. I am sure that was it.

Now, I placed one of the chocolate cake layers on a beautiful plate, smeared on some of the frosting and then covered it all with the pieces of toffee.  Then placed the second layer on top. Smeared the whole cake with the delightful Kahlua frosting.........wrote Happy 40th on it and a chauffeur, driving a huge limo came by and picked it up!  I guess Brad liked it as he ordered two more during the six months he was in Cabo.  I will say tho........I never met him and in fact asked Tracy to get him to sign a note for me and he refused.  He might be a snobbish butt but he did like my cake...........and how many people can say, THEY made Brad Pitts 40th Birthday Cake!?!  Can't believe I forgot all about it!!