Drumstick Cake
This Drumstick Cake is Summer perfection! Layers of chocolate cake, creamy vanilla frosting and a chocolate shell with a sprinkle of chopped nuts.
I have decided that waiting until you’re in your 30’s or 40’s to have a baby is the smartest decision in the entire universe.
I had Jon David when I was 24 and Lucy when I was 33. Huge difference. HUGE. At first I was a little terrified, because being pregnant at 33 was no picnic compared to 24. My back got all weird and I could hardly walk for the last month of my pregnancy. I wanted to stab people basically all the time.
And all the tiredness. OMG.
There have been days I’ve felt lonely realizing that I’m the only mom in Jon David’s class with a toddler. Everyone’s signing up to chaperone field trips and I’m looking for a babysitter so I can even consider it.
But then I found the silver lining. And oh, does it make it all worthwhile.
Because the thing is, at this point in my life, I’m too dang tired to care about what other people think. I’m 35 years old, running around chasing a toddler, trying to be an established adult person who keeps stamps in her house and frequents the dry cleaners, and I don’t have time to pay attention to other people’s faces. I just don’t.
The other day I had to get a sitter so I could go to a hair appointment. I ended up finishing up 30 minutes earlier than usual and as I headed home, I frantically started racking my brain for something to go do.
If you think I was going to waste 30 perfectly good babysitter minutes going home early, you are dead wrong, friends. Dead flipping wrong.
There’s a coffee shop near my house, so I pulled in, went inside, and ordered the largest piece of cake in the display case. Then I sat down and ate it, shoveling in huge forkfuls as I made the most of the last 15 minutes I had to be free.
It’s the end of the school year, so the shop was full of young kids studying and chatting, probably wondering what the deal was with the thirty-something year old woman shoving cake down her face like it was a contest.
Don’t care. That’s the thing about having a toddler in your 30’s. They suck all the care right out of you. I’m like listen punks, I know that I’m hoovering this cake down and I know that there’s powdered sugar all over my shirt. But YOU DON’T KNOW MY LIFE so just butt out. And also, I hope it’s not your parent’s money that you’re wasting on $5 lattes. EXPENSIVE COFFEE IS A TREAT, NOT A RIGHT.
Ugh. Kids. They just don’t even know.
If you’re in your late 30’s and haven’t considered another child, I highly recommend it. Sure they cost a lot of money and you have to deal with tons of poop. But there’s just something freeing about your child screaming bloody murder in the middle of Target as you casually walk away, staring judgmental strangers right in the eye with a cold, dead gaze.
We don’t have the time to be embarrassed. My yoga pants and wine are waiting for me at home, and Dr. Phil isn’t gonna watch itself.
And. Cake!!
My son has this obsession with Drumstick ice cream cones, and my friend Shelly recently suggested that I make a Drumstick Cake! She’s never been a huge fan of making layer cakes, but I absolutely LOVE it. I honestly think there’s nothing better in life than a gorgeous cake. And this one is so easy!
Layers of moist chocolate cake are frosting with creamy vanilla frosting (it tastes like ice cream!) and coated in a chocolate shell and chopped peanuts. This is so fun and so yummy.
Do it!!
**cake batter slightly adapted from Hershey
Ingredients
- Cake:
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup HERSHEY'S Cocoa
- 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup boiling water
- Frosting:
- 2 sticks salted butter, slightly softened
- 4 Tablespoons milk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- Chocolate Shell:
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 3 Tablespoons vegetable shortening
- 1 sugar cone
- 1 cup roasted, salted peanuts, chopped roughly
Instructions
- Prepare cake: Preheat oven to 350. Butter and flour two 8 inch round baking pans.
- In the bowl of your mixer, stir together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla; beat on medium speed for 2 minutes. Stir in boiling water. Pour batter into prepared pans.
- Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes, then remove from pans to wire racks. Cool completely.
- Prepare frosting: In the bowl of your mixer, beat butter, milk, and vanilla on medium low speed until smooth and combined. With the mixer on low, slowly add powdered sugar until just barely mixed in. Increase speed to high and beat for one minute, until light and fluffy. If frosting is too thick for your taste, beat in more milk, a Tablespoon at a time, until desired consistency is reached.
- Frost and assemble cooled cake. Refrigerate at least several hours, until frosting is cool and firm to the touch.
- Prepare chocolate shell: In a microwave safe bowl, heat chocolate chips and shortening, stirring every 30 seconds until smooth. Pour in the center of the cake and spread to the edges, allowing it to drip down the sides. Before the chocolate sets, sprinkle liberally with peanuts, gently pressing into the sides of the cake. Coat the top of the sugar cone in chocolate and nuts, and place in the center. Let chocolate harden before slicing and serving.
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Wow that looks impressive! Looks like a perfect birthday cake :)
So perfect!!! I could have never made it look this pretty. Now I need a slice….how about you smuggle this on the plane to Florida tomorrow?!?!
This cake so looks so delicious! The pictures are beautiful. Love hearing your stores about motherhood :)
This is such a cute cake! Love the top! I think it would be a great birthday cake too!
The 30’s are the new 20’s apparently. My girls are 5 and 7 and I am in my early 30’s and to be honest now a days I do care a lot less then I did when they were little. I used to think it was because they were older… but perhaps it’s because I am?
I wouldn’t want to cut this cake it looks so good. I can never get my chocolate to drip like that. I must get some practice in…. any excuse to make a cake yeah? Not that I need one as I am an adult and I can do want I want!
How crazy it is that you posted this. I love Drumsticks too. I purposely avoid them at all cost. A guy in my office bought some, and I had a moment of weakness one day and indulged in one. BIG MISTAKE!! As in my bigger waistline, bigger thigh…you get it! This cake looks fabulous and I will be trying it!!!
Such a fun cake! Love it!
Ermagerd I love drumsticks! This is perfection!
LOOOOL! Preach!! I’m 37 with an almost 3 year-old… Our Target knows when we’re there because all you hear is WAAAAAH WAAAAAH! TOYS NOW WAAAAH! So yeah, no energy to care about nothin’ else at all. Can I have cake??? As you can see, I deserve it! AND IT’S GORGEOUS!!!
The cake is beautiful and I cannot wait to make it. I love your blog because it makes me laugh every day.
Wow! this cake is gorgeous
I totally get the toddlers deal. Sometimes it’s all I can do to race through the store and grab what I need before someone has a meltdown! But the snuggles and smiles are so worth it. And oh my lantas this cake is so adorable! I love it!
I had my first at 41. Thankfully I live in Los Angeles where there are plenty of us older moms. I’ve got a ton of patience for the this child. I waited a long time for her and would be considered her grandmother in other states. Could not care less. Enjoy enjoy enjoy.
Older moms are definitely rarer here in Arkansas. I wish they weren’t! And I completely agree about having more patience — my husband is 41 and we are SO much more doting and patient this go around. You just have so much more perspective about how quickly time flies. Enjoy your little one!!
i want to JUMP into that cake WHILE eating a drumstick!!!!
ps—im an older mom…..i am 37 with a 10 year old boy and i one year old boy. I LOVE IT!!
This is amazing. I love your stories :)
I love this post. I am 36 with an almost 5 year old and an almost 2 year old. I am hoping to get pregnant soon with number 3. I definitely feel like I have nothing to prove bc most moms my age have kids in middle school, so I feel like I can relate more to younger moms but I have wayyy more wisdom ;).
I love your stories! I am currently 27 and hoping to have a baby in the next couple years. I am hoping being a little bit older helps us be in a better way financially and emotionally.
By the way your cake is a SHOWSTOPPER! Love it!
Oh my goodness this made me laugh! I am kind of worried for myself in 10 years time because even at mid-twenties I’m too tired to care what other people think – much to the amusement of my family! It is definitely freeing! Life is too short to worry about what other people think!
This cake though, absolutely stunning!
Oh my! I love drumsticks! This looks so tempting. But, lots happen after you turn 40 that you swore would never happen to you. So, enjoy eating that big piece of cake!!! I had my first baby at 33, my third at 36, and my mono-mono twins (#5&6) at 41 1/2! Talk about the life sucked out of you! It is all relative, facing newness and comparing to what was normal. I’m still waiting to go back to feeling my normal self after six years with twins. Patience challenged, etc. Just remember, “little kids, little problems; big kids, big problems.” Enjoy the little problems…by the time they are big, you will be digging in to this cake as-is, whole!
Thanks for your humor and open,honest sharing of your feelings/dealings!
I just have to say how much I love reading your blog :) you have such a gift for writing and making me laugh. All the while I’m nodding my head up and down in agreement with what you say.
Thanks for all you do! Your freakin amazing :)
Thank you, Trish :)
I love your attitude, Kristan. I’d imagine being older also means being wiser, and I love the “so what”-ness you possess. It’s important to have, especially in screaming-toddler-stages. :) Also impressive is this CAKE. My goodness, it’s PERFECT.
Thank so much, girlie!! xo
Age 36 with a 3-month-old (and a 6 year old and an 8 year old), friend, and I’m all, “I HAVE NO $#!&S to give, y’all. None. None at all.”
Glad I’m not the only one.
ooooh good to know about mothering in your 30’s–I imagine I’ll be in my 30’s when I have most of my kids and I’m 99.9% sure I’m gonna be the same.
and this cake?? epic! I love drumsticks and this is so pretty and cool and looks delicious!
LOVE!!! This is amazing!!!
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Looks absolutely amazing :) Drumstick ice cream cones are my favorite on a hot summer’s day!
This cake looks amazing! If I make it the day before I want to serve it would I keep it in the refrigerator or would it be ok to sit out?
Good to know — I love coconut! Thanks for the tip, I’m going to try it!
I would keep it stored in the refrigerator.
So, I am making this cake for a birthday this weekend, although I have to make a white cake. But, that’s beside the point. As I was reading the directions and such I kept scrolling and came across your bio. I live in Nashville now, but I’m am originally from Fort Smith! I couldn’t just not say anything because that is way too much of a “small world” situation. Hello from a fellow Arkansan! Thanks for sharing this recipe :)
Hi hi hi!! It IS a small world. I LOVE Nashville — I bet you do too. Such a fun town. Thanks so much for reading and I hope you enjoyed the cake! xo
Pretty helpful material, much thanks for this article
Wao, just saw the cake is wanted to eat.
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