Since I have started my food blog back in October I have met many new friends along the way. One of those people is Cory. Cory is actually friends with my old roommates Lee and Marc.

Cory is the proud owner of Culinary Cory (culinarycory.com). Cory talks about his culinary adventures and loves to cook, cook, cook! He has a great website that recently went thru a make-over and it’s even better than it was before. The idea came to him with an evening out with friends. Since then he has had a site rich with recipes and great photos. His “board of directors” include his partner Brent and friends Deb, Miss Mary and Jimmy.

In celebration of his birthday (which was on March 2nd) he baked a Chocolate Cake. I won’t get any time to bake until this weekend, but I think I’ll have to try this cake out and bring it to work on Monday. Although not a chocolate fan myself (I know don’t hate me) my co-workers have no problem scarfing down chocolate in an instant!

The cake is based on Ina Garten’s (The Barefoot Contessa) recipe (just the cake) and the icing is a Sour Cream Chocolate Icing with White Chocolate Shavings. You can find the recipe on Cory’s website: http://culinarycory.com/2009/03/01/happy-birthday-chocolate-cake

Happy Birthday Cory!