Many a night comes were I want chocolate cake, bake one, eat a piece and wonder what the heck am I gonna do with the rest? This snack cake is the perfect size. Hi Deb, love your blog and it is my go to for everything cooking-related. The cake looked so good. I was worried that it would be dry as most of the cakes that I make from scratch are, but it isnt at all. I did have to make the substitution of sour cream thinned with milk for the buttermilk, but it was still a fantastic cake! But so thick that the cakes moist crumb couldnt hold up to it. I want to bake this beautiful for my daughter`s 14th bday Thursday. Everyone commented how fudgey it was. Step 4. Its the favorite of my family and friends though, so Im trying to create a chocolate cake recipe that both they and I will enjoy. I didnt use this frosting as I had some swiss meringue buttercream left over from a previous baking session, but am looking forward to using this frosting recipe in the future :-) I was sick for the first four or five months and couldnt really eat anything that wasnt starch plus dairy (mac and cheese, cheese enchiladas, etc.) I love the ratio of frosting to cake in this, and that it still manages to not be too sweet. Wow, made it, it came out perfect. You rock, Deb! I made a double layer round train track cake fir my sons birthday. Your chocolate cake is super and good in look and mouth watering.I am not having enuf time to do it.can i buy this cake any where in baker center.you can find more cake in this website : midnight cake delivery in hyderabad. I choose to make this because I should have everything in the house for this cake. I am so thankful for a smaller cake recipe. Still on the search for a perfectly moist chocolate cake. Hmm, in the spirit of, I have to make this cake right nowIve just discovered I dont have unsweetened chocolate for the frosting. Chocolate continued as a food friend for the remainder of the pregnancy and was quickly gobbled up by baby son when permitted. And I have a prediction,,,you will be having a girl!! Made this into a tiny layer cake for my antisocial pandemic birthday by baking it in two six-inch round Pyrex dishes. Im new to receiving your blog, and I have (hopefully) two quick questions: 1. Oh thank God, my own baby 2 was demanding exactly this. For a 4 tiered cake, says triple the recipe but what about when Is this the nature of this recipe, due to the added solid chocolate, or did I perhaps mis-weigh my powdered sugar? Details. Deb, Ive just noticed you forgot to mention the buttermilk when adding ingredients. Thanks Deb!! It ended up being about 2.5 inches tall, which was the perfect height for a small birthday cake. Susan Im not, although I may not have declared it behind me until 17-18 weeks. Love the looks and sounds of this cake! Katie I think buttercreams with melted chocolate are better, or, at least I love this one most of all. Ive made this recipe so many times- just wanted to share that it makes perfect cupcakes too! I find that its hard to get a bittersweet chocolate taste in a cake from bittersweet chocolate itself, because the chocolate itself is sweetened. Which means that its time for me to actually make it instead of just admiring the photos. Looks absolutely heavenly, making it today!! Because when you really need chocolate cake, I vote for doing it properly. I made this cake and topped it with strawberries since I didnt have sprinkles on hand. I plan to make all your chocolate cake recipes (your triple berry bundt cake is a huge hit with my family & friends) from now through Sept. Sarah Actually, I find that its very hard to get an even read on cocoa powders because theyre all different, and pack differently in cups. (Used the metal bowl of my kitchen aid over a double boiler to melt the chocolate, then mixed the frosting in that. Also can you recommend a baking pan for this cake? Baking time is decreased to 12 minutes. A happy anniversary, indeed! Required fields are marked *. Snow day chocolate cake! Im glad to know we share the same pregnancy cravings :) makes me not feel so bad about the 24 chocolate cupcakes I just HAD to make last week. This is my sisters oven, so I am just learning how it bakes. Classic Chocolate Loaf Cake by smittenkitchen - The Feedfeed :). Thanks for the reply deb and the toaster oven just broke a cuple a days ago lol that was the sure cause and i made i the oven an it was fantastic!!! Im torn b/w this recipe and the Homemade Devil Dog SK recipe. 2 ounces (55 grams) unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled Chocolate yummy!!!!! Yes yes yes. Cat Actually, its just a smaller cake. I like blooming cocoa mixed the dry cocoa with 1/2 cup boiling water; once the mixture was cool, added enough buttermilk to arrive at 1 cup of liquid total. I hope I can get to the bottom of it. Im the only one here! Ill definitely stick to the stand or hand-held mixer when making frosting in the future. Cupcakes for my sons birthday, a tiered-cake for my husbands birthday, a snowy weekend afternoon that calls for chocolate cake This is pretty much the only kind of cake we make now. Not sure I would make this cake again. Thanks for the spot-on recipe and the best chocolate cake Ive eaten in a long time. Hosted by Pressable. Cupcakes Usually bake for 17 to 20 minutes. We have an egg allergy in the family has anyone tried making this recipe with an egg substitute? I recently tested this doubled in one cake pan it works but it will go over the top a bit which can be unnerving. Thanks!!! You made it a Sweet! weight gain which I finally lost, literally, three weeks before this second pregnancy. About six weeks ago, around 9 p.m. on a day I had consumed mostly air and maybe a slice of toast because I couldnt for the life of me imagine how food had ever tasted good, without any warning, I wanted a slice of chocolate cake with swirls of chocolate frosting and probably some sprinkles and the sprinkles, so help them, better be rainbow. Every bit as wonderful as I imagined. Hands down the best frosting Ive ever made! My almost perfect holiday baking seasonThis cake is lovely & easy to make & bake & eat. I bought a six inch cake pan last year, and thought Id try halving this recipe to make one six-inch layer. When you call for 3/4 of packed brown sugar (or 145g), if I am using a scale can I just dump the brown sugar until it reaches 145g? It smells like heaven, and is exactly the kind of evening we needed. So we havent had The Birthday Dinner (budget about $30 and just a _bit_ more than 16) yet. Ill have to give this a try for comparison. For a summer party I baked triple the amount on a large tray, with mascarpone raspberry topping. I agree. (but we still found the cake delish . We were supposed to grill kabobs for birthday, but a thunder storm started so we needed to change the oven temperature for the kabobs and not the cake. It's a great cake and I know why we love it so much: It's huge. I guess I wasnt in the mood for sticky buns last week, or I would have been up on all the news, but I didnt know about the baby! Pour in chocolate, milk and vanilla, beat until combined, then one more minute to whip it further.] layered mocha cheesecake. Also I only made 1/2 the frosting (good gravy, so much butter!) Chocolate Cake. A perfect, quick, rich chocolate cake. I was meaning to ask you about that as I read through the recipe and your note was a very welcome surprise. Excellent, reliable cake. Very best wishes from the UK, Jo :-) Thanks!! Here is the gospel. Its one of the only ingredients I splurge on; I ruined myself by trying it in the first place. Im trying to print some recipes, but the print recipe links that appear are not working (I use Google Chrome). Such a great recipie, Ive just topped off my finish cake and am pleased at how well its turned out! Ill add a note. Deb this is just. and I think the secret is to always push the frosting from the center out, not pull it back. Have you ever made the King Arthur cake pan cake? Thank you for taking the time to let me know where to find the print and PIN links in the To Do line. Thoughts on a little white vinegar in regular milk to make buttermilk? I love the pasta and chocolate dietJust add wine and espresso and Im all set! You may have answered this elsewhere, but I cant seem to find it. No need to butter the inside or outside of cupcake liners. had seconds. Thank you for a lovely, easy cake recipe in the ideal size! Im a big baker so I know how to bake. Do I defrost 4, decorate them tonight and frost the rest just before serving on Sunday? The cake turned out very moist, really delicious. Im thrilled on both counts. Could I make the frosting a raspberry buttercream by putting in raspberry pure or jam instead of chocolate? Any ideas why? Perfect Friday night dessert. We even put candles on it for the number of weeks we were celebrating. And congratulations! Thanks again for your wonderful recipes, they never cease to impress me. Ive made your version of this food processor frosting a bajillion times and its amazing. I cant wait!!!! Thank you Deb for another amazing recipe! Well see if the cake it too salty or not. Third. In any case, it is excellent. I backed it 28 min because 20 min wasnt enough and it became a bit dry. Yes, but it is not needed to make this cake tender/plush. I will try that recipe for sure. Cant wait to try this combination. Made with my daughter while snowed in yesterday. Could also be scaled and stacked as a birthday cake. Made this last night great timing as the boyfriends 35th was yesterday and usually my desserts are too fancy for him. I love this cake basically my platonic ideal of what chocolate cake should be. Beat it on high, scrape down the bowl, beat it some more, etc, until its mixable. I made a berry compote to go with it which paired super well. Sometimes it comes back for an afternoon but its not like it was. Okay I now have a terrible problem. I have saved the recipe and make it some time soon, for the moment I am enjoying some chocolate covered digestive biscuits to cure my chocolate cravings. Here, Ive slimmed the base and dropped a little sugar to make a thin chocolate cake layer and topped it with an unholy, unapologetic amount of frosting. Your recipes are always right up my alley and your write-ups are like notes from a friend. Thanks! What shall I do? But I am living in a country free of baking powder (Switzerland!). Your site is consistently the best food site on the entire internet. Maybe tonight?! And Im a sucker for any cake with those confetti sprinkles on it. (Although Ill need to squeeze in a hamentashen session at some point as well.) Ye gods all I want is that chocolate cake now (hello final month of pregnancy, so lovely to finally meet you). Your email address will not be published. Would I leave the recipes as is if doing cupcakes and adjust baking time? Deb, I made this frosting tonight and I found it almost too bitter as written. But yes, I did up the egg on all future versions after the loaf one, and reduced the sugar. Its 2023 and this cake is still very important to me! Just made this and cant wait to dig in! Im making this for my book club tonight and wanted to time it so I could ice the thing and then hop in the car and head out, only my icing is not fluffy but oily!!! Should I 1.5x the frosting recipe? Thanks! My Significant-Something-Or-Other, the theatrical sound-and-lighting tech, had a birthday was this week, but he was buried under two show openings and an over-the-top Sweet Sixteen birthday party (can you believe a $200,000 budget????). I just made this cake and its amazing. If so, then it was the decrease in sugar. Sometimes you just have to have a chocolate cake, right?! Ive also wanted to PIN some of your recipes, but I cant find PIN links anywhere, although the one here goes directly to your Pinterest page. I thought that there would be too much frosting, but no! Cant wait to try the finished product. As for a brand I find more often in grocery stores, look for Droste. I want it. I also used to subscribe to the view that cake is just a vehicle for icingand then I made this cake. In your opinion, is there a great deal of variation in the taste of the different brands available? I have to leave in 50 min!! I actually had to be super careful plating it to frost. if you double a 9-inch round or 8-inch square in a 913, its a pretty good match, but the cake will be ever-so-slightly thicker but close enough. This looks like heaven on earth I think I might need to run to the grocery store and bake this tonight!! Its funny I wasnt a cake person (blasphemy, I know donuts were my thing) until I got pregnant, and then one day I was like CAKE. Toni Yes, same as the Monkey Cake. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! ug that looks amazing!! But OMG the icing is fantastic!!! Baking this cake in NZ and looking forward to eating it tonight. Deb, you are my shero! Blueberry Boy Bait is an all time comfort food around here oldie but a goodie. This is a delicious, fast chocolate cake! SO GOOD. Yes, will double the powder. Ill quadruple the recipe (think I have that right!). First piece I had with chocolate milk, the second with scotch. Sometimes the classic simple recipes really are the best :) Baby is now 3 months. Rebecca Here you go. I just made this with gluten free 1:1 replacement flour for a friend for her birthday and it was so good and so moist. I was quite alarmed that the cake would be dry and sawdusty when I brought it to my co-workers. In thinking about cutting and layering..? I seem to have screwed up the frosting, and Im not sure how. 1 /2 cup / 63 g all-purpose flour This is how I feel about chocolate on a regular basis. What say you, Guru of the Kitchen? Its my goal as a parent to make cake often and large cakes take too long and end of going to waste (very sad!). The frosting was delicious but I didnt find using a food processor to be convenient powdered sugar clouds poofed out and it was difficult to wipe down the bowl to get everything evenly incorporated. I made this cake for my boyfriends birthday. Because I need an excuse to make chocolate cake. This is the first time Ive heard someone else refer to this saying. I have a large jar of Nutella sitting in a kitchen cabinet and was thinking it might be good mixed with marscapone as an alternative frosting. We will definitely make the button easier to find when we next redesign. ;). I was brought to tears. Do you prefer a particular brand of chocolate for both the Dutch cocoa and the unsweetened chocolate? Put the chocolate, butter, and salt in a large microwave safe bowl. blueberry crumb cake. Pati Sorry, Im completely unfamiliar with this. Deep chocolate flavor, not too sweet, very easy to mix up and bake. Thanks for your response! An exceedingly cute mini-cake! I use it so much more often than I ever thought I would. Um, do not make this cake unless you plan to eat the whole thing. Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake - Barefeet in the Kitchen WTF is wrong with me? Yes, although you wont need much to thin it. Recipes. Its just the right size for when you dont want a larger sheet cake sitting around all week. Weeeee! Ive made the peanut butter one several times (with and without the frosting+ganache) and love how moist it is, although I do reduce the sugar quite a bit and almost double the cocoa powder. This was DELICIOUS! Or, what I do more often is if youre using a stand mixer anyway, just cut it into chunks and let the paddle soften it. I think I could eat this frosting by itself. The cupcakes stayed moist and were flipping delicious. Does the baking time need to be adjusted? I tend to use double what is recommended of the powder, due to the mildness. Where did you get your large glass canisters/jars? We used m&ms instead. Another stellar recipe! It was really great. It sounds like Natron is indeed what baking soda is sold as in Germany. Thanks in advance! 1 cup (125 grams) all-purpose flour 1/4 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon table or fine sea salt Frosting 2 ounces (55 grams) unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled 1 1/2 cups (180 grams) powdered sugar (sifted if lumpy) 1/2 cup (4 ounces or 115 grams) unsalted butter, at room temperature I used a hand-held mixer, and made the frosting the same way, so not only did I not have to clean the food processor, I had the beater blades to clean. 3. Four years ago: Pina Colada Cake I cant tell you how many times Ive made that chocolate loaf cake, its one of my very favorites, even thought it has no frosting, top or center! Even my usually anti-cake husband liked it, which is saying a lot. Stir on low until just combined; scrape down bowl a final time. happy days all the way from Ireland. Weve made it dozens of time as an 88, but Id like to make it as a 913 sheet cake for my daughters birthday. But frosting in a food processor? Would either be acceptable with modifications? The frosting was also too sweet for me and the kiddo, but my sister and brother-in-law didnt think so. So the chocolate cake by itself is fabulous, but I went crazy and substituted the Barefoot Contessas peanut butter icingtwo fabulous ladies in one dessert treatI do not have a bunch of gays to invite over, just the boyfriendand I made it all to get me out of the doghouse. The first time I doubled the recipe and baked it in a 913 pan baked for about 30 minutes. but how much should I multiply the recipe to make a three layer cake? Can anyone help a lady out on how long I should bake standard cupcakes? Thank you for the cake recipe, the sprinkles really catch the eye! I try to give credit to stores where I buy things, and not just Amazon all the time, but I cant help if their site doesnt have permalinks in the year 2015. You could just heap it like a bakery does. Is it very winey? Scrape down bowl then process for another 1 to 2 minutes (updated based on feedback) just until smooth and somewhat fluffed. it is the number one thing boyperson asks for, half in jest but i know he really wants it, but im not going to bake a whole giant two layer cake, and scaling down baking recipes is something i havent wanted to try. Mmmmmmmm. Im making for a party and dont want to not have enough! Because baking soda (not baking powder, which has cream of tartar as an acid) needs an acidic ingredient to activate it, there is some concern that the using Dutched cocoa in a recipe only leavened by baking soda will be a problem. I made this a few weeks ago, and made the frosting as written whereas normally I use powdered cocoa. I asked if she trusted you enough to plow through and make as directed. This also worked well when I took some to my parents house since it was easy to transport separately. Im going to make it for my kids fifth bday party. I usually make it in an 88 square. Deb, I love you. My 13 yo son baked this for our Sunday dinner dessert. I Tried Four Popular Red Velvet Cake Recipes and Found the Best One Dutch-process cocoa (the standard in European brands) differs from natural cocoa (what you have if your cocoa isnt labeled Dutch, or if its an American brand) in that its acidity has been neutralized to form a darker, nuttier cocoa that I prefer. Thank you! If it wasnt 8PM right now I would make this cake. Ill be making this weeks pasta you posted as soon as I exercise off the brownies. Any suggestions or ideas you might have would be much appreciated! OXO Good Grips Large Offset Spatula $10.94 Amazon Buy Now Save to Wish List MOAR SPRINKLES. Ive just made this and I find the frosting ridiculously sweet-I dont think I am even going to put it on the cake :-( I think Australian tastebuds must be a lot less sweet. Congrats and thanks for this recipe! I need this cake in my life, and I need someone else to make it! I followed directions exactly including using Dutch processed cocoa. Ive made this version and the red wine version and both are moist and perfectly chocolatey delightfully eat-em-up good! I wanted to eat it all. I just tasted one of the chunks (for research, clearly, not as an excuse to have cake for breakfast ;) ) and its sugar!! Thanks! (fwiw-I used Sharfenberger unsweetened. Baby # 2! I want chocolate cake! Help!! http://www.youtube.com/sparklesandsuch26, Jenny Yes, you can make 2 6-inch round layers from this cake; the layers would be ever-so-barely-slightly thicker than the 8-inch square would be, but not a bad thing, as you can see the 8-inch square is very thin (maybe .75). Hi I am trying to figure out how to adapt this to fit a 10.5 inch cake pan. Very easy clean up. Let the pound cake cool completely. The same thing happened when I tried making the pink lady (strawberry) cake. http://www.highergroundstrading.com/blog/38/coffee-acidity:-the-science-and-the-experience, My cake took almost 30 minutes to bake?! Mine did. I Tried Four Popular Blondie Recipes and Found the Best One | Kitchn I made the cake a couple days ago, and served it only yesterday. Weiser bakes with salted butter, "to balance the sweetness and add a salty, savory note." With a bit of sweet and salty, crunchy and chewy in every bite, it's one harmonious cookie. Also, can you bake this in a round cake pan instead of a rectangular one? I dont want to make too much. It was just fine; moist but not dense. This looks so good. Writing with another substitution! Even the kiddies liked it! I am off to the store to get the ingredients I need right now. Hi Deb! My BFF still uses one, and I find it charming. What would you suggest? However, it can lead to structural issues with a frosting like this (mostly just softer) and because sugar provides moisture in cakes, removing too much will make it seem dry. Good luck! Its nearly a brownie, but not quite. . :) (Also, see Joannes comment!). Megan You could halve this in a 6-inch round. But, what a lovely thing to have a perfect recipe to get to play with. 450g mascarpone cheese 280g icing sugar Pinch of salt tsp vanilla extract Method Step 1 Preheat your oven to 160C (fan 140C/gas mark 3).
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