Hypothetically, if you wake up early in the morning to make this cake for a co-worker celebration and, in a sleep deprived state, add two cups of flour instead of oneyou can convert this recipe into chocolate cake cookies! Not related to this awesome looking cake, but since you are the queen of all things brown butter- have you tried making Brown butter scones? (Used the metal bowl of my kitchen aid over a double boiler to melt the chocolate, then mixed the frosting in that. Add the cooled chocolate and whisk until smooth. Today I used 20g of black cocoa in addition to 21g of Dutch cocoa, and I must say it makes for a very pretty chocolate cake. Even with the extra sugar, it was still bitter-sweet but in a good way. 3/4 cup (145 grams) firmly packed dark brown sugar Deb, re: your comment to me above, I may have been a little hasty in my judgment as the first taste while mixing hadnt had time to settle in with all the sugar and butter so the flavor was still overwhelmingly bitter. My son is attending college on the opposite coast from mine. You have given me inspiration to make this chocolate cake. Thanks for sharing! I can relate, as I was dry sick when growing each of my two little people. I will absolutely try this as cupcakes next time. I wasnt sure. I made cupcakes with this recipe yesterday and covered them with a vanilla buttercream frosting. Im also pregnant and wanted chocolate cake so badly last week that I was practically begging anyone who would listen to bring some to me! This cake was a hit! To make the soft gooey layer, in a small bowl, whisk together the corn syrup or golden syrup with the milk or cream, and vanilla. My BFF still uses one, and I find it charming. Thank you so much for all you do! Its really easy, a mostly one-bowl cake and frosting. As soon as my daughter took a bite she said Mom, can we make this cake again? The only change we made was using regular non-Dutch cocoa because that is what we had on hand not sure how it changed the flavor because I have only had it this way, which was excellent. I would triple the frosting, especially if you wish to coat the sides as well. Keep up the sharing! Six years ago: Soft Pretzel Refresh and Meatball Sliders 16 celebration! I made the cake the other day for my sons birthday. Does it truly not matter? I made this twice for 2 dozen cupcakesafter making the 1st dozen and seeing how DELICIOUS they are, theres no way 1 dozen would be enough!! I will admit I subbed bittersweet choc for the unsweetened because thats what I had. :-O. Thats what I get for making frosting while trying to watch the Downton Abbey finale. and its better still not as sweet as if Id made it with chocolate chip melts or something like the Green & Blacks milk chocolate and it looks smashing, once again! (P.S. I LOVE your recipe blog!! This is calling my name. I really wanted chocolate cake but it was so late. Just as you described, the batter seemed curdled at first and suddenly turned into a luscious thick batter. This was the cake that saved the weekend. A question about the eggs. :). Just putzen this cake into the oven- if itll taste anything like the uncooked batter I just liked off the bowl Ill probably not make another chocolate cake recipe. Might just need more time? I cooked a lot back home and im getting nervous starting my cooking adventures here! I tried to make this cake, but the batter curdled when I added the thinned yogurt Making this for Mothers Day, and an 88 is too much cake for two people on the pandemic meal plan. Any other ideas? How can I make this a vanilla version? And congratulations! Im salivating. Are you at high altitude? Delicious! For me, I liked it better that way! Even bought the special spatula. its very hot here today so unfortunately i had to refrigerate it, much to the detriment of the cake. Add cocoa powder and whisk until mixture is smooth. This is the fudgiest, most delicious chocolate cake Ive ever experienced. Made it with a plainer dark baking chocolate tonight (OK OK it was Cadburys!!) I didnt have dutch-processed cocoa on hand, but regular cocoa powder worked just as well, Id venture to say! So we havent had The Birthday Dinner (budget about $30 and just a _bit_ more than 16) yet. Thanks!! This is the MOST delicious and eye-pealing chocolate cake I have ever seen. I shop there because they have EVERYTHING FOR BAKING but.they arent the most pleasant peeps Ive come across. With the Dutch process cocoa this cake is a gorgeous deep devils food color. I have to leave in 50 min!! but I shall brave the cold kitchen to make this chocolate cake. (I use this brand.) Start with 25 mins, then check every couple of mins, depending on the done-ness of your cake. (I dont like super sweet cakes, so I often leave the sides unfrosted.). 1/16th of the scrolling is comments. So easy to make, this is my forever birthday cake. Try it again and see if it succeeds this time! Obviously, I had to test a spoonful or two. In the end, it was still delicious. I can already tell by how great the batter is that this cake is going to make the awful week worth it. Joy Yes, it gets more moist as the days go on. Was too impatient to leave this review. Can I bake this cake 24 hours in advance or does it need to be made and eaten same day? Is this the nature of this recipe, due to the added solid chocolate, or did I perhaps mis-weigh my powdered sugar? (FWIW, I tend to make oil based cake recipes if Im looking to avoid dry cake at all costs.) Bake on the center rack in oven for 65-75 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the loaf comes out clean. Quick question: my cocoa is not lumpy at all. Is the replacement 1:1 with buttermilk? document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); That is SURPRISINGLY little fat in the cake. Thank you for taking the time to let me know where to find the print and PIN links in the To Do line. Yes, thats odd, I know, but its also good. Im going for an Oreo vibe. Next time, Ill add those adorable confetti sprinkles! Thank you! I just want to say thanks for speaking my language! Overall, absolutely delightful and delicious and will definitely enter my cake rotation. I did have to make the substitution of sour cream thinned with milk for the buttermilk, but it was still a fantastic cake! I just made it for our sons birthday and if the batter is any indication this is one of the most delicious chocolate cakes I have ever eaten. I was going to guess at it but you have saved me a bit of worry. But I am living in a country free of baking powder (Switzerland!). I need chocolate cakeNOW!! I always have cocoa on hand, but rarely unsweetened chocolate so I always go this route and it works well. I wish this had been in the notes! Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. So I just started over and served the first batch as a not too bad fudge. Made this for my *babys* bday on Sunday and we are all loving it. Alexandra You probably can, but I think youll be surprised at how not terribly sweet this cake is, despite the seemingly large amount. Im at a similar stage, due in August, and Ive been equally crazy for chocolate cake and not much else. It was really great. Melt semisweet or bittersweet chocolate and espresso powder in a double boiler until smooth. (!!!) .And P.S. Ummm, yum! I have one of these babies in the oven right now, perhaps the 6th one in a month. Thank you for this recipe, I made the cake last night subbing in slightly thinned soya yoghurt for the buttermilk and sunflower spread for the butter as my daughter is lactose intolerant, and it worked beautifully! 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). Thank you eight thousand times. Its very forgiving as well, we are moving (hence stressed-out me really needed cake immediately!) I was thinking of making a vanilla version, and looking more carefully at the comments I see youve already offered an answerdecreasing the powdered sugar, increasing vanilla, and leaving out the unsweetened chocolatebut Im glad to know theres more in your new cookbook, I will check it out! Chocolate continued as a food friend for the remainder of the pregnancy and was quickly gobbled up by baby son when permitted. ). Next time will try with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Looks fabulous cant wait to try this cake as soon as I can get the ingredients together. We had one at Tilth up here in Seattle this last weekend- it had buttermilk, browned butter, hazelnuts and currants and I want to eat there everyday just for this one scone! This is an amazing recipe. Youre not at a higher elevation, are you? How did you stacked cake turn out? Every year I make my kids half a cake for their half birthday and this made a PERFECT half double layer cake. I made this and it was so delicious! Hi I am trying to figure out how to adapt this to fit a 10.5 inch cake pan. This morning, in search of a chocolate cake recipe to make for Fun Night at my childrens school (Cake Walk is a big deal), I felt it was meant to be that this recipe was front page news! Theres a note under the instructions about swapping the two types of cocoa, which I hope helps. In any case, it is excellent. However, my cake was dense, moist, almost fudgy- like a good brownie! I find it milder (especially at the proportions suggested for a swap, usually 1T per cup if I remember correctly) and more buttery (yum) but it should work here. A little more butter / less flour? You are a baking, cooking goddess. Husband is on a single layer cake (he calls them sheet cakes, even though the ones I make at his request, are not) bender right now. Youve made it sound irresistible!! I would like to order it. Linda Yes, it just might be a little more pale in color. Ill use this frosting recipe again too: whizzed up this easily in the blender. This was just what we needed tonight for a little impromptu gathering. ug that looks amazing!! I decorated mine with Smarties! while at target i found star sprinkles for a buck as part of an easter baking end cap display. Any suggestions on the dryness? Thanks. I have a question about the amount of sugar. happy days all the way from Ireland. They are all gone now and left everyone (all adults) with smiles on their faces. (and tastes great). The Dutch cocoa powder definitely made a difference in the richness of the cake. However, I did substitute a glaze of orange marmalade instead of the buttercream frosting, since I was fresh out of butter, so maybe that sugar balanced it out. I so love the frosting recipe!! The cake is dense, rich, and not super sweet and the sugary, buttery icing balances it out beautifully. The cake didnt look too overbaked, though. If anyone is like me and has a Costco sized version of coconut oil theyre all too eager to use (vs expensive organic butter), use coconut oil! Has anyone baked it in form of muffins/ cupcakes? So easy and so quick (was supervising 10yos homework as well). Thanks for the craving, Deb! I wonder if you weighed your dry ingredients? The frosting was fluffy and delicious. http://www.highergroundstrading.com/blog/38/coffee-acidity:-the-science-and-the-experience, My cake took almost 30 minutes to bake?! Hi, The combination of butter, sugar, sugar, cocoa, buttermilk, cream, and sea salt all in quick list read effectively slayed my weak will power. You mention that the frosting is generous for an 88, but is it enough to cover a 913 (to satisfaction)? The first time I doubled the recipe and baked it in a 913 pan baked for about 30 minutes. Directions. thank you! and it was AMAZING. Thanks :). Thank you for this recipe, it was PERFECT and so easy. Guessing I posted here before as I make this cake all the time. This was SO my recent pregnancy (baby is 10 weeks). This was so good. Must try! Try shortening the bake time and then decide. I love your recipes! The icing was fluffy goodness perfectly spreadable, delightfully lickable. You can eat a square without feeling any guilt. Do you think I could add 1/4 cup cocoa powder and decrease the powdered sugar to 1 cup in the frosting? kids loved it and so did parents who couldnt stop having seconds. Sally Yes, it should be great two days later. Standard cupcakes usually bake 16 to 18 minutes, but check in a minute or two early to be safe. I so want a slice of chocolate cake rightthisinstant. Oh, and funny how I only noticed the s shapes after I read your notes on how to swirl the frosting ;), I made this last night and it is amazing. That doesnt sound good at all. Worked fine. Fabulous. Well, it is a sign from above, so now this cake is definitely getting made today. Made this last night great timing as the boyfriends 35th was yesterday and usually my desserts are too fancy for him. Its what I have always wanted my homemade chocolate frosting to taste like. This icing, which we used for our sons birthday cake, is my favorite. Seriously, $4. I bought one and it is very handy. (Although Ill need to squeeze in a hamentashen session at some point as well.) Im nervous about its moist crumbliness, though, and would prefer frosting to ganache. When I made it entirely with runny yoghurt the sugar amount seemed ok, but with coffee replacing some of the sugar it is a tad too sweet. Not sure how much it holds, but probably. I go through a lot of butter I love baking and cooking and its expensive so whenever I can take a shortcut I will. I did something stupid & went upstairs to check on the Internet briefly (I thought). Im pretty sure its fine, but will a 9 inch round pan work just as well? No one goes without at least a two layer cake for their birthday now. It turned grainy or separated or something. It was good but not knock your socks off good, which has been my experience with everything else Ive made from SK. I have wanted to make this cake for quite some time. Enquiring minds want to know. Doesnt have to be a quick buttercream but I would prefer not to do a ganache. My favorite kind of cake is chocolate. Not too rich. Thank you so much for this Christmas gift. It should have been on the rack one level up. If it has larger pockets, just needed more mixing of the leavening before adding the flour. OXO Good Grips Large Offset Spatula $10.94 Amazon Buy Now Save to Wish List Thanks again, Deb! I made this last night for the office and so far Im getting rave reviews. Just made this. Such a great recipie, Ive just topped off my finish cake and am pleased at how well its turned out! anne I think stout would work just fine. The dreamy frosting covers a multitude of floury sins, So I made this yesterday, and it was delicious. I just frosted it and now half the cake has disappeared! I make little bear shaped cakes (two in gummybear shaped silicon dishes and two mini bear shaped baking dishes) and added a couple fresh raspberries. Baked 25 minutes in a convection oven. I found it on the website and then also in her second cookbook so I figured it was a winner from the get go. ), but it was reading the word chocolate for, what, maybe the 57th time in one post, while reading the list of ingredients that finally got me. I used closer to 2/3 cup of cocoa and I made it with gluten free flour. Your cake saved the day! I may know why, because it happened to me. Its a recipe like this that makes me want to brave the snow and go to the grocery store to get the ingredients. But now I want to make this cake again and again I am in a chocolate cake loop. Just looking at these pictures makes me feel the urgency. No extra dish, too. ), and had complete faith in the recipe. I didnt even notice. (fwiw-I used Sharfenberger unsweetened. Line a 15cm round springform tin with a circle of parchment paper. Next time, Ill try your cake recipe, too (only remembered I wanted to try this when the other one was in the oven!). Im an (unapologetic) chocoholic. Must purchase metal 88 pan ASAP. I think SmittenKitchen is AT LEAST 10% of the reason why my fiance proposed to me. Directions. So, made this today in honor of my little girls birthday (and of course shes too young for this, thus the in honor part). 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. I think it could be it will definitely be thinner. This cake was fantastic and was so easy to put together. Thanks! Thank you for always inspiring me! I still have half of your Moms apple cake in my cake caddy so this will probably have to wait until the weekend but I am definitely making this! Hi Deb, Grace Sugar provides moisture to cakes, too, so its not ideal to just drop it. I love the pasta and chocolate dietJust add wine and espresso and Im all set! Its less expensive and bakes pretty well. Can I frost them while they are still frozen? I have a fan-oven so cooked it for 17 minutes, which was just right. only asked about the choc sub to see if i could use what i already had on hand. Oh thank God, my own baby 2 was demanding exactly this. Hosted by Pressable. No bears there then? But this will do and maybe I wont even share it ;). The melted chocolate had cooled a little but was not chunky when I poured it in. Id LOVE any advice you have. HOLY HELL, its fantastic. recipes? I regretted not licking every beater of chocolate buttercream that had ever crossed my path when I worked at a bakery in high school. Heres a measurement converter from Land O Lakes but please feel free to Google the information from any website youd like: https://www.landolakes.com/kitchen-reference/measurements-abbreviations/. Since I only have one (short on storage space) it was not difficult to simply bake one layer at a time. Looks great. After dinner, I whipped some cream, tossed some drained pitted cherries over it, and I made a half recipe of this and out of it came 4 largish size muffins? Possible to use oat milk in the frosting instead of cream/whole milk? Quick question! This is my go-to for most of my recipes now, since my friend turned me onto here! Looks yummy. I kept going, because you cant waste eggs in a pandemic, but a little worried if its safe to eat? I love baking (and eating) cake, but Ive never liked chocolate cake! And she had marked so many pages with little pink tabs! Hi Deb I tried decreasing the sugar to 1 cup and replacing it with 1/4 cup cocoa. Turned out great! It was 10 and I had worked hard all day. Does it give a tighter crumb for it? :). A chickpea flour cake? I decided it was fate and made it. Thanx For Sharing this recipes. I didnt know that was even possible. You can make the frosting in advance; unless your kitchen is really hot, you can keep it at room temperature (cool room temp is best). (this is my idea of an egg dish, fwiw!) Cool slightly. In 2008, when Smitten Kitchen was still an infant in blog years, I shared a recipe for my mom's apple cake. Thank you for sharing the recipe!!!!!!!!!!!! Even my pregnancy-addled, not-right-tin-having self didnt mess it up. Thank you! Youre pregnancy sounds exactly like my pregnancy. I am trying this right now but my cake is still chocolaty ( dippy ) from the middle. weight gain which I finally lost, literally, three weeks before this second pregnancy. Yes, although you wont need much to thin it. NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER A BON APPETIT and EPICURIOUS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR The long-awaited new book from the best-selling and beloved author of The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook and Smitten Kitchen Every Daya collection of essential recipes for meals you'll want to prepare a. For once the internet has failed me and I would love to see a video of your technique!!! I had the great idea to make this today. I had to laugh at your comment about sweet potatoes. 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. They are incredible! This worked great as cupcakes! Thanks for having such well written and scrumptious recipes that end up being perfection every time. If it makes a difference, I am coloring the frosting to make Pigeon and Hungry Caterpillar cupcakes. I used natural cocoa and it worked just fine, and doubled the recipe to make 24 cupcakes (they took somewhere aroudn 25 minutes to bake for me, but I would advise anyone trying this to start checking on them as early as 17-18 minutes). Less temptation as it sits on my counter! And maybe use vanilla bean instead of extract? Must go spend hours perusing archives, after I make this cake! Definitely a keeper, thanks! INCREDIBLE cake! Thanks for the recipe! I wish I could post a picture of the cake I made from your recipe! [kisses]. The wine and cocoa married so well in this cake. But the choice of recipes plus the use of WEIGHTS for ingredients overpowered me. I followed directions exactly including using Dutch processed cocoa. . Same for apple cinnamon cake good luck with pregnancy! ps, is there a sub for the unsweetened chocolate? We used the Hersheys special dark cocoa and 6 large muffin wells came out perfectly in 18 minutes. the cake was *very* thin, so i cut it in half and stacked it to create a small layer cake. The cake turned out very moist, really delicious. You read my mind! I used a full fat cream-on-top plain yogurt from Trader Joes in lieu of buttermilk. belgian brownie cakelets. Have a great weekend! My three year old and I are going to make this cake for him. (The frosting, of course, is very sweet. Thanks for responding! Deb, the cake sounds fabulous, but I have to tell you, your introduction had me laughing out loud. And its the perfect size to not hurt yourself :). Definitely only two ounces chocolate, right? Melissa Yes, double the ingredients, including the frosting if youre looking to cover the sides as well. I think you might mean 185 grams of butter rather than 85g? Two notes: I baked the cake for 27 min and it was a teeny bit dry watch carefully as it gets close to being done. Good luck! And the Dutch process cocoa seriously made a difference. For me, this always ends with a liquidy batter with tiny capsules of butter/sugar floating, so I assume thats the norm. I did cut the sugar and butter by about 20% (and replaced it with apple sauce), and it still turned out great! I am about to make the vanilla frosting. At last I have a chocolate cake recipie that tastes of chocolate! Baking soda is actually part of baking powder. OK, the chocolate frosting from this recipe is my favorite frosting to make of all time, so much so that I basically only make cakes with chocolate frosting now because I dont like to use any other frosting recipe. Got about 10 from a single batch, and baked about 24 minutes in my oven. blueberry crumb cake. Easy and yummy, thanks. deb, i made this frosting again last week (underneath i confess i made the hersheys chocolate cake recipe as boyperson wanted a more box-mix-like cake), and we ended up not being able to eat the cake right away so we stuck it in the fridge. I read other reviews by people who found it dry; I thought it was incredibly moist for a cake thats not too dense. The color was beautiful and the taste was rich and chocolately in the best possible way. Never thought of using wine in cakes before:-) and wine and coffee and chocolate together :-) It was yummy. I was quite alarmed that the cake would be dry and sawdusty when I brought it to my co-workers. The only change I had to make was baking it for an extra 4 minutes (total 26) and really should have continued baking it because it was still somewhat underdone. salted butter chocolate chunk shortbread . I found your blog through Bloglovin and drew immediately from the Chocolate Cake. Do I defrost 4, decorate them tonight and frost the rest just before serving on Sunday? even a day later (made it on day one, frosted it day two) it was starting to dry out. Sometimes where you live can play a factor in cake moistness! A perfect not too sweet cake with a cloud of fabulous frosting. You may have answered this elsewhere, but I cant seem to find it. Ha! FWIW, I first peeked at the cake at 20 min, then it took three more 3-minute timers till finished. @stephanie#133- You can also substitute 3 tablespoons cocoa and one tablespoon butter or shortening for one ounce of unsweetened chocolate. Thanks for sharing! Yes yes yes. Do you think it would work if I cut the two tablespoons of granulated sugar? Deb made this cake last night in a woohoo Ive made it to the third trimester fury. which i should buy just to havebut in the meantime. I also recently had a strawberry buttercream that was delicious; I suspect they just took a quick vanilla buttercream and beat in a spoonful or two of strawberry jam. You can almost definitely use 3 eggs, but use 2 whole and 2 yolks if you want it extra-rich. And you delivered! Im making these for my daughters birthday. Not that I havent eaten what I wanted the whole time, and that want has mostly been chocolate (and frozen mango pieces lately, so good!) My daughters licked the frosting bowl clean! I have a deep appreciation for the way you feel about cake. that I might have to exclusively dedicate this space for a while to a few currently acceptable categories, those that involve butter, bread, peanut butter or chocolate. (I might as well admit that I lost my train of thought a few times while writing that sentence and just thought I want chocolate cake. I think youre rubbing off on me :) ). Right now, theres a limitation because the Index is based on titles, and the title is rarely the name of the dressing, but that could change. Can I make this in a miniature bundt pan? 1/2 cup (4 ounces or 115 grams) unsalted butter, at room temperature I am off to the store to get the ingredients I need right now. Looks absolutely heavenly, making it today!! I use a timer, but I really rely on the old toothpick test, which rarely lets me down. Every bit as wonderful as I imagined. Oh, this is a great cake. I am so thankful for a smaller cake recipe. Delete the baking power and increase baking soda to 3/4 teaspoon. 4 oz semi-sweet chocolate, best quality such as Ghirardelli, broken into 1-in pieces 1 cup buttermilk (see note) 4 large eggs 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 3 cups all-purpose flour, spooned into measuring cup and leveled-off 1 teaspoon baking powder teaspoon baking soda teaspoon salt 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened For the Glaze (easier to mix oil batters by hand than to cream butter and sugar properly). . Im using a Williams-Sonoma Gold Touch 88 here. So, I remade it, but I was so scared I was going to ruin it again, that I didnt whip it enough and it wasnt as creamy as its been all the other times Ive made it.
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