Please, please tell me this doesnt mean you were still nauseous in week 16? I mean EVERYONE commented on it. 1. . If youre looking for some detailed troubleshooting tips on dry cake, this is a site I go to often for baking tips, and has some guidance: https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/prevent-dry-dense-cake/. Thanks a lot Deb! And I have a prediction,,,you will be having a girl!! First published February 26, 2015 on smittenkitchen.com |, Morning Bread Pudding with Salted Caramel, Fried Egg Sandwich with Bacon and Blue Cheese, Strawberries and Cream with Graham Crumbles, http://www.the36thavenue.com/2013/10/birthday-cake-tutorial.html, http://www.highergroundstrading.com/blog/38/coffee-acidity:-the-science-and-the-experience, http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/10/god-of-cake.html, http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/how-chocolate-cake-helped-capture-mexicos-most-wanted-drug-lord/2015/03/02/8a2316fa-c068-11e4-a188-8e4971d37a8d_story.html, https://instagram.com/p/z8VQVBy55B/?modal=true, http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipe/high-altitude-baking.html, http://sweetnessandbite.com/2014/10/how-to-ganache-a-cake/, http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00Y2QHY02/ref=s9_top_hm_b3rSILn_g79_i13, https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/prevent-dry-dense-cake/. Simply meant to say I dont have Dutch cocoa, so just used standard. Everyone commented how fudgey it was. 1 1/2 cups (195 grams) all-purpose flour 3/4 cup (60 grams) unsweetened cocoa, any variety, sifted if lumpy 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt 3/4 cup (150 grams) granulated sugar 3/4 cup (145 grams) dark brown sugar 1/2 cup (120 ml) olive oil 1 1/2 cups (355 ml) water or coffee measurement question! Came out perfect baked in a 9 inch round. Deb, in a very saturated social media food scene, you are one of the OGs and my absolute favorite. Deb this is just. I had the great idea to make this today. Making this for Mothers Day, and an 88 is too much cake for two people on the pandemic meal plan. Im not sure which area I am suppose to add the 1/2 tea of vanilla too. 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? Start with 25 mins, then check every couple of mins, depending on the done-ness of your cake. Divine- super moist and deeply chocolatey! This seems silly to ask, butwhich amount should I use? Hi Deb! Does it truly not matter? This year he wants colored frosting. Must make! Happy Holidays! *Turns to recipe for next step* I really hope I can replicate that crazy looking icing. A perfect not too sweet cake with a cloud of fabulous frosting. At 30 mins the top had cooked and closed over and not till about 40 mins did the skewer come out clean and the cake stop making that bubbling noise. I didnt use a sifter, but I did mix dry ingredients sperately. Thank you for posting! (Although Ill need to squeeze in a hamentashen session at some point as well.) I made it as written with the exception of reducing the sugar in the frosting by a smidge. 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. and not sure how difficult/easy it is to do. Thanks for the update! Or maybe get one of these? Cost to Make: $6-$8 Calories: 275 Servings: 12 cupcakes Ingredients 1 cup unsalted butter, softened 3 cups confectioners sugar 1/2 cup unsweetened natural cocoa powder 3 to 4 Tbsp heavy whipping cream 2 tsp pure vanilla extract 1/4 tsp salt US Customary - Metric Instructions I actually only made the cake part and I made it into cupcakes. Any thoughts about what Im doing wrong? Just made this with my gluten free flour blend. ps, is there a sub for the unsweetened chocolate? I want it to taste good, but the birthday girl (a 6 year old) wants a very specific design. Tonight! Thanks Deb!! Is it supposed to be like that? 9 by 13 it is!!! 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. 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). Is that just me?! Didnt have buttermilk so subbed yoghurt and milk. ), Its there Add the egg, yolk and vanilla and beat until combined, then the buttermilk and mix again. :). And so many thanks for including metric measurements. Thanks :). I was going to guess at it but you have saved me a bit of worry. To make it one-bowl and ensure that they get very well mixed. Forgot to add I only put in 130 grams of sugar because of marmalade. This ultra-moist chocolate cake is deep and rich in flavor and best served with whipped cream and toasted hazelnuts. I will be making a mid-afternoon trip (through the snow!) Soft and moist. Did I let it get too cool before I used it? I didnt have electric beaters so I just forked the sugar and butter together well, and didnt sift the cocoa powder, but it seemed to be ok. Oh, and used sour cream + water for the buttermilk. As it should be.). But either way, the cake turned out great. It was, admittedly, FABULOUS, but the speckling isnt ideal for looks of course. I cut the 913 into 4 pieces, frosted 3 pieces with only minimal fighting. Not sure I would make this cake again. I need to stop reading this blog while pregnant First the cornbread muffins, now the chocolate cake. Ive made it in an 8-inch round pan two years in a row for my husbands birthday. Lifes too short to do that. I made this cake and it came out dry and dense. Thanks for this recipe! the cake was *very* thin, so i cut it in half and stacked it to create a small layer cake. From the fridge, its a bit of a pain. Even the first piece of cake, which was shortly after icing it, the frosting was still very soft and the flavor was intensely bitter chocolate. If it has larger pockets, just needed more mixing of the leavening before adding the flour. Is it a 3 or a 5? I had a favourite chocolate cake for years and yearsand then I made this one! Sophie You can make your own baking powder. Thank you! Just took it out of the oven and I can already tell by the smell that this things going to be good. Thanks, Deb. My friend said the word cake to me today and I could not get it out of my head. So good! I guess it isnt done. (fwiw-I used Sharfenberger unsweetened. Had to bake a lot longer than called for, but still yummy! Question: Do you have an opinion on buttercreams that use melted chocolate vs cocoa powder? Thanks again, Deb! When I had a piece I cut some cake, scooped out some frosting and let it sitto warm and frosted the squares individually before eating. having major third trimester chocoholic cravings and this is on the agenda for tonighthopefully this wont derail my glucose test next week (pray for me!!!! Me: Wow, how did she know I would think this?) So happy about the sprinkles. I noticed in the comments you said you upped the amount of eggs in this from the original recipe what does that actually do to the cake? Mmmmmmmm. I did increase to 1/2 tsp of baking soda because I used Hersheys (not Dutch process), but kept a 1/4 tsp baking powder because it was GF flour. Verrrry interesting!!! xx. Thank you for cheering us up! Step 4. I followed the instructions exactly and the cake turned out beautifully. I found it on the website and then also in her second cookbook so I figured it was a winner from the get go. Needless to say, I wont be making this cake, but Ill stay tuned :). Made this last night great timing as the boyfriends 35th was yesterday and usually my desserts are too fancy for him. My wifes final verdict on the cake was We have no words followed by Next piece please!. If it wasnt 8PM right now I would make this cake. Its fabulous and the husband pronounced it the best chocolate cake hes ever eaten. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. I finished it with wilton buttercream frosting. Delicious ! This recipe is a keeper! I processed the next batch just until fluffy and spreadable looking and it turned out great. I have a similar chocolate cake from a post-wartime austerity recipe (only 18g cocoa and a single egg) which assumes 30-35 minutes cooking time. 3/4 cup banana + 1/4 cup buttermilk. I am having trouble printing the recipe. My husband usually dislikes cake because its too sweet, but he had two pieces last night (as did I). Just finished frosting the cake and Id recommend adding the salt. im 9 years old! It sounds like Natron is indeed what baking soda is sold as in Germany. Great cake! Thanks again! I kept going, because you cant waste eggs in a pandemic, but a little worried if its safe to eat? This resulted in thick, tall slices of cake with still a substantial but not ridiculous amount of insanely rich frosting. Hi Deb, is this cake freezable? Small cakes? I am not a baker and yet this turned out perfectly. Yum! Thank you for sharing the recipe!!!!!!!!!!!! I stuck the unfrosted cupcakes in the freezer. I bought a bundt cake pan (9/10 inch I think), how can this recipe work with the pan?!?! Delicious, rich, ganache. This is now our go-to recipe for any kind of chocolate cake. It added up to a 65 lb. Red wine chocolate cake, mocha chocolate cake: You could replace the buttermilk in full with yogurt or sour cream thinned with a little milk or water, with red wine or replace 1/2 cup of it with strong coffee. Its hot and humid where I live so maybe the weather helped. a simple three layered birthday cake? Does it give a tighter crumb for it? I also did a messier job of splitting the egg than usual, and got a bit of the (second) egg white in there along with the yolk is that likely the source of fluffiness, and doing a cleaner job of egg-splitting next time will take care of it? The cake was delicious! None of these are a dealbreaker, of course, just good to know going in. Could also be scaled and stacked as a birthday cake. I found that the coffee version took slightly longer in my oven, but produced the most delicious moistness. ANd they way you swirled the chocolate is perfect! Does it bake well this way? Thank you! (!!!) 2. Thanks for this! I make this frosting whenever I need to ice cupcakes or a kid birthday cake (i.e. dulce de leche chocoflan . I love making chocolate cake but never seem to be able to eat an entire cake. Baking time actually remained about the same for some reason. Aarthi I havent, but it sounds really good. Ive taken to drive thrus lately because I can decide what I want, not be involved in cooking it, and eat it five minutes later hopefully all before I change my mind! ). This will be my go to recipe from now on. Mainly, you need an acidic ingredient and beer seems to be acidic, from what Ive read. Delicious cant believe how high mine rose and how moist and rich it was. How could you switch the cake to a vanilla cake? Your name for the cake reminded me of our favorite chocolate cake recipe -That Chocolate Cake. But as youve proven multiple times a person can have several favorites; especially brownies and chocolate cake. If round, you can probably 1.5x it. Thank you! I read other reviews by people who found it dry; I thought it was incredibly moist for a cake thats not too dense. Sweet Jesus this cake is so good that I have died and gone to chocolate heaven. Its the perfect cake size for our family of 3. Making now! I have already made this cake (in almost all of its versions! 1 / 4 teaspoon fine sea salt or table salt. My new go to icing! Chocolate cake, with rainbow sprinkles, is simply the best thing ever. I so love the frosting recipe!! 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 :-) will take more time than simply making the frosting right then. Might just need more time? Love your Im pregnant recipes! My 13 yo son baked this for our Sunday dinner dessert. Thoughts? Can I sub 2% milk for the cream/whole milk in the frosting? I had to bake for the full 30 minutes, at 25 mins. My BFF still uses one, and I find it charming. Thank you for sharing the recipe. Thanks for the doable, approachable, ingredient-accessible recipe. I recently tested this doubled in one cake pan it works but it will go over the top a bit which can be unnerving. when I suddenly NEEDED brownies, so I feel you on this! It was incredible. So Im logging this recipe away until after August, and I wont be sharing with the new tiny one AT ALL. 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. Sometimes where you live can play a factor in cake moistness! Im trying to print some recipes, but the print recipe links that appear are not working (I use Google Chrome). Do let us know how it goes, if you can. I halved the frosting but I really liked it. How can I fix this? Ive been reading that one shouldnt use Dutch processed cocoa with recipes that contain baking powder or baking soda; apparently recipes with those ingredients use the acidity of natural cocoa to react with and the alkalinity of Dutch process will mess with the product. Yes. I also just oiled the pan well (no parchment), and I got lucky and it dropped out onto a plate after a couple seconds of patience (also my first time trying to get a cake out of its pan whole.) Hello, My name is Sherrill . I know that you do them by hand right now, and I totally admire your patience with that, hence the q :). Delicious and quick. Anna You can replace all of the buttermilk with wine, because wine is an acidic ingredient (almost a match in ph, if I remember correctly from my research a few years ago). Susan Wait, howww? I also didnt have unsweetened chocolate so I used a couple TBS of cocoa powder in the frosting. No more babies, here, but this winter calls for all manner of treats! I actually wrote about making it that way over here. Had Hersheys cocoa on hand and the cake did not disappoint. It looks incredible. Despite not having quite the right ingredients (had to use salted butter, 2% milk, and messed up the eggs and did all whole instead of one yolk and one whole) it turned out perfect. The sweet frosting with this rich second batch hit the right spot. Whipped this up during nap time, adding a handful of chocolate chips to the batter. If I wanted to make this into a double layered round cake, would you just double the recipe and do in two 9 inch rounds? . Love your blog! This is the perfect size, too. No bears there then? I have some too-ripe bananas hanging around, and Id like to throw them into this recipe. . Because when you really need chocolate cake, I vote for doing it properly. Here I am, all alone in my studio apartmentwith this damn scrumptious cake. Raspberries & chocolate- what could be bad? Cake is moist and light with a very tasty frosting. Will definitely make again. Fantastic chocolatey goodness. It turned out rather thick, but spreadable, and so delicious. Are you clicking the print icon below the recipe? Easy and yummy, thanks. Haha, Deb, I love your enthusiasm and urgency for cake in this post. Btw, I added a little cinnamon, New Mexico red chile powder, and a drive-by amount of chipotle to the brownies for a Mexican flavor. Thanks! Ive made it many times and its definitely become a family favorite. Sometimes you just have to have a chocolate cake, right?! $5.50; 200 . (The cake is good too, dont get me wrong.) Its perfect. Everyone told me I used the wrong pan and I got a chemistry lesson and another one on finding the right pan (which I still dont understand). We opted for a few fresh strawberry slices on each little square and it was just right. What I really want is chocolate on chocolate. I literally said 2 minutes ago I think we will just have leftovers for dinner, but I could really use a chocolate cake Fate brought me and this recipe together! but how much should I multiply the recipe to make a three layer cake? Much tastier and more fun than the box mix I was about to do instead. Thank you very much on the fantastic recipe! Did not have the right size pan so baked 6 delicious cupcakes. I cant wait!!!! could i melt terrys chocolate oranges and add them to the batter, or maybe orange zest and juice to the batter to mix the flavour? Thanks for sharing! I recently rediscovered this place. Finally, a SK cake! Oh, this is a great cake. probably if i had filled them closer to 2/3 i could have gotten 16 altogether. Thanks! I will try that recipe for sure. 1 /2 cup / 63 g all-purpose flour However, just a small critique, the instructions re: eggs is very confusing and actually ended up leaving me short. I so want this. Hes enthusiastic now :), Literally just finished frosting it and devoured it along with the sprinkles. Im making this for my friends birthday which is tomorrow so this is kind of urgent haha. The cake looked so good. Any suggestions on the dryness? Both the cake and frosting are delicious, and are relatively simple to make with basic ingredients. Does the baking time need to be adjusted? My main purpose in commenting, however, is to commend you on your perfect parenting skills. This is so totally the wrong place for this, but I will ask anyway. It was a small miracle when I received your weekly newsletter including small celebration cakes on the same day as my partners birthday. This cake always comes out perfectly for mejust made for the tenth time! I used King Arthur Double Dutch Dark cocoa, which gave the cake wonderful color and flavor. You can also type CTRL or + P from any recipe post to get to the same print template, or use the Print option in your browser, usually under the File menu. I made cupcakes for my daughters birthday. Guests arrived and I had to stir the risotto and I forgot all about the cake until almost 40 minutes in. Completely organic and perfect. I do so love other grown women who know that the necessity of rainbow sprinkles is a real thing. In the book, I have a section with different flavor cakes and frostings built off of this one, including a vanilla-vanilla. Its less expensive and bakes pretty well. This is the fudgiest, most delicious chocolate cake Ive ever experienced. It worked so well and was fun for a small celebration for two people, though it could easily have served four. I have to leave in 50 min!! and I was almost out of everything I combined some cream and some milk and a bit if apple cider vinegar since I didnt have buttermilk and it worked great! How did I even miss that! . Do you think I could add 1/4 cup cocoa powder and decrease the powdered sugar to 1 cup in the frosting? This looks amazing Deb what a perfect cake! Bummed. As every Italian woman knows, if a pregnant woman does not get the food she craves, the baby is in danger of having a birthmark in the shape of said item. I used KAF Triple Cocoa Blend, which worked well. Youre kind of my hero. This is definitely my go to frosting..will never need another. Scoop the frosting onto the cooled chocolate cake and swirl it around. You can also bake it as a lovely loaf. Hi Deb: I guess Ill be investing in a thermometer! I would halve the sugar in the frosting for next time-I havent tried the cake itself so do not know if it is equally as sweet. Thanks! They agreed that the cake is more like a brownie in the best possible way. Pamela I mention concerns about Dutched cocoa under the recipe. Maybe its not as pretty but it worked really well- maybe this is helpful to someone with the same dilemma. I mean, us. That was TOO easy. Made this today and although I am not a great fan of chocolate I do really like this one. You can keep it at room temperature if youd like. I made this (in a Transformer-shaped silicone cake pan) for my sons 6 year old birthday party last weekend. If youre not used to U.S. frostings at all (which, of course, are very sweet), it might seem over-the-top. Any thoughts?? Girl, you are speaking my language. Deb- Yes! Rebekah describes this perfectly deep chocolate flavour, not too sweet, very easy to mix up and bake I loved the frosting this is my new chocolate frosting. Or is there a list? Thank you! I just made this today and it is solid! Im sorry this will sound similar to a comment I posted on another recipe (marshmallow frosting), but how does this chocolate cake compare with the other chocolate cakes on your site, especially the ones in the double chocolate layer cake and the peanut butter chocolate cake? Kate I havent done it, but if I were going to, my approach would be to replace the buttermilk with 3/4 cup mashed banana. It should all be fine in the end. That cannot be easy. Did you see the Tasting Table chocolate cake recipe from a few days ago? My cake dint rise too much i cooked in toaster oven.. Was that it?? I have made the recipe three times now. Would it be possible to switch the frosting to vanilla? I dont think you will have time to respond to this question, but I am baking a beautiful cake for my baby who is turning one. This cake was really delicious and quick to make, which I appreciated. Thanks. Glad you enjoyed the cake in the end. I need enough frosting for a three layer cake 8 inch rounds. . I have leftover red wine that i thought i would use to make this cake. 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. Sorry for the late response, even after such a nice comment! For the last 4-5 years Ive been making one of your celebration cakes for my birthday cakes my two fav being the crepe hazelnut and the chocolate peanutbutter cheesecake. And I still got this on the table at a reasonable hour. Do you mean other chocolate flavors or the style of frosting, in a food processor? For anyone who, like me, likes their frosting darker chocolate-y and less sweet, I melted an additional 1 oz of unsweetened baking chocolate and added that to the frosting. At 38 weeks, Ive decided I really should eat whatever I want, especially things that might cause problems when I start breast feeding in a couple weeks. Hmm.). Its as 8 spring form pan by the way. ), YES YES YES! Reasons for this: the pickled onion recipe should be on my fridge, the sweet tart recipe I use with everything, etc. OH.MY.GOD. I used closer to 2/3 cup of cocoa and I made it with gluten free flour. I was attempting to recreate the birthday cake my boyfriends mom made him growing up: a chocolate cake mix+pudding mix based recipe. Made this cake GF for our babysitter (our policy is to always have something freshly baked for a sitter) by subbing out regular flour for Pamelas all-purpose GF flour. Must purchase metal 88 pan ASAP. As soon as I hit home shores in Australia. Thanks in advance! Perfect you can have two slices and one for breakfast the next day. i made the cake! Overall, absolutely delightful and delicious and will definitely enter my cake rotation. Chocolate stout cake - smitten kitchen tip smittenkitchen.com Bring 1 cup stout and 1 cup butter to simmer in heavy large saucepan over medium heat. I sooo remember that feeling of if I dont have whatever it is Im craving right now, I will die feeling from my pregnancies. Too late. Would this be enough frosting for three layers? Even my pregnancy-addled, not-right-tin-having self didnt mess it up. If I use wine, should I replace all the buttermilk with it? Congrats you just made brownies.. really? (this is my idea of an egg dish, fwiw!) I used a whisk to mix the not really lumpy cocoa. 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. 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. I just want to say thanks for speaking my language!

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