Make the cake: Heat oven to 350F (175c). 1 / 8 teaspoon baking soda Yummy! I frosted my cake and then covered it well with plastic and it was GREAT the next day. Hi I was just wondering how much extra milk I would need to add if I added an extra 3.9oz of dry ingredients (chocolate jello pudding mix) to you recipe? Is this the type of cake that is great 2 days later? And its the perfect size to not hurt yourself :). Let cool for 5 to 10 minutes in cake pan on cooling rack, then flip out onto rack or serving plate to completely finish cooling before frosting. I have two boys, almost exactly five years apart, and its (mostly) a really good gap. Thats the tradeoff for me, at least. This cake rivals the chocolate cakes from the best bakeries in town. I.e. And I really really love the frosting. I guess it isnt done. If it has larger pockets, just needed more mixing of the leavening before adding the flour. Free shipping for many products! Made this for my *babys* bday on Sunday and we are all loving it. 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. Thanks DEB!!!! We found this disappointingly dry and bland. Anyway, wasnt sure if I was over doing the flavours but the smell of it was amazing going into the oven and it went down well here after tea!! I need enough frosting for a three layer cake 8 inch rounds. Hi Deb: Turned out great Thank you! Turns out, the 41 grams of butter I used was from the cake recipe instead of the needed 115 grams. 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. Or is it just a typo, either here or in the book? I find that its hard to get a bittersweet chocolate taste in a cake from bittersweet chocolate itself, because the chocolate itself is sweetened. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Hi Deb! It was a big hit with friends, too. Man, I wasnt going to print this one out (its just sheet cake, right? The first time I did it, I gave you a were not worthy bow b/c I had been stuck in a Swiss Meringue Buttercream nightmare. I did have to bake it for almost 35 minutes. Me: Wow, how did she know I would think this?) I see you doubled this using the 913 like I did. Deb, how is it that you can take the most simple chocolate cake and make it look so amazing that I think that I will just die if I dont go make it right now, even though its nearly 11 p.m.? Made it last weekend. It will be a win for somebody for sure, since your goodies usually are. As luck would have it, my husbands birthday is tomorrow, so Im using this occasion as my excuse! I have made this several times and absolutely love it! :). Thanks Deb! Im going to stack some to make a birthday cake: Id freeze the cake layer, but not the frosting. I made a berry compote to go with it which paired super well. 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. Easy to make, took about 25 mins in a 9 inch tin, is chocolatey but not too rich or heavy the way a cake made with melted chocolate is, and just really soft and comforting. Yes! Im planning to put a cupcake-with-candle into an emptied pop-top can as his present (adapted from http://www.the36thavenue.com/2013/10/birthday-cake-tutorial.html); hes not big on presents. I am going to try and bake this cake. Making this cake right now for my sons 16 bday. If so, then it was the decrease in sugar. Ive made it many times and its definitely become a family favorite. Let the pound cake cool completely. I did have to make the substitution of sour cream thinned with milk for the buttermilk, but it was still a fantastic cake! If you did, always start with the lower baking time and increase as needed. Id still frost it! The outside was not dry and the cake did not collapse. I also used dark chocolate cocoa powder (not Dutch processed) because its all I had it tasted great and gave me that same dark chocolate color. So simple and so perfect. 1/16th of the scrolling is comments. Oh. This frosting is HEAVEN. Im definitely going to try this recipe! I am so thankful for a smaller cake recipe. Made this cake last night. I cant find her recipe anywhere and am excited to try yours to see if I can make the dreams stop! 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. The frosting turned out great! Chocolate cake was a frequent visitor to my kitchen in those days. ;) But, I whip whipped cream by hand all of the time. Just as you described, the batter seemed curdled at first and suddenly turned into a luscious thick batter. The standard Id say for this size is 8 tablespoons instead of 6. I deviated ever-so-slightly by topping it with a cream cheese frosting, simply due to the vibe I was feeling. I was looking for a quick and easy chocolate cake recipe, so finally I tried this one and I am thrilled! I made this today and I am happy. Its cooling but Im so nervous its going to be dry, *swoon* How hard was it to take those gorgeous pictures of the finished and then sliced cake without pouncing on them first?? Might just need more time? Hi- Do you think whole wheat pastry flour would work in this recipe? Your writing is awesome, the photos are perfectly approachable and I love the process photos. p.s. I NEVER comment, but this hit me right in my stress-baking sweet spot and I made it yesterday with a three year old and a baby underfoot. I have a question about the frosting. Love your recipes:) I just moved a few weeks ago from Brooklyn, NY to Germany and I wanted to see if you had any insight on the baking soda/baking powder issue. The texture is great, and its a superb idea to use real chocolate. Thank you so much Deb. Delicious! That cannot be easy. Absolutely delicious it is now my go to birthday cake! At least a Pinterest board might do the trick. I also didnt have unsweetened chocolate so I used a couple TBS of cocoa powder in the frosting. I was skeptical that such a simple recipe could produce such an amazing cake BUT IT DID. They are incredible! The batter was so good I didnt want to bake it, and the resulting cake is very rich but still so fluffy and light. Instead, I used almond milk (since thats what was in my fridge). THANK YOU!!!! Am I always Overbaking by a few minutes? Thanks for posting- I love your recipes, and especially enjoy the baking ones :) I keep running into the same problem with cake baking though, and I wanted to ask for your advice. At this point, its usually cooled to lukewarm. Dear Deb- Im hoping you can solve a problem for me. 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. Brought this to a neighbors party and gleefully watched as it was gobbled up. If I double the recipe and make it a 9 by 13 pan,do I need to increase cooking time? The volume of a 6 round is half a 9 round; yay pi. Three years ago: Fried Egg Sandwich with Bacon and Blue Cheese Would I leave the recipes as is if doing cupcakes and adjust baking time? I couldnt figure out what Id done, but probably using an incing mixture instead of pure icing sugar, with the 70% dk choc, meant there wasnt *quite* enough sugar to soften the edge of that very bittersweet chocolate. (See here.) This is a truly great cake!! Not to be anal or anything, but to be, umm, anal, I guess: why is everything 3/4th or 2/3rd of the loaf cake but the egg is actually 1.5x? Could I make the frosting a raspberry buttercream by putting in raspberry pure instead of chocolate? I also went to NY Cake Shop on 22nd st and they were really nice, helpful and had hundreds (no exaggeration) of sprinkle choices- will definitely be going back. OH.MY.GOD. This cake was a hit! while at target i found star sprinkles for a buck as part of an easter baking end cap display. The only edit I would make is to halve the amount of frosting. 2 tablespoons (25 grams) granulated sugar Would this be enough frosting for three layers? I will absolutely make this again. Thanks for this great recipe. I baked it in a 8 square glass pan for 25 minutes. Soft and moist. The chocolate cake by which all other chocolate cakes are judged. Ive even had some photos Ive taken of your recipes published in our local papers, The Vancouver Sun and The Province. Ive made this a few times and it always seems a little on the dry side. Definitely a keeper, thanks! ), 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. My kids loved it! i cannot wait to make this cake! The food photography is top notch and presents the delicious food very well. I recently rediscovered this place. Think of it as my New York Sheet Cake, intense (the impact of cocoa and unsweetened chocolate should not be underestimated), rich (butter, in all of it), tiny (one-eighth of a sheet, to be particular) and quick to make, so you can just because you want it but not have it stay long enough to cause any permanent damage. Thanks for sharing! I made the spice cake with banana and found it tasteless, is that normal? THanks! 2. Have been needing something chocolate all week and this was it! 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. Make these for someone you love today! (Okay, I see that you had already changed to doubling the eggs back at the red wine version. I know that you do them by hand right now, and I totally admire your patience with that, hence the q :). All that to say, I enjoyed a piece of your chocolate cake for breakfast enormously. Hi Deb I tried decreasing the sugar to 1 cup and replacing it with 1/4 cup cocoa. My husband promised my kids dessert last night, and it was up to me to fulfill this promise. Thanks!! I thought it was an issue with my oven temp (175, standard convection) at first but at 20 mins I had a ring of cooked cake around a pool of batter. Just made this amazing cake for myself for my birthday and want to thank you for the gift the most foolproof recipe ever. I dont want to waste the leftover buttermilk so I will make it again & freeze it so I have one ready for easy entertaining! The combination of butter, sugar, sugar, cocoa, buttermilk, cream, and sea salt all in quick list read effectively slayed my weak will power. Your cake saved the day! a.) Thanks. Seven years ago: Escarole and Orzo Soup with Meatballs I cant wait to get all the ingredients and bake this cake! whole wheat chocolate oat cookies. That and maybe set it in a bowl on your warming stove!! The wine and cocoa married so well in this cake. ), the perfect cake to whip up the night before youve decided to take cake to celebrate 2 years at your current job (woot!) Cake is moist and light with a very tasty frosting. Used oil instead of butter (a scant 1/3 cup) and got great results. Thanks again for your wonderful recipes, they never cease to impress me. It was still speckled. We made this for my mothers birthday and were delighted, particularly with the beautifully light frosting. Man I have had a chocolate cake kind of week. Keep in mind that there is no telling where said birthmark will show up I am pretty sure my mother is not the only woman to utter the hint, I mean heartfelt words, Nonni, I want only to have her grandmother show up with a big dish of (fill in the blank)! My sister cooks a lot and makes good cakes. Charlie Not on my 2nd floor balcony in Manhattan, I hope! Hi Deb, I bet you could put in the same amount of cinnamon, for a Mexican chocolate vibe.). Cake has come out perfectly. It looks amazing, so Id love to use it for a marbled birthday cake. I decided to divide my cake in to two 9 round pans. Wow, made it, it came out perfect. I usually make it in an 88 square. Cupcakes Usually bake for 17 to 20 minutes. I also piped in seedless raspberry jam before frosting. I would like to send him a care package including a chocolate cake. Speed this up by placing it outside for 10 minutes (thanks, winter!). Just finished frosting the cake and Id recommend adding the salt. The ratio of cake to frosting is the icing on the cake (SEE WHAT I DID THERE??) Didnt bother to sift even though cocoa was lumpy and it was fine. pps, is there a softening butter hack? I doubled the cake recipe and it made a perfect amount of cake in a buttered, bake and serve 9 x 13 glass pan. Have a great one Deb! Hes a twin so it was one of two cakes served on party day, which is the only explanation I have for why we have leftovers two days later Wrapped in the fridge to keep the frosting manageable, its still moist and delicious. 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. Sneha If the knife isnt batter-free (i.e. No buttermilk or baking soda (and white sugar instead of brown) in the batter and less butter in the frosting. Thank you! I had a rather sad brownie experience last night and I am so appreciative of how consistent your blog and the results one gets from it are. Hi, I just wanted to know if I could substitute the dark brown sugar (I only have light brown muscavado sugar, demarara sugar, or granulated sugar). I liked that it was not too sweet so the sweet buttercream was a nice compliment. Wild rice, roasted sweet potatoes and broccoli and a miso-ginger-tahini dressing all piled into one bowl make this one of my favorite everyone-approved weeknight dinners -- use any kind of rice or combination of vegetables you've got; the dressing is the star. Baking time It sounds like its taking up to 5 to 10 minutes extra for everyone. . Fantastic chocolatey goodness. Can you PLEASE make The Cake tonight mom?! I would triple the frosting, especially if you wish to coat the sides as well. Thanks! The frosting recipe I made as is, with the addition of about 3/4 cup of left-over coconut cream I had. Is it a 3 or a 5? 1/2 teaspoon espresso powder (I used this instead of vanilla, purely based on personal taste) The perfect antidote to absolutely needing a chocolate fix. He loves chocolate sweets, but Im trying to eat better and curb our snacking especially sweets. The intensity from the smallest amount of unsweetened chocolate is surprising; plus, its so bitter, it really helps offset the sugar-assault that butter-powdered sugar icings usually are. I was so happy when I saw this recipe as I knew due to schedules including mine Id be home and no one would be making me a cake for my birthday yesterday, so this one fit the bill! This looks like heaven! We are not alone: http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/10/god-of-cake.html, Oh sheesh, I know why my frosting came out grainy (see post 213)I didnt just melt the chocolate first, I melted the butter first too. I made this cake tonight for my daughters 3rd birthday and it came out PERFECTLY. I just wanted to chime in and say this recipe is perfect for 1/2 birthday celebrations. At around 25 weeks with my son, I suddenly craved chocolate after many months of guac, almonds and popsicles. Thank you! 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. I had a favourite chocolate cake for years and yearsand then I made this one! Im reading this recipe for Emergency chocolate cake while filling my mouth with your Cocoa Brownies from a couple of years ago. And its not a large cake which might be helpful for some readers here. Add one-third of the 1 1/4 cup (155g . Its nearly a brownie, but not quite. 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. 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 thought the cake was perfect by itself; kids wanted frosting; I ate cake and frosting separately and was in heaven!) 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. Very much looking forward to any recipe involving peanut butter! He tested covid +Ve and he is completely asymptomatic. I agree that a salad dressings index would be great. Woke up this morning, realized its our 8 year wedding anniversary and I didnt have a card, or more importantly, a celebratory dessert. Gah!!! I put about a teaspoon of cloves into the dry ingredients sometimes. Your safest bet might be more of a ganache, which doesnt need to be whipped, only stirred. A little more butter / less flour? ), and had complete faith in the recipe. Thank you! Hooray for pregnancy cravings! 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. Your email address will not be published. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. 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. Do you have any adjustments for high altitude? Stephanie i usually just stick the butter in the microwave for 10 seconds (not more), Deb, I recently bought your cookbook here in Dublin (Ireland, not Ohio), and it looks so, so great. Im the only one here! The directions mention this can be made as 12 cupcakes. Hi Deb, love your blog and it is my go to for everything cooking-related. I laughed at the we cut it into 16 small squares. Serving size I guess its just us that cuts cake into small pieces? Looks incredible. The cake turned out very moist, really delicious. The sides have cooked but the center hasnt. Thank you so much for sharing!!! 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/. I suspect the culprit was too much flour, not enough moisture I used whole milk mixed with buttermilk powder, and my cocoa is old too. I made this cake this weekend for a friends birthday. Nice job, as always, Deb. hs code for cadbury chocolate; multi tenant architecture cloud computing; two-piece shiny loungewear of the 1980s; microsoft gaming services halo infinite; stabbings in london statistics; 19 metro bus schedule cincinnati; room service madison ms menu; velocity credit card application; grade label of coca cola; ridge vineyards sonoma I dont know if thats an issue with my oven (soon to be replaced) or the el cheapo disposable foil cake pan I was using (all the cake pans are of course in a storage box somewhere), but after the intitial 18 minutes, the batter was barely set around the edges; after five more minutes the center was still jiggling like a perfect custard pie; after five *more* minutes it had finally started to puff up and the surface was dry, but the center was still goopy when I tested it. So moist and chocolatey. Question: Do you have an opinion on buttercreams that use melted chocolate vs cocoa powder? Obviously, I had to test a spoonful or two. The batter (just made a single batch this time) filled three 6 rounds perfectly and baked for about 18 minutes. 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 might have eaten what was left straight out of the bowl with a spoon, but we wont ask too many questions, right? (But only share if they offer to do dishes.). I am frosting the bday cake with a double batch of the above chocolate frosting, and making the raspberry buttercream for the chocolate cake. I followed the instructions exactly and the cake turned out beautifully. Adjusted the cake for high elevation (extra 1 Tb flour, 1 Tb less of sugar, and 2 eggs instead of the 1+yolk) and it was perfect. I was so tired and grumpy, the kids were fighting, and hubby was exercising his birthday right to take the day off. Ive been dreaming about making chocolate cake. A chickpea flour cake? No need to sift if you cocoa isnt lumpy; I think the brand I use just fairly consistently is. Love your site your writing, approach and photography are all just superb, and I appreciate your sense of humour and real-life tips. Start with 25 mins, then check every couple of mins, depending on the done-ness of your cake. You are amazing and my go-to for any recipe! Finish with rainbow sprinkles; dont even fight it. Thank you! Any tips for a frosting I could make with a whisk or does that just not work for frosting? For vanilla, I prefer 1 1/4 cups powdered sugar and a full teaspoon of vanilla extract. Also melted chocolate for a chocolate buttercream frosting?! the cake was *very* thin, so i cut it in half and stacked it to create a small layer cake. Did not have the right size pan so baked 6 delicious cupcakes. Fewer bakeries this time, but more baking in the kitchen. I only got ten cupcakes. 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. This was fun to make and eat for my first gathering with a friend post-vaccination. Like pregnancy? Two things: I havent read in awhile (not for any reason on your part, but like tv shows, I like to stock up on blog posts I love and then completely bingeI should not admit this unhealthy behaviour, but there it is) so, CONGRATULATIONS!! Stir on low until just combined; scrape down bowl a final time. However, the frosting saves the day here! Truly next level. Fortunately, after a night of mellowing in the refrigerator, the frosting was delicious today; and although the outside edges were quite, um, sturdy, the cake inside was delicious and moist, and we didnt miss the salt at all. My favorite kind of cake is chocolate. This is a seriously good cake. Hey Deb! Thanks. Notes: Out of buttermilk can I add a bit of vinegar to some slim milk.think I will wait until I get the buttermilk hate to tamper with a great recipe.
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