Thank you for the recipe :D. Okay so I made the cake but admittingly havent tried it yet. We ate cake outside and in the rain because thats how it goes in quarantine. If so, then it was the decrease in sugar. Stir on low until just combined; scrape down bowl a final time. Hmm.). Since you said you were generous with the amount of frosting (I am not going to get between a pregnant woman with an offset spatula and her bowl of frosting) I sliced my cake into two layers and put a third of the frosting inside and the rest on top. Congratulations on your wonderful news, and I cant wait for your next cookbook! Such a perfect moist crumb on this cake it must be the buttermilk! (Although Ill need to squeeze in a hamentashen session at some point as well.) But seriously, that post about the carvel ice cream cake weeks ago is still haunting me. I made it today for a cast party for a community theatre again, accolades from the crowd. It will be a win for somebody for sure, since your goodies usually are. ANd they way you swirled the chocolate is perfect! Want to make this for my husbands birthday and he is a big fan of cream cheese frosting! Definitely a keeper, thanks! I have some too-ripe bananas hanging around, and Id like to throw them into this recipe. It works but its better with an additional yolk if you want more of a golden cake. 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. Made this cake this afternoon. (Isnt that the whole point of cake anyway?). I am making a cake this weekend and was planning on doing the golden cake from your cookbook (which always turns out perfectly!) Im so surprised. I liked your frosting a lot, but the chocolate didnt fully emulsify. Thank you for sharing the recipe. @stephanie#133- You can also substitute 3 tablespoons cocoa and one tablespoon butter or shortening for one ounce of unsweetened chocolate. My sons birthday today. Looks fabulous cant wait to try this cake as soon as I can get the ingredients together. Follow. I like a center filled with frosting, which is one reason I have never been enamored of cupcakes either. How will this work in a loaf pan?! This is kind of like a cross between a brownie and chocolate cake, but not like a cakey brownie, if that makes sense. Anna. Fran You can use coffee for most of the buttermilk and Ive heard good things about mayo too. 1 / 4 teaspoon baking powder Thank you for this quick and delicious recipe! It will turn out great. Is it true that 1/2 teaspoon sea salt has about 1/2 the sodium of table salt? I made this about two hours ago, substituting normal chocolate for arabica-infused chocolate in the frosting and honey Greek yogurt in the cake because it was in the fridge. This was the perfect amount of batter for 12 cupcakes. :). The 1/2 birthdays always sneak up on me so its nice to have an easy recipe not to mention that most are for much larger cakes this one is perfectly sized! This is the easiest; its quite chocolaty, a little fudgy, not firm but holds together well. If you follow the instructions TO THE LETTER and mix in the drys just until everything is wet, you end up with a thin batter with tiny butter/sugar capsules distributed throughout. Thank you! And, you know, now. thanks! It will be on the Christmas menu from now on. Is this the nature of this recipe, due to the added solid chocolate, or did I perhaps mis-weigh my powdered sugar? Not fancy or perfect, but just right for the occasion. Just checking in now again because it always takes so much longer to bake. Recipes. The first time as a cake and the second and third times as cupcakes. I used a bit less coconut oil (maybe a big 1/3 cup) and it was perfect. For me, this always ends with a liquidy batter with tiny capsules of butter/sugar floating, so I assume thats the norm. I need enough frosting for a three layer cake 8 inch rounds. We have been eating it today, and this recipe is wonderful. Oh and happy 2nd baby on the way to you! 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. It cooled nicely and didnt fall apart when I turned it out of the pan onto the rack, a perennial fear of mine, but the outside was so dry and solid I could pick the whole thing up in one hand like a discus. Lucy Im sorry to hear that. Thanks, Deb!!!!!! Deb, youve done it again! This ultra-moist chocolate cake is deep and rich in flavor and best served with whipped cream and toasted hazelnuts. Hooray for frosting! Its 2023 and this cake is still very important to me! Used oil instead of butter (a scant 1/3 cup) and got great results. Its a little stressful to work with because its so soft (I always pop the rounds right into the freezer so theyre easier to lift) but it is always a hit. Ill just skip the chicken with dinner or something. Stir one-third of egg-white mixture into chocolate mixture. Chocolate yummy!!!!! Is it my oven or did something get lost when transferring the Fahrenheit to Celsius degrees?Anyway. Thank you! Thanks for having such well written and scrumptious recipes that end up being perfection every time. I noticed that you put less white sugar in this than your Everyday chocolate cake (which I adore). Thank you so much for sharing!!! Its been a pretty miserable week, and this cake is exactly what I need. My kid ate only the frosting, though :) Thank you, Deb! No need to butter the inside or outside of cupcake liners. Finally, a SK cake! Its my favorite buttercream. Once its gone, your tastebuds will demand you bake it again as soon as possible why isnt it cool enough to frost yet darn it I can wait Im cutting a slice. I took these to a party and they received rave reviews! 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 was attempting to recreate the birthday cake my boyfriends mom made him growing up: a chocolate cake mix+pudding mix based recipe. I am so thankful for a smaller cake recipe. In 2008, when Smitten Kitchen was still an infant in blog years, I shared a recipe for my mom's apple cake. I really wanted that light & fluffy frosting. I made this yesterday and was so pleased by the result. Super hit! 14 cupcakes. Perfect Friday night dessert. The Double Chocolate Layer Cake is amazing, as is the Peanut Butter Chocolate Cakes cake layers (although I prefer the Double Layer) but this just wins. 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. But I found it to have a slightly grainy texture. Making this as cupcakes for my sons birthday party, but do I need to adjust cooking time or oven temperature?? I used labneh in place of the buttermilk since we didnt have any, plus two Tbsp coffee. But why did I have little bits of chocolate in the frosting? It is now known as The Cake in our house. I didnt even notice. Hi Deb, It was a big hit with friends, too. Hope it was a hit! Hope that helps and works! Really like that is was not too sweet. Raspberries & chocolate- what could be bad? Wow, made it, it came out perfect. Congrats you just made brownies.. really? <3 <3 <3, Deb, your advice on raspberry buttercream was perfect. I also have a non-standard oven (AGA). Ive made it in an 8-inch round pan two years in a row for my husbands birthday. You might want to check out the comment guidelines before chiming in. I call it my short on time, big on love cake, perfect for celebrations. the most beautiful chocolate cake i ever did see. My (Italian) mother also used to say that if a woman craved a certain food during pregnancy the baby might end up having a birthmark in the shape of that food. We had a lot of fun, and the frosting is the best I have ever had in my entire life (she insisted I write that, its all I could repeat after eating it!). Pour in chocolate, milk and vanilla, beat until combined, then one more minute to whip it further.] Make the cake: Heat oven to 350F (175c). I just made this on Friday after hearing about it on Call Your Girlfriend. My name for this cake is Why Havent You Baked Me Earlier Cake. ), the perfect cake to whip up the night before youve decided to take cake to celebrate 2 years at your current job (woot!) THANK YOU!!!! I only had black cocoa and not regular Dutch-process (apparently black cocoa is very heavily Dutched) and it was super chocolatey and a big hit, even with my 4 year old. :-)). This looks so good. This! I never made frosting in a food processor. I think youll be just fine. Deb made this cake last night in a woohoo Ive made it to the third trimester fury. I finished it with wilton buttercream frosting. Youve made it sound irresistible!! I always love your recipes. I agree that a salad dressings index would be great. I just frosted it and now half the cake has disappeared! Thank you for doing this. I used the old lemon juice+milk trick as a buttermilk substitute and it came out great. 3/4 cup (175 ml) buttermilk (see Notes for other options) How this the cake so fudgy and the icing so irresistibly fluffy? Thanks Deb! 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. Is dont worry if your batter Is uneven the understatement of the century, or is it not supposed to curdle like a putrid mess before becoming smooth? It is good to note that dried butter milk plus water works in this recipe. They love it and I love that its simple and doesnt leave me with heaps of dishes! Works equally good with besan flour and organic cacao powder (not that is NOT a spelling error!) In the book, I have a section with different flavor cakes and frostings built off of this one, including a vanilla-vanilla. Your swirls are amazing. I have already made this cake (in almost all of its versions! Scoop the frosting onto the cooled chocolate cake and swirl it around. If so any specific recommendations? Must try! This cake is just gorgeous! Delicious! I never found it, and was too lazy to try to make it (im never satisfied with my own baked goods anyway). Just made this. (this is my idea of an egg dish, fwiw!) Hi, I used microwave chocolate mug cake when I had this craving, 5 min crave to product time. Sorry about that Deb. What do you think of powdered buttermilk? About to make the best-est cake of all time; love this thing! Thank you! I dont often write but I want to express my gratitude for Smitten Kitchen, Deb, and this cake. Really wanted to like this cake but it was dryfollowed the recipe exactly but I knew right when we cut into it that it was not going to be as amazing as I had hoped. Have a great weekend! Its so beautiful! Turned out great Thank you! Not sure what else I could do if I sifted the sugar and it was still chunky! I do have a blender (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00Y2QHY02/ref=s9_top_hm_b3rSILn_g79_i13), might that help? Incidentally, I did walk into every cupcake store and bakery during my first pregnancy. If you give the mixer 30 more seconds, suddenly the capsules break apart and the batter becomes thick, shiny, and more like the texture in the pictures. I rescued a broken buttercream Id attempted for a friends birthday and added freeze-dried raspberry powder to it. I am enjoying cupcakes for breakfast this week! I love moist and really intensely chocolatey chocolate cakes . Im going to make it for my kids fifth bday party. Amazing! This cake worked WONDERFULLY! I love that it took very few pots/pans to make. It has drawn expletives from my family today (in a good way). This icing, which we used for our sons birthday cake, is my favorite. To make it one-bowl and ensure that they get very well mixed. Now, I need to make this cake recipe Thanks. The key here is the. The food photography is top notch and presents the delicious food very well. Just five more weeks of this! 2007 on smittenkitchen.com | 2009-2023 Smitten Kitchen. how long would i bake for in a 10.5 inch (round) pan? thanks again, all! In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, graham-cracker crumbs, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. Place your flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a sifter (I find this step necessary because my cocoa is very lumpy) and shake it over the batter bowl. I doubled the cake recipe and it made a perfect amount of cake in a buttered, bake and serve 9 x 13 glass pan. (I did not add the meringue powder, which was optional.) Oh. They are all gone now and left everyone (all adults) with smiles on their faces. I truly hope it will be me. Im at a similar stage, due in August, and Ive been equally crazy for chocolate cake and not much else. MOAR SPRINKLES. Thank youit looks so good though! had seconds. If so, should I alter the other ingredients? I made it and it was so yummy.Everyone loved this delicious peanut butter brownies with chocolate,your cake looks so wonderful, so yummy, and I will be making this again! Hope to help. 1/2 teaspoon espresso powder (I used this instead of vanilla, purely based on personal taste) You have given me inspiration to make this chocolate cake. Oh my goodness, this looks heavenly! Nope, way too dry so I added an extra Tablespoon or so of heavy cream. Scrape down bowl then process for another 1 to 2 minutes (updated based on feedback) just until smooth and somewhat fluffed. I need this cake in my life, and I need someone else to make it! That cannot be easy. had all the ingredients and im one happy MOM! I tried to make this cake, but the batter curdled when I added the thinned yogurt Too thin. A family favourite in our house. I will definitely make it again. If youre not used to U.S. frostings at all (which, of course, are very sweet), it might seem over-the-top. Even bought the special spatula. Its heavenlythank you for this great recipe! Absolutely its intended a building block. The cake was good too. 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 Huzzah for cake. And why I dont have half of these ingredients in the house, RIGHT NOW, I do not know. 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. Will make again!!! Thank you SO much for this recipe! I used King Arthur Double Dutch Dark cocoa, which gave the cake wonderful color and flavor. My sister cooks a lot and makes good cakes. Kudos to you for taking the time to snap the beautiful pics before digging in!!! This will be the first time hes been away for his birthday. Are you clicking the print icon below the recipe? Hi Deb I actually found your blog while searching for Apple Tart recipes and accidentally clicked on this Chocolate Cake recipe instead. To make a birthday cake, I doubled the recipe and baked it in 3 7 round tins. Just watched you make this on YouTube and immediately felt compelled to make it happen in my home. 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? Delicious, rich, ganache. Quick and easy for a last minute crowd pleaser. Deb, yes, I will be another one of those commenters that tells you I made this recipe and then explain how I jacked it up. The standard Id say for this size is 8 tablespoons instead of 6. This has been my kids birthday cake two years running! Im also using your instructions from the confetti cake to make it an Elmo cake. Total bake time was over 22 min for me. If I double the recipe, would a bunt pan be appropriate? Please maam, may I have another?!!!!! On the third round I added a 1/4 cup additional buttermilk to the batter. I wanted to take this to the next level though so I doubled the recipe for 2 layers and then spread a layer of salted caramel in the middle and drizzled some more on top of the frosting. Rebecca Here you go. Whisk . Emily If my notes are correct from the last time I converted it, youll get 12 standard. JP hit the nail on the head. It came together simply and easily. thank you! Baking soda is actually part of baking powder. And OH MY. There is a Pin icon at the bottom of each recipe, where it says DO MORE: It will allow you to Pin just that post/recipe. Alexandra You probably can, but I think youll be surprised at how not terribly sweet this cake is, despite the seemingly large amount. Thank you for this simple and deliciously chocolaty recipe! What do you use? Love love love it! While it did turn out for all intensive purposes just fine, I had separated one egg, added the yolk as instructed and was then left very confused on why Id separated them as the whites were never mentioned. Toni Yes, same as the Monkey Cake. Ha, this looks epic and just like the chocolate cake of my childhood. I followed it exactly. Ive even had some photos Ive taken of your recipes published in our local papers, The Vancouver Sun and The Province. Turns out, the 41 grams of butter I used was from the cake recipe instead of the needed 115 grams. (See more details on how I figure this out below, but it sounds like you already know. Going to make this this weekend for my nephews birthday. And we ate this delicious cake, marking time and friendship. It baked in 20-25 minutes. Thank you, this one will become a regular go-to recipe for sure!! 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? I did add something tho, two tablespoons of Riversdale organic farm orange and cinnamon marmalade to the cake mixture instead of vanilla, but frosting was your recipe. NB my main beef with most chocolate cakes is that they are far too sweet and rich (I drink cocoa without any added sugar at all so that tells you something about my palate for sugar) and I would not reduce the sugar in this. I made this cake and topped it with strawberries since I didnt have sprinkles on hand. ice cream cake roll. I cooked the cake for 20 minutes in a 9 inch round pan and it was slightly over done. i love your blog thank you for posting & for all the inspirations! My friends, family and I would like to take this opportunity to thank you very very much :) I thought of making two 9 cakes using this recipe, filling with vanilla whipped cream and cubed strawberries and topping with chocolate ganache. I didnt have buttermilk so I mixed one TBS of lemon juice with 3/4 c whole milk. Those chocolate swirls of frosting! It looks so jummy! 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? We love so many of your recipes in our housewe literally make your Favorite Brownies at least a few times a month (my husband somehow remains just as excited every time). Yum to both the cake and the frosting! Im buying a bunch of things on a limited budget, and here in London its all unfortunately pricey and Im trying to substitute with what I do have. Do you think itd work? Line a 15cm round springform tin with a circle of parchment paper. Must purchase metal 88 pan ASAP. The batter is a touch saltier but I like that in a layer against such a sweet frosting. The cake looked so good. This cake was a hit! And now youve posted the cake I have dreamed of. At last I have a chocolate cake recipie that tastes of chocolate! Better the same day. The cupcakes stayed moist and were flipping delicious. This is one of my favourite recipes from my mom! A perfect, quick, rich chocolate cake. You also ruined me with Dutch processed cocoa. After the corn muffins. Then I put the cake in the fridge for 3 hrs until dinner, and when we had it for dessert the frosting had turned it ganache. I didnt want chocolate cake 5 minutes ago, but now I do. Is it a 3 or a 5? Post was not sent - check your email addresses! In the past, iirc, you have mentioned having a salad dressings section in the Recipe Index. Thank you so much. I made cupcakes with this recipe yesterday and covered them with a vanilla buttercream frosting. The batter (just made a single batch this time) filled three 6 rounds perfectly and baked for about 18 minutes. I made this with a mix of yoghurt and single cream, light brown sugar instead of dark, and caster sugar instead of granulated. It still looks pretty and the thought that counts :). Im using a Williams-Sonoma Gold Touch 88 here. Yes. This is my sisters oven, so I am just learning how it bakes. 2.5 Years Ago: Leek Chard and Corn Flatbread Thank you for a lovely, easy cake recipe in the ideal size! Ive cut down the sugar a bit over the years, a little each time I make it, but Im not planning to dip further than this. Its the perfect little chocolate cake! It would be impossible to overstate the urgency of such a desire! blueberry crumb cake. Its perfect. Worked fine. This was the cake that saved the weekend. I ended up snagging a more squared-off metal 88 while out running errands today, so thin-cake crisis averted. :D. I did swap the buttermilk for full-fat yogurt and then also added coffee (2 tablespoon of instant coffee mixed with 4 tablespoons of hot water), whose liquid was intended to replace some the liquid from the buttermilk. Deb, today is my husbands 84th birthday and chocolate cake is his request. Thanks! Jennie. My favorite kind of cake is chocolate. The Dutch cocoa powder definitely made a difference in the richness of the cake. The frosting is delicious too! Took more like 42 minutes to cook all the way and I was worried it was going to be dry but ended up still very moist! That and maybe set it in a bowl on your warming stove!! Going to try out this recipe for my daughters birthday! Okay, Deb. 1/2 cup (4 ounces or 115 grams) unsalted butter, at room temperature We just finished my husbands favorite chocolate cake, which is my Moms recipe for chocolate mayonnaise cake (dont laughits outrageously good), but yours sounds even better. Thanks yet again, Deb! YUM. How could you switch the cake to a vanilla cake? The perfect antidote to absolutely needing a chocolate fix. 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 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! Hmm. Seven years ago: Escarole and Orzo Soup with Meatballs We even put candles on it for the number of weeks we were celebrating. Ive loved every single Smitten Kitchen recipe Ive tried, and these are no exception. I was going to guess at it but you have saved me a bit of worry. I guess Ill be investing in a thermometer! This post could not have been more timely! Hi, I really want to make a chocolate orange cake. I followed the directions, and the butter and eggs were at room temperature. This morning, however, it has settled down some and is more balanced and its firmer. Ive been halving bundt cakes for years (very easy to do as all ingredients are easy to cut in half and bake in my junior bundt pan), and Id like this smaller chocolate cake (I halve to halve it :) ) but am at a loss. How can I fix this? Then it turned out my square pan was missing (we moved recently). I used an 8 round springform and it rose more than your tray version and needed an adjustment in the cooking time but I have got used to listening to my cakes for that little bubbling sound that tells you they need a few more minutes. Love your blog! Reminiscent of the store bought frosting in the tub but way way better, Good golly but this is fantastic, Deb! Thank you for sharing the recipe!!!!!!!!!!!! My 13 yo son baked this for our Sunday dinner dessert. Hello, Deb. Haha, Deb, I love your enthusiasm and urgency for cake in this post. Had to bake a lot longer than called for, but still yummy! And best wishes to you and your growing family! 1/4 teaspoon baking soda TMI? Best chocolate cake ever. several times a year) and if anything, its on the sweet side. and tastes great. :). Definitely only two ounces chocolate, right? If youre used to canned or standard back-of-the-box powdered sugar and butter frostings, it should be less sweet, due to the very bitter unsweetened chocolate thats used. Thank you for posting the time you cooked the cupcakes! It sounds like Natron is indeed what baking soda is sold as in Germany. cupcakes? This is how I feel about chocolate on a regular basis. 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? This cake was fantastic and was so easy to put together. I made it with wine, and its a big hit (the leftoverssince I made the 913 and served it after a huge meal are being consumed at work now). My hubby loved it for his decadent birthday surprise! Im sorry. Any suggestions for cooking times for cupcakes? I have bittersweet baking bars and cocoa powder. I really really loved this recipe. After trying both creaming and "reverse creaming," we turned to ribboning whipping eggs with sugar until they double in volume, then . It was really great. I love the size of this cake. And congratulations! (Im pretty confident itll be right if I add it just after the eggs and vanilla. 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. Thanks!! Mazel Tov on your happy news, and thanks again for your indispensable Smittenkitchen! I heeded the note about acidity required to wake up the baking soda, and so also added a splash of white vinegar. (I may have had a slice for breakfast, it has yoghurt in it so its practically a health food, right?) Were probably not going to add frosting, as going paleo has made us really sensitive to sugar, so this cake by itself is sweet enough. 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? Cant wait to make it again! Your writing is awesome, the photos are perfectly approachable and I love the process photos. This was so delicious and easy to tweak to my weird idiosyncratic preferences. This this will work as the filling for a wedding cake? How I like to swirl frosting: I always use a small offset spatula (have I convinced you to buy one yet? (and tastes great). We made this for my mothers birthday and were delighted, particularly with the beautifully light frosting. My new go to icing! So easy to make, this is my forever birthday cake. I need chocolate cakeNOW!! I dont normally make cakes with frosting because its that much more of a time commitment, plus you normally end up with a ton of cake and its just my husband and me at our house. I was skeptical that such a simple recipe could produce such an amazing cake BUT IT DID. Thanks. liz I have no idea! Exact same pregnancy cravings, as I sit here eating another PB on English muffin. i dont have rainbow sprinkles and am feeling a bit too lazy to run out and get them right now would it be a terrible idea to finish this with some grey sea salt? Also, someone posted back in February (timely response, I know) that their batter was runny. I am looking for a chocolate cake to make with raspberry filling, because your double chocolate layer cake has inspired me. I want chocolate cake! Also can you recommend a baking pan for this cake? Writing with another substitution! One of the easiest and most satisfying chocolate cake recipes ever. I loved it! Definitely needed the extra time, I was closer to the 35 minute mark than 25. My question: my daughter wants a chocolate-strawberry cake for her birthday. and it isnt that difficult to make with that machine. Never thought of using wine in cakes before:-) and wine and coffee and chocolate together :-) It was yummy. I know you have other vanilla frosting recipes but I love making this one in the food processorso easy and the texture is great. With lots of sprinkles, of course! Turns out baby now had taste buds! Thanks in advance! Especially because I could make it and then end up suddenly repulsed by it. I definitely agree about the longer (25-35 min) cooking time, and I actually one bowl-ed the frosting somewhat successfully.