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Simply meant to say I dont have Dutch cocoa, so just used standard. Elaina Baking time for cupcakes is less; I usually start checking at 15 minutes. several times a year) and if anything, its on the sweet side. I think i am going to try to make it myself!!! I just made your best birthday cake with the addition of chocolate chips for my fiances birthday, and he requested a chocolate buttercream frosting. I also have a non-standard oven (AGA). I wish I could reach in a try a slice! This cake was fantastic and was so easy to put together. But seriously, that post about the carvel ice cream cake weeks ago is still haunting me. 1/16th of the scrolling is comments. The directions mention this can be made as 12 cupcakes. Hi Deb, I asked if she trusted you enough to plow through and make as directed. Ive made this a few times and it always seems a little on the dry side. Every year I make my kids half a cake for their half birthday and this made a PERFECT half double layer cake. i did also back off on the sugar this time i didnt measure but i would guestimate about a cup vs 1.5 cups. I just made this with gluten free 1:1 replacement flour for a friend for her birthday and it was so good and so moist. Thanks. Line the bottom of an 8-inch square cake pan with parchment paper, and either butter the parchment and exposed sides of the pan, or spray the interior with a nonstick spray. My husband usually dislikes cake because its too sweet, but he had two pieces last night (as did I). Sally Usually in the fridge for a day does the trick. I really hope I can replicate that crazy looking icing. LOVE this cake! Didnt have buttermilk so subbed yoghurt and milk. Will make again!!! Even if this recipe is similar to some youve posted in the past, Im glad you did just to see the beautiful pictures. Making this as cupcakes for my sons birthday party, but do I need to adjust cooking time or oven temperature?? As was my springform. And so, my absolutely wonderful husband made it for me! This is a great recipe!! Love the photos of this oneI can smell it and taste it! 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. Would I leave the recipes as is if doing cupcakes and adjust baking time? Its ludicrously easy and not over the top sweet. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. It was really fun making it and i loved making the frosting and cake. I have some bars of Bakers chocolate and clumsily didnt label them bittersweet or semisweet or unsweetened. Cant wait to give my kids a treat!!! This was the perfect amount of batter for 12 cupcakes. 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? Megan You could halve this in a 6-inch round. perfection. Just buy the biggest ones they have. Whisk flour, sugar, baking soda, and 3/4 teaspoon salt in large bowl to blend. I will admit I subbed bittersweet choc for the unsweetened because thats what I had. Fran You can use coffee for most of the buttermilk and Ive heard good things about mayo too. Its as 8 spring form pan by the way. Coffee does rank about 5, making it an acid. I decided to look at a recipe anyway. But the choice of recipes plus the use of WEIGHTS for ingredients overpowered me. Thanks! 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! Reading this comment, I just realized I DID forget the 2 tbs of granulated sugar in the I Want Chocolate Cake cake that I made tonight! 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. Huzzah for cake. the cake was *very* thin, so i cut it in half and stacked it to create a small layer cake. I ordered one for an upcoming birthday party cake, and the instructions say to use a dense cake such as a pound cake. :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. Thank you! Is there a cream cheese frosting that you would recommend, to go with this cake? Youre pregnancy sounds exactly like my pregnancy. For me, this always ends with a liquidy batter with tiny capsules of butter/sugar floating, so I assume thats the norm. I made the cake the other day for my sons birthday. 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! I cant wait. What do you suggest? Cake notes: I didnt have buttermilk so I used 3/4 cup thinned (with water) whole milk yogurt. The icing is to die for and such a snap to make. Lovely cake though, one of my faves! Yay! i love your blog thank you for posting & for all the inspirations! Its hot and humid where I live so maybe the weather helped. 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. (It says it on this package.) I really wanted that light & fluffy frosting. Can you file it under I at least? No one wants a dry cake! 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. Still, much better by then. Love your site your writing, approach and photography are all just superb, and I appreciate your sense of humour and real-life tips. 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). Sometimes where you live can play a factor in cake moistness! It feels suspicious to me. I love the size of this cake. I usually hear about substitutions with flax eggs, but nobody has mentioned doing so here yet in the comments. Oh my gosh, this is happening tonight. I used Herseys special blend cocoa (dutch and natural) and added some instant espresso powder into the milk. However, keep in mind that this is a thin cake layer, a little under an inch. My fiance was going to bake me a cake but he came down with an awful migraine and so I figured Id make this cake and top it with whipped cream and cherries, for an easy but pretty dessert for the dinner we were hosting. At least a Pinterest board might do the trick. Deb, Ive just noticed you forgot to mention the buttermilk when adding ingredients. :/. Chocolate cake with chocolate frosting would definitely be an understatement! Looks delicious! Thoughts on a little white vinegar in regular milk to make buttermilk? Hi, I really want to make a chocolate orange cake. Okay I now have a terrible problem. Looks lovely! Scoop the frosting onto the cooled chocolate cake and swirl it around. This was so good. The sweet frosting with this rich second batch hit the right spot. Thanks! 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 didnt have buttermilk so I mixed one TBS of lemon juice with 3/4 c whole milk. I feel like something went wrong because it shouldnt seem heavy; rich with chocolate and not terribly sweet, yes, but I make it for almost every birthday layer cake and its always just delightfully tender and moist, especially, like most cakes, on day two. It was just fine; moist but not dense. I recently tested this doubled in one cake pan it works but it will go over the top a bit which can be unnerving. and checking the cooking time. 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. But at some point, why not just eat the frosting by itself? What I really want is chocolate on chocolate. I spread it thick on an 88 pan of brownies and sprinkled peppermint bits over the top. Man I have had a chocolate cake kind of week. Your amazing photos have made me want cake. Its fabulous and the husband pronounced it the best chocolate cake hes ever eaten. :). (See here.) Sneha If the knife isnt batter-free (i.e. Maybe its not as pretty but it worked really well- maybe this is helpful to someone with the same dilemma. and then your post came to my email box. Just found out were having a second boy. 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. handfulofshadows I actually continually tweak this cake, but I tend not to edit the earlier versions because they work and everyone is happy with them. Can I replace the dutch cocoa with natural cocoa? Thank you for the recipe :D. Okay so I made the cake but admittingly havent tried it yet. Perfect timing! Higher in the middle tho I thought I evenly spread it. I will try this recipe with coffee :) Im excited to experiment with unsweetened in place of bittersweet chocolate- I hadnt thought of that before! Every bit as wonderful as I imagined. I can relate, as I was dry sick when growing each of my two little people. (P.S. 1.5 Years Ago: Key Lime Popsicles (still a favorite!) Made this last night great timing as the boyfriends 35th was yesterday and usually my desserts are too fancy for him. Any insight? In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, graham-cracker crumbs, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. I made this cake and it was pretty much the best cake I have ever eaten. Yes, this is everything I want. sick. You never disappoint. and that suited nicely. It came out delicious, rich, and chocolatey in a way that satisfied that chocolate craving even without the frosting (too lazy and couldnt wait for butter to thaw). when I suddenly NEEDED brownies, so I feel you on this! Very much looking forward to any recipe involving peanut butter! Easy and yummy, thanks. The Delicious taste of chocolate ahaha. Mission accomplished. anyway, the cake itself is delicious, tender, and easy. I so want this. This is by far my familys favorite cake! Thank you for sharing a great recipe! You can bake it in a 9-inch round. I want chocolate cake! This is my go-to for most of my recipes now, since my friend turned me onto here! Is it round or square? Its moist and rich, but not too sweet I may just have some for breakfast tomorrow! 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. Im at a similar stage, due in August, and Ive been equally crazy for chocolate cake and not much else. Thanx For Sharing this recipes. I.e. 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. I made this last night and it was delicious! Thanks. Gonna save this one :). Can I sub 2% milk for the cream/whole milk in the frosting? This looks so good. I am trying this right now but my cake is still chocolaty ( dippy ) from the middle. This cake looks like it fits the bill. (And chocolate leftovers with excess icing for me! Thank you! I love making chocolate cake but never seem to be able to eat an entire cake. The volume of a 6 round is half a 9 round; yay pi. I have already made this cake (in almost all of its versions! & again the perfect cake to make again the next night when youve been asked to bake it for a friend. I had just about everything I needed to make this in my pantry, but I could only muster half the frosting but it was still excellent. Will it not work with the baking soda? Joanne I agree; frosting this sweet is definitely more of an American thing. The frosting came out awesome. Love this website. it really cuts the sweetness and just has the most awesome texture a solid lid to the cake but that still can be cut through, and so creamy. Love love love it! Definitely a keeper, thanks! 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. Wow. Do you think I could skip the cocoa and/or replace the weight with more powdered sugar? Delicious!! Sorry about that Deb. Delish no frosting just some a bit of icing sugar. And while Im happy to tell you that my interest in most foods (except for chicken, sweet potatoes and soup, they know what they did) has returned, my devotion to these categories hasnt waned in the slightest. Though it tasted sweet enough. Joy Yes, it gets more moist as the days go on. But I wonder if thats more due to my mixing by hand than to inherent flaws in the recipes. Quick, easy and delicious but WHY is it in the recipe list as the I want chocolate chocolate cake? No particular comment on this cake (although it looks UH-MAZING), but I love you and I appreciate your blog so much. I cant wait!!!! About to make the best-est cake of all time; love this thing! 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). Kate Check out overstock.com. We still have to quarantine for a whole week anyway. I added a heaping teaspoon of expresso powderDELICIOUS AND EASY. i made the cake! TMI? Thank you for the cake recipe, the sprinkles really catch the eye! Stat! This was SO my recent pregnancy (baby is 10 weeks). This recipe is so disappointing, especially after all the other ones Ive made from your site. From the fridge, its a bit of a pain. Is that just me?! Checked it at 22 minutes and then after 5 more and 5 more after that so next time Ill likely check it at 33 minutes. Turned out great Thank you! I really could have used this recipe last night! This is soo going to get made tomorrow! 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. After a good 30 minutes it comes out DELICIOUS. 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. Ive made this twice now and its definitely in rotation as a birthday cake cake. We made this for my mothers birthday and were delighted, particularly with the beautifully light frosting. Thank you for sharing the recipe. I made cupcakes for my daughters birthday. For me, I liked it better that way! SUCH a successful recipe!! Or the book! My name for this cake is Why Havent You Baked Me Earlier Cake. I followed the directions, and the butter and eggs were at room temperature. Making this for Mothers Day, and an 88 is too much cake for two people on the pandemic meal plan. If I double the recipe and make it a 9 by 13 pan,do I need to increase cooking time? You see, we recently moved to a new house and i do not have everything in stock yet. Speed up by placing outside for 10 mins LOLZ I make my vanilla one in the food processor too. Small cakes? Its the favorite of my family and friends though, so Im trying to create a chocolate cake recipe that both they and I will enjoy. Very good. My BFF still uses one, and I find it charming. Love this cake and its counter part in the party cake builder section of your book!! I just wish I could make my frosting swirls as pretty as Debs. Im in week 11 and only the thought that morning sickness is about to end keeps me going! Could I sub cake flour for ap flour? anyway, this is my go-to frosting recipe from now on! I made this cake for my boyfriends birthday. 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! The sides have cooked but the center hasnt. I agree that a salad dressings index would be great. Video Notes Time will confirm. Regrettably it hadnt survived long enough to be frosted with chocolate frosting, not to mention sprinkling it with sprinkles. I had the following complications: My stand mixer struggled with such small amounts of things, but the hand mixer is in a storage box somewhere, so the Kitchenaid and I had to make do. Jenny I havent tried it but it might work. So yummy! I need this cake in my life, and I need someone else to make it! Delicious! So that doesnt count, right? That was TOO easy. a simple three layered birthday cake? Deb, the cake sounds fabulous, but I have to tell you, your introduction had me laughing out loud. The only thing available to me that was vaguely cake-sized and shaped was a glass pie dish. I love reading your recipes, etc, and often print off the recipes. Start with 25 mins, then check every couple of mins, depending on the done-ness of your cake. Enquiring minds want to know. Could I make the frosting a raspberry buttercream by putting in raspberry pure instead of chocolate? the most beautiful chocolate cake i ever did see. This one will cause quick a bit of excitement, I can tell. Glad you enjoyed the cake in the end. I was thinking of starting with your dreamy cream scones as base and use browned butter. . Im doing some one bowl plotting for upcoming celebrations. Next time will try with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. I get impatient so I usually do both. This looked insanely good when I saw it first and didnt disappoint in the least when I made it. Thank you for this wonderful recipe it is incredible! Deb, I made this frosting tonight and I found it almost too bitter as written. Thank you Deb. I havent made one since a family birthday version last summer, but this looks awfully tempting. The food photography is top notch and presents the delicious food very well. How much should I decrease the sugar if I use the semisweet chocolate I have? No bears there then? Add one-third of the 1 1/4 cup (155g . However, the book has a slightly different amount of baking powder (3/4 tsp). Turned out great! Recipes. I love this cake. How can I cut down on the sugar in a cake recipe without throwing off the volume and texture? If round, to make 2 layers of an equivalent height, youll want to scale the recipe 250%. Any thoughts?? Would aquafaba work to replace eggs (vegan version)? My friends, family and I would like to take this opportunity to thank you very very much :) I cooked a lot back home and im getting nervous starting my cooking adventures here! So much so, that I think I might name a few of my extra pounds after you . It only took about 20 minutes to bake, and it fell in the middle, but that may have been my own fault for checking on it too soon. Your swirls are amazing. 3 tbs cocoa and one tbs butter for one ounce of unsweetened chocolate). Previous post: spaghetti pangrattato with crispyeggs, Next post: cornmeal-fried pork chops + smashedpotatoes, cornmeal-fried pork chops + smashedpotatoes. The wine and cocoa married so well in this cake. I made a different cake, but wanted to try the frosting. Just finished making this and am now tucking into a generous slice. Thanks Deb! The batter tastes amazing! Deb, you so perfectly describe what I experienced with food when I was pregnant!! Thinking of getting ahead of my sons bday next weekend. The frosting is also wonderful! The frosting was a bit sweet for us, next time I will use less sugar and add some espresso powder. I love this cake basically my platonic ideal of what chocolate cake should be. Thank you! For softening butter, what anne said (I like to cut it in pieces first, so theres no melty spot in the middle of a big stick). I mean EVERYONE commented on it. Incidentally, this is only a couple of steps away from my go-to brownie recipe. Initially, it appeared to have too little frosting for my lots-of-frosting preferences, but it is so rich and delicious more isnt necessary. Now I need a glass of wine to round out my palate. 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. Same temperature. I used it for my daughters birthday cupcakes. Theres enough baking powder in the recipe that Id bet the acid/soda balance is not super-critical. Then I saw an article with the above watch-out. 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. Also subbed 1/2 coffee 1/2 yoghurt for the buttermilk. xo. ( thanks to the hereditary sweet tooth). I so love the frosting recipe!! The same thing happened when I tried making the pink lady (strawberry) cake. Its almost like.dinner. Scrape the bowl down well and dont worry if the batter looks uneven. Total score, thank you! My son requested a chocolate-chocolate cake for his 4th birthday so I doubled the recipe and got 3 6-in. We did not make it to the grocery store until after we were both done with work and because its COVID times our trip took two hours so I started this cake at 7. . I noticed that you put less white sugar in this than your Everyday chocolate cake (which I adore). I did use butter and sour cream in the recipe, so I guess it is primal, not paleo. If small squares, 16. Boyfriend is allergic to wheat, so I used brown rice flour (he found out two weeks ago so Im pretty new to this) and I couldnt tell the difference! This was delicious, especially the frosting! Was that the culprit?!? So I added some whole milk until it was smooth enough to spread and then baked it for 25 minutes. Add the egg, yolk and vanilla and beat until combined, then the buttermilk and mix again. Finally made this cake for my mother-in-laws birthday last weekend. I may treat myself to your cookbook for my birthday. The first two attempts were as the recipe said, the third with replacing 1/2C of buttermilk with coffee. Toni Yes, same as the Monkey Cake. First piece I had with chocolate milk, the second with scotch. Exact same pregnancy cravings, as I sit here eating another PB on English muffin. Try it again and see if it succeeds this time! I will be making this soon! I used an 8 round for the cake, and put the extra in a small pyrex which my hubby and I devoured last night, without benefit of frosting. dulce de leche chocoflan . I made 1.5 x the amount of batter in the cake recipe to make two relatively thinner 9 round layers and doubled the frosting recipe and I had plenty to ice the cake. 1/2 teaspoon table or fine sea salt, Frosting 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.) So Im logging this recipe away until after August, and I wont be sharing with the new tiny one AT ALL. Im not normally a chocolate cake person, but Ive been crazy for it this week. :) Yes, that was what I meant by uneven. Make the frosting: Place frosting ingredients in a food processor and run machine to to mix. Aprx. Probably for breakfast. I was meaning to ask you about that as I read through the recipe and your note was a very welcome surprise. Im on my way to a weight loss/fitness goal. 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. anne I think stout would work just fine. I am so thankful for a smaller cake recipe. Thanks :). :(, So sad, but the frosting is the best i have ever tried and made so far. 5 minutes outside on a winter day, its good to go. I substituted buttermilk for greek yogurt and it worked just fine. I am so impressed with how tender, moist the crumb is for such a low butter content (I used yoghurt rather than buttermilk) will definitely be making this on repeat! :) I love your little person for inspiring you to post this. 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/. Ive been reading your blog since before he was born and have cooked my way through a lot of what youve written about. Deb- Thx for the speedy reply. :). It is now known as The Cake in our house. I made this cake and topped it with strawberries since I didnt have sprinkles on hand. Its my favorite buttercream. A happy anniversary, indeed! P.S. ps, is there a sub for the unsweetened chocolate? liz I have no idea! Rather than a cream cheese frosting, you'll make a quick buttercream frosting, which I found was harder to spread. only asked about the choc sub to see if i could use what i already had on hand. Just looking at these pictures makes me feel the urgency. . I live at 6000 feet. Yummy! Not sure if you still think this would be worthwhile, but if you were to do it, I would -totally- use it. I am not a baker and yet this turned out perfectly. Or The Nothing Is Ever Going To Be Okay Again If I Dont Have Chocolate Cake Cake. THanks! Just made this. Additionally, I have baking powder but not soda might I somehow be able to work with one? 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 Beat in the egg, scraping down the sides of the bowl. We were at the cabin so this was going to be a hand-mixer + $5 ikea-cake-pan-smeared-with-whole-cow-of-butter kind of a job.