Hands down the best frosting Ive ever made! You and your blog bring me great joy! Add the cooled chocolate and whisk until smooth. I usually just add a tablespoon vinegar or lemon juice to a cup of milk and dont fuss about the extra spoonful. Thank god for that frosting, because it turned out the ratio and the richness of the frosting balanced with the sturdy, deeply chocolate-y cake that was barely almost a smidge over but not too badly. The only thing available to me that was vaguely cake-sized and shaped was a glass pie dish. So delicious. Needless to say, I wont be making this cake, but Ill stay tuned :). And not too huge so we didnt get sick of it. Thanks in advance! For a 4 tiered cake, says triple the recipe but what about when Ive made this a few times and its turned out the best with whole milk yogurt (not Greek yogurt) and a half to on teaspoon of instant coffee/espresso. Im also using your instructions from the confetti cake to make it an Elmo cake. The cake never fails and is always a huge hit. This is absolutely a keeper. This is my sisters oven, so I am just learning how it bakes. Thank you for sharing a great recipe! I just made your best birthday cake with the addition of chocolate chips for my fiances birthday, and he requested a chocolate buttercream frosting. Powdered sugar frostings sometimes have an unpleasant aftertaste to them that I dont like, but this was fabulous rich, chocolatey, buttery. And backpulver is baking powder. I really wanted chocolate cake but it was so late. I baked it in an 99 square, for just about 21 mins. I know this recipe is going to be fantastic. Thanks for a quick recipe for our math celebration! Definitely going into the rotation. Bake on the center rack in oven for 65-75 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the loaf comes out clean. Was there a brown butter-sugar glaze on it too? Your recipes are always right up my alley and your write-ups are like notes from a friend. Mine did. What is you favorite kind to eat? Privacy Policy. ice cream cake roll. (See more details on how I figure this out below, but it sounds like you already know. The sugar is a bit much so the salt balances the sweetness a bit and enhances the chocolate flavor. 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. Thank you! And to top it off, hubby, the pickiest cake eater I know, who rarely finishes a slice, had seconds. (Keep 1/4 cup buttermilk so youll have an acidic ingredient to wake up the baking soda.). Mel For a whiskable frosting, well, its all about how strong your arms are. So easy to make, this is my forever birthday cake. I made the icing a second time, watching it carefully, and it turned out perfectly. Very best wishes from the UK, Jo :-) anne Coffee, at least as far as I could read about it, has the same ph as water (5/neutral). I cant wait to make this. Cant wait to try this combination. I am making your fudgy chocolate cake and golden vanilla cakes from your 2nd cookbook this week and I am so curious as to why, in your book recipes, you sprinkle the leavening agents on the batter instead of putting them in with the flour/cocoa or flour cornstarch mixture as you do in this recipe? It added up to a 65 lb. Also, can you bake this in a round cake pan instead of a rectangular one? and it isnt that difficult to make with that machine. Thanks for sharing! Its a problem, I hear you loud and clear! Hi Deb! Recipes. And do I need to butter the inside of each paper cupcake wrapper or should I butter the actual cupcake tin and then place the paper cupcake wrapper inside that? Or should I just give in and go to the store? I backed it 28 min because 20 min wasnt enough and it became a bit dry. 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. (fwiw-I used Sharfenberger unsweetened. Thanks. Youre the best. I love a good simple chocolate cake recipe. All of the basic ingredients cheddar cheese, tortillas, and cauliflower can be found in your corner store, and it works just as well if you sub it with a different veggie. (P.S. I doubled the recipe and baked it in a 913 for 40 minutes, came out perfect. 6 tablespoons buttermilk (or, for ease of measuring, 1 / 4 cup + 2 tablespoons) Is it round or square? I shop there because they have EVERYTHING FOR BAKING but.they arent the most pleasant peeps Ive come across. ps, is there a sub for the unsweetened chocolate? But I wonder if thats more due to my mixing by hand than to inherent flaws in the recipes. I never found it, and was too lazy to try to make it (im never satisfied with my own baked goods anyway). That could be the issue too much creaming. I made this yesterday, for Chocolate Cake Day, but had no buttermilk handy, and was loathe to go out in the cold to buy some. Followed the recipe exactly and made 14 cupcakes (baked for 19 minutes). Man I have had a chocolate cake kind of week. Thank you! I am considering 88 two layers. If I double the recipe, would a bunt pan be appropriate? A combination of too much flour, too little cocoa and too much heat or time in the oven will certainly dry out baked goods. Those chocolate swirls of frosting! I loved it! Yes, thats odd, I know, but its also good. 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt mine clocks in at 5 grams vs. the 6 grams of table salt. Confetti sprinkles: I got mine from New York Cake on 22nd Street but, of course, Amazon sells them as well. This is a great recipe. The first time, I left out half the flour, so the cupcakes arent very cake-y, but they are delicious (and there are few sins frosting wont hide). Definitely an amazing chocolate cake and its not even one of my favorite flavors but one look at this cake and I HAD to make it! No bears there then? I still use your Double Chocolate Layer cake every year for my husbands birthday. Perfect you can have two slices and one for breakfast the next day. None of these are a dealbreaker, of course, just good to know going in. 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 cake is a delight. Aw, I hope he feels better soon and that you are all safe. 2.5 times the recipe? 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. Hi Deb! I used a hand-held mixer, and made the frosting the same way, so not only did I not have to clean the food processor, I had the beater blades to clean. Yes, but it is not needed to make this cake tender/plush. Hi Deb. I finished it with wilton buttercream frosting. Website question/suggestion (maybe someone asked for this already?) You cant ever going wrong with chocolate cake! & again the perfect cake to make again the next night when youve been asked to bake it for a friend. Its nearly a brownie, but not quite. Hi! Made this yesterday and the cake was soft, dense, moist and delicious. WrittenPyramids Glad it was a hit. 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? Its cold here for S. Texas! They touted it as something like WORLDS BEST CHOCOLATE CAKE so I saved it and figured wed make it this weekend for our weekly baking project. Ive tried adding back the sugar in the hopes it will fluff but alas, no; its an oily albeit fudgy/tasty mess. Just buy the biggest ones they have. I processed the next batch just until fluffy and spreadable looking and it turned out great. :) xx. Seriously, we love it so much!! That doesnt sound good at all. This will be my go to recipe from now on. Smitten Kitchen's cake, which is baked in a single layer in a square pan, met a similar fate. YES, YES, YES!!!!!!!!! The last two times I made only half the frosting, which still gave the same effect as the photos did. All that to say, I enjoyed a piece of your chocolate cake for breakfast enormously. Thank you! It smells like heaven, and is exactly the kind of evening we needed. It may not be important, but Im still wondering: have you adjusted the baking powder since posting this recipe here? Weve made it dozens of time as an 88, but Id like to make it as a 913 sheet cake for my daughters birthday. http://www.highergroundstrading.com/blog/38/coffee-acidity:-the-science-and-the-experience, My cake took almost 30 minutes to bake?! Equal parts using the coffee to thin out the yogurt? And I still got this on the table at a reasonable hour. I used golden brown sugar and non-Dutch cocoa powder because I had them on hand. Thanks! Ive made it twice in the last few weeks. :) This looks amazing; cant wait to try it! So easy, and a perfectly chocolate-cake-hankering cake! makes some foods terrible, but others so much more DELICIOUS than youd have ever imagined. The cake looked so good. Deb, in a very saturated social media food scene, you are one of the OGs and my absolute favorite. Your chocolate cake is super and good in look and mouth watering.I am not having enuf time to do it.can i buy this cake any where in baker center.you can find more cake in this website : midnight cake delivery in hyderabad. Magda I dont have the functionality at this time, but Id love to get it if possible. 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. Nailed it! Im making this for my book club tonight and wanted to time it so I could ice the thing and then hop in the car and head out, only my icing is not fluffy but oily!!! I used the alternative to buttermilk she mentions and used 1/2 cup strong coffee and 1/4 cup whole fat Greek yogurt (though doubled in my case, and the cake was deeply chocolatey and moist. However, keep in mind that this is a thin cake layer, a little under an inch. Writing with another substitution! Is that just me?! Its supposed to be reserved for only specific times? i used thinned greek yogurt for the buttermilk. my friend this cake is gorgeous! 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? Everyone, Deb is right, get that small offset spatula. Hi Deb I actually found your blog while searching for Apple Tart recipes and accidentally clicked on this Chocolate Cake recipe instead. Deb, as far as the buttermilk subs. Or maybe get one of these? Bummed. Lower than 7 is acidic, higher than 7 is basic/alkali. I regret to tell you that this cake is nothing exactly new, and its not because Im out of ideas (I hope not, at least! I made it yesterday for my husband for Valentines Day. I love your best birthday cake with the chocolate sour cream frosting, but tonight I wanted chocolate cake, so I thought this was the appropriate recipe to try. Thinking of getting ahead of my sons bday next weekend. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Mmmm yum. This cake rivals the chocolate cakes from the best bakeries in town. I have some bars of Bakers chocolate and clumsily didnt label them bittersweet or semisweet or unsweetened. Or is it just a typo, either here or in the book? 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/. That said, measuring cup sets vary a little; theyre an imperfect measurement. Next time, Ill try your cake recipe, too (only remembered I wanted to try this when the other one was in the oven!). and am here to report that the frosting amount was also just right. 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. Sweet Jesus this cake is so good that I have died and gone to chocolate heaven. 9 by 13 it is!!! This is a delicious, fast chocolate cake! the most beautiful chocolate cake i ever did see. and fat. Looked cute, tasted great and since it was only for 3 people, it was a perfect size. Perfect Friday night dessert. 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. Love your strawberry cake, so I was excited to try this one. I only made the frosting part, but had to comment because it was fantastic and easy. He and I made it this morning and it is so delicious, even my cake is meh husband is a fan. Probably for breakfast. 1 / 4 teaspoon fine sea salt or table salt. Id start checking at 15 to be safe. I didnt want chocolate cake 5 minutes ago, but now I do. Not that I wont eat it :-D. Thanks so much Deb! You might want to check out the comment guidelines before chiming in. Ill just skip the chicken with dinner or something. Just looking at these pictures makes me feel the urgency. I kinda wish I had seen this last night, I was looking for some easy, yummy, recipe to make on the quick, where I actually had the ingredients on hand already, and this totally would have fit the bill. they took about 18 minutes. But the choice of recipes plus the use of WEIGHTS for ingredients overpowered me. Generously butter sides of pan and parchment round. (The cake is good too, dont get me wrong.) Thank you, for this recipe! Ive loved every single Smitten Kitchen recipe Ive tried, and these are no exception. Ive often had more success with the oil-water chocolate cakes than with the butter-based ones (in general I mean; I havent tried your butter-based chocolate cakes). G-d!!!!! Divine- super moist and deeply chocolatey! Great cake! I liked your frosting a lot, but the chocolate didnt fully emulsify. Even the kiddies liked it! I made the cake the other day for my sons birthday. If I wanted to use this frosting for a 9 inch double layer round cake, would you just double it or do 2 1/2 times? If youre not used to U.S. frostings at all (which, of course, are very sweet), it might seem over-the-top. If I double the recipe and make it a 9 by 13 pan,do I need to increase cooking time? Im reading this recipe for Emergency chocolate cake while filling my mouth with your Cocoa Brownies from a couple of years ago. I had a favourite chocolate cake for years and yearsand then I made this one! Ive had great success with them. You cant beat chocolate cake and this one looks incredible, Deb. You can also bake it as a lovely loaf. Four-year-old grandson adds the rainbow sprinkles and heartily endorses it. Beat it on high, scrape down the bowl, beat it some more, etc, until its mixable. I made this and I just wanted to say that it was so good. Youre not at a higher elevation, are you? Is it my oven or did something get lost when transferring the Fahrenheit to Celsius degrees?Anyway. This icing, which we used for our sons birthday cake, is my favorite. If round, 8. Ive used your recipes before- that very morning, Id used your recipe for latkes (which reminded me of my childhood in Germany- perfect texture, thank you. I am going to try and bake this cake. I used self-raising flour and half a tsp of baking powder. (yes, for breakfast!) The baking time was a bit of a problem! Every time I saw, chocolate, my mouth goes to water. The results were excellent. My solution was: I didnt frost the cake after baking but kept the frosting in the fridge and the cake on the counter in cling film . A couple berries and a tuft of whipped cream are optional, but not really."-- @smittenkitchen. good luck and thanks for the beautiful cake! I have made this cake dozens of times, it is easy and delicious. 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. *head smack*. I love the sweeping shapes in the frosting. A family favourite in our house. I find melting and cooling the chocolate to be the most annoying task, and have seen recipes that simply call for cocoa powder instead. Maybe its not as pretty but it worked really well- maybe this is helpful to someone with the same dilemma. If small squares, 16. Do I defrost 4, decorate them tonight and frost the rest just before serving on Sunday? I know that you do them by hand right now, and I totally admire your patience with that, hence the q :). I then did a quick Google search for "chocolate cake," which revealed that Add a Pinch's recipe might be the most beloved of them all. Youve totally made my two-year-olds day. 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. 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. Got a really nice, which 8 layer, which I topped with chocolate whipped cream and sprinkles. Ive made this version and the red wine version and both are moist and perfectly chocolatey delightfully eat-em-up good! Would I leave the recipes as is if doing cupcakes and adjust baking time? Crap. For once the internet has failed me and I would love to see a video of your technique!!! Just enough cake, not too much, and so simple. Thanks for the spot-on recipe and the best chocolate cake Ive eaten in a long time. I halved the frosting but I really liked it. Sometimes Im like Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde when it comes to chocolate. Would that work? But if youve been there, youve felt this, this is for you. This looks so good and I know my little girl would love this. :). I deviated ever-so-slightly by topping it with a cream cheese frosting, simply due to the vibe I was feeling. Oh Deb, as I am now a little over 4 months pregnant, I cannot tell you how thrilled I am that our cravings are in sync. Score!). Deb, you so perfectly describe what I experienced with food when I was pregnant!! Your recipes are so easy and relate-able, and yet so novel, and your photography is scrumptious. Give It To Me Right Now Cake. Thank you! You can drop the sugar a little, but too much and it wont be thick enough as a frosting. Really, I tried to come up with a less cumbersome title, but chocolate cake with chocolate frosting doesnt connote the central urgency here. I will absolutely try this as cupcakes next time. 1 large egg In terms of the icing, the same thing happened to me as with Erin, the icing became oily. Anyway, DELICIOUS and for sure my new go-to one bowl, easy-as-can-be, need it now chocolate cake. Hosted by Pressable. But either way, the cake turned out great. 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 decided it was fate and made it. (The 88 I have on hand is glass, with rounded corners, which makes it seem so much smaller.). Ive doubled the recipe and its currently in the oven in a 913. Jennie. cheat day cant come soon enough. I have extra and my kids dont care for pudding so trying to figure out what to do with it. Am I always Overbaking by a few minutes? Is that the route we need to take in order to PIN a recipe? Sally Usually in the fridge for a day does the trick. Thanks! dont quit your day job I have bittersweet baking bars and cocoa powder. 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. Bake for 18 to 22 minutes (updated, based on feedback) 25 to 35 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Thank you for this easy small cake! I just want a few slices of cake, enough to last in our house for two or three nights, even when there is no birthday or holiday or cause for celebration in sight. This is the easiest; its quite chocolaty, a little fudgy, not firm but holds together well. And OH MY. Hello form the Corona days! I riffed off your frosting to make rocky road frosting by adding mini marshmallows and chopped toasted pecans. I was a little worried as Im a beginner baker but it was a total hit!! But I am living in a country free of baking powder (Switzerland!). Its a very moist cake and keeps well (if you hide it hahahaha). Quick and easy for a last minute crowd pleaser. It is now known as The Cake in our house. Congrats and thanks for this recipe! The recipe has you bake two cake layers and then slice each one in half to create four. And, you my dear, are apparently my enabler! The dreamy frosting covers a multitude of floury sins, So I made this yesterday, and it was delicious. This was SO my recent pregnancy (baby is 10 weeks). Hi. Does it bake well this way? Thank you! No, sorry, I dont have a tag for it. It is wonderfully decadent for such a simple, unassuming cake. Thanks for the update! Now Im craving chocolate cake! The added T. of cocoa and 1/2 t. instant espresso granules, didnt help. Thanks for the craving, Deb! Baked for 30 mins. Thanks. I love your description of your food cravings; theyre contagious! ). Thanks Deb! This will be my go to chocolate cake recipe! 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. Charlie Not on my 2nd floor balcony in Manhattan, I hope!
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