I bought one and it is very handy. Delicious! Spinkle on powdered sugar if desired. I LOVE your recipe blog!! Deb: Dont worry if it looks lumpy! I think you could go as far as to triple this but as quadrupled, it would be crazy tall. So, anyway, my kids and I just made this using our 3:2:1 homemade mix and it is delicious! Trying to make up my mind which to make tomorrow . Fun at I dont have Dutch cocoa so used standard and didnt feel it was lacking all. Love this website. Thanks! It looks incredible. cheat day cant come soon enough. In 2008, when Smitten Kitchen was still an infant in blog years, I shared a recipe for my mom's apple cake. Does this cake freeze well for a day or two before frosting? Yes, will double the powder. It baked in 20-25 minutes. Im salivating on my keyboard here. I found it in March, around when quarantine started and for a couple of months, I made it every Saturday to celebrate another week of quarantine. Hands down the best chocolate icing Ive ever had! And hey, if you are someone who doesnt occasionally have a need for rainbow-confetti-ed and chocolate buttercream-ed chocolate cake that is so loud, it drowns out everything else, please step away from my cake. Weve made it dozens of time as an 88, but Id like to make it as a 913 sheet cake for my daughters birthday. Slightly adjusted ingredients, same effect. 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. The icing is just divine. I find melting and cooling the chocolate to be the most annoying task, and have seen recipes that simply call for cocoa powder instead. 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. They love it and I love that its simple and doesnt leave me with heaps of dishes! Perfect you can have two slices and one for breakfast the next day. Youre not tired of it by the time its gone. THanks! G-d!!!!! The added T. of cocoa and 1/2 t. instant espresso granules, didnt help. best chocolate cake ever! I made this last night and it was delicious! I would triple the frosting, especially if you wish to coat the sides as well. I thought that coffee was acidic in itself. Guessing I posted here before as I make this cake all the time. Needless to say, I wont be making this cake, but Ill stay tuned :). 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. This cake is perfect! No surprise there though, considering the source! Turned out, really, really well. That said, if you dont have Dutched but only a regular or natural cocoa, I havent tested this cake with it but suspect that youll be just fine, although the cake may be less dark in color. This frosting is HEAVEN. My cake dint rise too much i cooked in toaster oven.. Was that it?? 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). Meanwhile, Uncle Vixen had bought unsweetened cocoa rather than unsweetened chocolate for the frosting, so I had to find a sort of halfway point between Debs recipe and the one on the back of the cocoa bag (which assumes a double layer of cake, natch) w/r/t proportions of cocoa, butter, and milk; also I had to deal with the same issue of the stand mixer not really being able to reach all of the frosting; also I splashed the vanilla and the frosting tasted Very Strongly of it when it was finally done. My daughter wishes for a chocolate layer cake filled with chocolate chip ice cream for her birthday next week, and 6 cakes are my familys favorite size. Perfect swirls! THanks! It came together simply and easily. Thanks Deb!!! My frosting turned out chunky (fortunately the rainbow sprinkles hide it!). Thank you! I still use your Double Chocolate Layer cake every year for my husbands birthday. And its the perfect size for our family. And its beginning to be like my cure-all for days Im in a sour mood. Ive been reading your blog since before he was born and have cooked my way through a lot of what youve written about. The sugar is a bit much so the salt balances the sweetness a bit and enhances the chocolate flavor. 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! My almost perfect holiday baking seasonThis cake is lovely & easy to make & bake & eat. Crap. YMMV. chocolate peanut butter cup cookies. Or eaten. It was really easy, nice treat. . I dont have an oven thermometer, but is there anything else other than my oven being too hot that could have caused it to go so wrong? 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). This was delicious, especially the frosting! From the share button (the one that looks like an up-arrow coming out of a box) at the bottom of the Safari browser on an iPhone. Ive been a lurker heresince I was in highschool? Your directions for the frosting part of the I Want Chocolate Cake recipe, in the frosting directions you left out the vanilla if you are using a micer, and not a food processor. Its kept quite well in the fridge for a week. I finally made this cake today (despite having seen the recipe many times) after being enabled by the Cup of Jo post. Love your blog! I just made this today and it is solid! Its weirdly labourous but worth the time. 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 doubled this recipe using the weights instead of volume measurements and it turned out great. I finished it with wilton buttercream frosting. Emily If my notes are correct from the last time I converted it, youll get 12 standard. However, I am making a cake that has to be white. This coming from a girl raised in NJ, just outside the City, and whose standard is Juniors! This has been my kids birthday cake two years running! First time I made this cake (huge success, by the way) I used natural because thats all I had. Delicious, rich, ganache. Too thin. but how much should I multiply the recipe to make a three layer cake? Just enough cake, not too much, and so simple. I was brought to tears. Thanks! Nope, way too dry so I added an extra Tablespoon or so of heavy cream. Baked for 30 mins. Thank you! Made at 9:30 at night and it baked perfectly in 25 min. I plan to make all your chocolate cake recipes (your triple berry bundt cake is a huge hit with my family & friends) from now through Sept. 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. Thoughts? I decorated mine with Smarties! I love the rich chocolate flavor. Thanks again! Thank you. Mmmmmmmm. Id still frost it! :). 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. I made it today for a cast party for a community theatre again, accolades from the crowd. Yes yes yes. I have had this recipes saved for YEARS and finally made it. Thanks for your response! We had one at Tilth up here in Seattle this last weekend- it had buttermilk, browned butter, hazelnuts and currants and I want to eat there everyday just for this one scone! I got back from work at 8pm without a plan for my husbands birthday and managed to bake, cool, make a bodega run for confectioners sugar, decorate, make cacio e pepe, and open a bottle of wine within 90 minutes! Susan Wait, howww? Its hard to decrease sugar (more than I have) with a quick buttercream like this because the sugar provides the structure. Im planning to make this into cupcakes for a birthday party, but Ill need to make at least 4 dozen, and have only one pan. I am frosting the bday cake with a double batch of the above chocolate frosting, and making the raspberry buttercream for the chocolate cake. And, you know, now. (Or, Id have done it already. Must try! And then I had to tell my mother that it is better than The Family Recipe for chocolate cake. It may not be important, but Im still wondering: have you adjusted the baking powder since posting this recipe here? Because I need an excuse to make chocolate cake. Leti My favorite is from Valrhona. I added a heaping teaspoon of expresso powderDELICIOUS AND EASY. Pizzas, red wine and, to finish off the carb load, this chocolate cake. 1 tablespoon / 13 g granulated sugar It's chocolate-flavored and naturally red, and the texture is so dense and moist that only a little frosting is required between the layers, and that frosting is whipped mascarpone cheese - or cream cheese. I had no buttermilk so substituted Greek yogurt. I will be making this soon! But I found it to have a slightly grainy texture. Yes, but it is not needed to make this cake tender/plush. Im nervous about its moist crumbliness, though, and would prefer frosting to ganache. Please send help. Thank you. 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. Could you really taste it in the scone? Wouldnt be the same without them! We made this with your caramel chunks idea for the brownies sprinkled in, and added a whipped frosting with cream cheese, walnut, and chocolate chopped in. Love how you swirled the frosting on top! Recipes. Making this for Mothers Day, and an 88 is too much cake for two people on the pandemic meal plan. (and Im not even pregnant ;) ) (FWIW, I tend to make oil based cake recipes if Im looking to avoid dry cake at all costs.) I want that cake with peanut butter cream cheese buttercream frostingright now! I may have made a few frosting graham sandwiches for myself along the way. to buy both & Ive almost always got the light brown kind around. The texture is great, and its a superb idea to use real chocolate. My daughter made us all pancakes this morning for our Snow Day breakfast, and she has already pulled the ingredients out for this. Very good. LOVE this cake! Maybe I just want the icing-free cake? I usually bake for around 21 minutes for the regular cupcakes with this recipe. And congratulations! I may have taken it out a bit early, the rise went slightly down. Even the kiddies liked it! I could kick myself for not getting one ages ago. How did I even miss that! I put little chocolate rainbow sprinkles on it which were very charming and made me happier than I expected they would. Deb, the best thing about this recipe is that at the drop of a hat you can make a delicious chocolate cake. But I wonder if thats more due to my mixing by hand than to inherent flaws in the recipes. Thank you!! Sad but true. Baking time is decreased to 12 minutes. Do let it clabber for 10 to 15 minutes for a thicker texture. How much should I decrease the sugar if I use the semisweet chocolate I have? Actually, Id probably keep 1/4 cup buttermilk, just so the batter wasnt too thick to work with. Glad you enjoyed the cake in the end. Sweet Jesus this cake is so good that I have died and gone to chocolate heaven. Deb, I love you. Ive been dreaming about making chocolate cake. Love the photos of this oneI can smell it and taste it! Now I have a recipe. Im totally making this cake for his first birthday. I made this recipe into cupcakes, doubled, 3 times today. Thank you!! Thank you! I wish this had been in the notes! If round, you can probably 1.5x it. But seriously, that post about the carvel ice cream cake weeks ago is still haunting me. Thanks. ). I used the old lemon juice+milk trick as a buttermilk substitute and it came out great. and its better still not as sweet as if Id made it with chocolate chip melts or something like the Green & Blacks milk chocolate and it looks smashing, once again! Joining the gym after New Years so this is the week for this cake again. I am about to make the vanilla frosting. Sometimes where you live can play a factor in cake moistness! This was one of the all time best chocolate cakes Ive ever made. had no chance of melting the butter, when you mixed it in? I know this recipe is going to be fantastic. Im at a similar stage, due in August, and Ive been equally crazy for chocolate cake and not much else. So good! In a large bowl, use a hand or stand mixer to beat the butter and sugars until fluffy; scrape down bowl. Sophie You can make your own baking powder. 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? Thanks for replying! I have a fan-oven so cooked it for 17 minutes, which was just right. The food photography is top notch and presents the delicious food very well. It evokes something so real and essential. I made the frosting and smothered it all over the cake. Directions. The frosting turned out great! Six Months Ago: Strawberries and Cream with Graham Crumbles A friend whos feeling low, had a birthday yesterday at 3:30 or so he asked to hang out and what is a birthday without a few sprinkles, so I started this cake at 5 and it was fully ready to go at 7 (and that was mostly cooling time). In terms of leavening power, 1 teaspoon baking powder is equivalent to 1/4 teaspoon baking soda. & again the perfect cake to make again the next night when youve been asked to bake it for a friend. You really should regulate your comments. ANd they way you swirled the chocolate is perfect! Any tips for a frosting I could make with a whisk or does that just not work for frosting? Simply meant to say I dont have Dutch cocoa, so just used standard. So the amount was great for us, but obviously you could also double it if you wanted. It was GREAT! YUM. 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. Hello! Emily Im not sure how well this holds a clear shape (you might use the Chocolate Butter Cake here, for more of a pound cake effect) but this would be otherwise just find in a round pan.

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