Glad it was a hit! We were sitting around with a bit of wine and a roasted cauliflower tonight, thinking about what to do for the night; we are homebodies, Friday basically is equal to Tuesday in my mind and CAKE! Hi, Baked for 20 minutes. Its the perfect cake size for our family of 3. Ive been reading that one shouldnt use Dutch processed cocoa with recipes that contain baking powder or baking soda; apparently recipes with those ingredients use the acidity of natural cocoa to react with and the alkalinity of Dutch process will mess with the product. My larger offset languishes in the drawer unused except for sheet pan spreading jobs. I could eat that on celery and be in heaven. And I regretted that when I asked my husband why we didnt have any chocolate cake, he said because you havent made any? He was correct Id made them dinner, instead and the great unraveling of all that had once been right and good but failed to lead me to chocolate cake continued. But OMG the icing is fantastic!!! Deb, youve done it again! Note to self: Keep cake ingredients and directions separate from frosting info. Brought this to a neighbors party and gleefully watched as it was gobbled up. Fran You can use coffee for most of the buttermilk and Ive heard good things about mayo too. Its a very busy page, even with my ad blocker, so itd be nice if you could put up a Print Recipe link or some other manner to make it more legible. The result is a perfect pick-me-up cake on a weeknight. I only had one medium egg and yogurt instead of buttermilk. Deb, I love you. Im thrilled on both counts. Chocolate yummy!!!!! Insanely perfect timing since its my boyfriends birthday in two weeks and his only request for his cake was chocolate, chocolate and chocolate. The ingredients & method are straightforward. For a summer party I baked triple the amount on a large tray, with mascarpone raspberry topping. Can you tell me what size is your strainer in the picture? Also, someone posted back in February (timely response, I know) that their batter was runny. Have never liked chocolate cake (other chocolate things -oooh yeah,) but the color of this one (soooo dark), has me wondering if this will be the one that changes my mind. I added on at least another 5 minutes, and maybe more, for the baking time. Just made this amazing cake for myself for my birthday and want to thank you for the gift the most foolproof recipe ever. It was really great. i used thinned greek yogurt for the buttermilk. The knife comes out with chocolate on it. How did it taste in the end? Nope, way too dry so I added an extra Tablespoon or so of heavy cream. Thank you so much for all you do! So much so, that I think I might name a few of my extra pounds after you . The frosting is phenomenal. Even the kiddies liked it! Thank you Smitten Kitchen for previously suggesting the usefulness of a 6 inch round pan. Its heavenlythank you for this great recipe! 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. Smitten Kitchen's cake, which is baked in a single layer in a square pan, met a similar fate. 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. Delicious!! Thank you! As a non-cake baker, I really appreciate a recipe that will be easy, and delicious, no matter how hard I try to mess it up. I have some too-ripe bananas hanging around, and Id like to throw them into this recipe. This is one of my favourite recipes from my mom! Also, I used a lightly sweetened cream cheese frosting and it was amazing together. Its almost like.dinner. 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. Oh my goodness! Who files stuff under THE? 8 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips 3 tablespoons creamy peanut butter 1/2 cup half and half Instructions CAKE DIRECTIONS Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. It is good to note that dried butter milk plus water works in this recipe. Thank you! And so easy in the food processor a first for me! Hosted by Pressable. In terms of leavening power, 1 teaspoon baking powder is equivalent to 1/4 teaspoon baking soda. Im sorry if all this compare and contrast reminds you of high-school essays (eek!) chocolate peanut butter cup cookies. This is happening tonight. Grad school is sometimes miserable but also wonderful. It was a hit! Erin Was the chocolate completely and totally cool, i.e. He loves chocolate sweets, but Im trying to eat better and curb our snacking especially sweets. Deb- Yes! I will absolutely make this again. 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. I stuck the unfrosted cupcakes in the freezer. Beat butter, powdered sugar and salt, if using, in a large bowl with an electric mixer until fluffy. Will make again!!! Im making this in 2 6 layers for my mothers birthday- can I freeze the layers ahead of time for a couple of days? Can you explain how you choose a pan when doubling a recipe? I have 2 teenage boys. YUMMMMmmmmmmm. Deb, I love you. that said, flavor was good. Delete the baking power and increase baking soda to 3/4 teaspoon. It is the PERFECT cake to take around to friends places when catching up with Game of Thrones (you know, in preparation for season 5!! I did not double the cake this time, I just baked it in an 88, but I have before to make a layered sheet cake.). good luck and thanks for the beautiful cake! I made it yesterday and it was easy and excellent! 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. OXO Good Grips Large Offset Spatula $10.94 Amazon Buy Now Save to Wish List I usually make it in an 88 square. I riffed off your frosting to make rocky road frosting by adding mini marshmallows and chopped toasted pecans. Nice job, as always, Deb. This isnt what you asked, but it might help you understand what youre looking for. 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 filled them about 3/4 full; next time ill do a little less as they spilled a tiny bit. For once the internet has failed me and I would love to see a video of your technique!!! Except for the recommended 16-small-square servings, which she thought were deprivingly undersized. Nailed it! This year he wants colored frosting. Man, Deb I have made this cake about 5 times in the last two months. Required fields are marked *. 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. I made this cake (assuming its also the one in SK Everyday) in a double recipe for 23 cupcakes (one was victim to an unstable parchment paper liner. Note: when I do pack it and weigh it, 145g actually comes to a little over 1/2 a cup of brown sugar. Cake notes: I didnt have buttermilk so I used 3/4 cup thinned (with water) whole milk yogurt. 1 / 8 teaspoon baking soda Deb, the best thing about this recipe is that at the drop of a hat you can make a delicious chocolate cake. I used golden brown sugar and non-Dutch cocoa powder because I had them on hand. Next time I wont add as much sugar; I shouldve read the comments first, but live and learn! Any idea if you can sub baking soda for Natron and baking powder for backpulver? Not sure how much it holds, but probably. Absolutely delicious it is now my go to birthday cake! Sally Yes, it should be great two days later. I use a stand mixer with paddle attachment. thanks! Im making a double layer cake for my daughters birthday with 8 inch rounds. Update: went ahead and tried it anyways it was definitely enough for the naked cake look, ie just inside and on top! Thanks for all the great recipes! However, my cake was dense, moist, almost fudgy- like a good brownie! This frosting is HEAVEN. I have bittersweet baking bars and cocoa powder. Well, it is a sign from above, so now this cake is definitely getting made today. Thanks Deb! Did you use Dutched cocoa? Hi Deb! and zuc conversion site says 1 cup of coco powder is 120 g, but this recipe says 1/2 c is 40g? I only realized the mistake after another comment about having the recipe add an additional yolk! 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. TMI? For the frosting can you throw all the ingredients into a bowl and use an immersion blender? Thank you so much for reminding me of this wonderful cake just in time for my brothers birthday tomorrow!! And for perfect timing! I want chocolate cake! Congratulations and prayers for much joy, many full nights of sleep, and lots of laughter and cuddles! Cake keeps at room temperature for a day or two, or in the fridge up to a week, or so Ive heard but never tested out. I want to triple this to make a 9 inch 2 layer cake and a dozen cupcakes for a birthday party, but Id like to split up the work. 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. Baking this cake in NZ and looking forward to eating it tonight. . Well, this looks just perfect. dulce de leche chocoflan . You can find it under Sugar and Sprinkles > Assorted Shapes. pps, is there a softening butter hack? Mazel Tov on your happy news, and thanks again for your indispensable Smittenkitchen! Add cocoa powder and whisk until mixture is smooth. Thanks in advance!! I have a three layer 9 inch cake to frost. I substituted buttermilk for greek yogurt and it worked just fine. -made an orange cranberry filling Do you mean other chocolate flavors or the style of frosting, in a food processor? However, keep in mind that this is a thin cake layer, a little under an inch. Can I sub 2% milk for the cream/whole milk in the frosting? Generously butter sides of pan and parchment round. 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. I want it. I have a daughter who would love this but is gluten free. Also can you recommend a baking pan for this cake? 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. Sarah Actually, I find that its very hard to get an even read on cocoa powders because theyre all different, and pack differently in cups. (The 88 I have on hand is glass, with rounded corners, which makes it seem so much smaller.). Mmmmmmmm. Thanks! O.M.G. Made at 9:30 at night and it baked perfectly in 25 min. Cost to Make: $6-$8 Calories: 275 Servings: 12 cupcakes Ingredients 1 cup unsalted butter, softened 3 cups confectioners sugar 1/2 cup unsweetened natural cocoa powder 3 to 4 Tbsp heavy whipping cream 2 tsp pure vanilla extract 1/4 tsp salt US Customary - Metric Instructions At 11 weeks, mine are fish (every kind except the rare tuna salad sandwich), risotto or risotto-like creations, and chocolate in most forms. :). 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. Except my chocolate cake was a bacon cheeseburger. Could I sub cake flour for ap flour? Preheat your oven to 180C (fan 160C/gas mark 4). Hi Deb, I AM MAKING THIS FOR MY BIRTHDAY IN A FEW WEEKS (and maybe before too, purely to test.). . ps: your banana bread recipe CHANGED MY LIFE. When can we pre-order the new cookbook? Next time, Ill try your cake recipe, too (only remembered I wanted to try this when the other one was in the oven!). I ordered one for an upcoming birthday party cake, and the instructions say to use a dense cake such as a pound cake. Dutch-process cocoa (the standard in European brands) differs from natural cocoa (what you have if your cocoa isnt labeled Dutch, or if its an American brand) in that its acidity has been neutralized to form a darker, nuttier cocoa that I prefer. to the bakery across from my office for a chocolate piece of cake. 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? Thank you Deb for another amazing recipe! Its especially lovely with 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon as well. Scoop batter into prepared pan and smooth flat. Im totally making this cake for his first birthday. I actually wrote about making it that way over here. Absolutely delicious, no matter what youre celebrating. Depending on the recipe, you can melt the butter or shortening and mix in the cocoa until smooth, or just add it to the ingredients as is if it works (like in frosting). Thanks for responding! So so so so delicious. Im reading this recipe for Emergency chocolate cake while filling my mouth with your Cocoa Brownies from a couple of years ago. The dark chocolate color in the cake is great. Im pretty sure its fine, but will a 9 inch round pan work just as well? However, the frosting saves the day here! This is the third time Ive made this cake since you posted this recipe. You and your blog bring me great joy! Yes, I could have made it myself, but Id have had to get out of the bath tub. I love the sweeping shapes in the frosting. I made this last night and it was delicious! Yes I always make it as cupcakes. Making now! I would buy anything those swirls were trying to sell me. This is by far my familys favorite cake! As it was, I managed to stop after one so thered be plenty left when my peeps come home from school and work. It was delicious. Okay, Deb. Does it give a tighter crumb for it? My sister cooks a lot and makes good cakes. Didnt have buttermilk so subbed yoghurt and milk. :-)). No surprise there though, considering the source! Loved this! Maybe its not as pretty but it worked really well- maybe this is helpful to someone with the same dilemma. Sometimes that mixture is too thin, but in this case, it was fine. only asking as i have all the other ingredients except that. Delicious! 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). Try it again and see if it succeeds this time! 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). ;) But, I whip whipped cream by hand all of the time. A question about the eggs. [kisses]. Ive even had some photos Ive taken of your recipes published in our local papers, The Vancouver Sun and The Province. Your suggestion to cut it into 16 pieces was hard to obey, but I did. I will be making this soon! 3 tbs cocoa and one tbs butter for one ounce of unsweetened chocolate). I also included the pinch of salt in the frosting highly recommend. My friends, family and I would like to take this opportunity to thank you very very much :) :). Special equipment: A pastry bag fitted with a star tip. Do let it clabber for 10 to 15 minutes for a thicker texture. The cake came out too salty and I really like salt! I had to make one change to the frosting. I used non-Dutched cocoa, your coffee tip, and another commenters very helpful recommendation for subbing the unsweetened chocolate (i.e. next year I am making this chocolate cake. Congrats and thanks for this recipe! I find it can easily get lost in cakes but in a vanilla or brown sugar cookie, is easy to taste. Many people had seconds. Thanks! I mean, you can have a slice but after that you have to go home and make your own. Great recipe, easy to make. For the buttermilk substitution, could you use stout in this? Generously butter the bottom and sides of three 8 round cake pans. Thank you for posting the time you cooked the cupcakes! I just wanted to correct you because I dont want you to accidentally mess up anything you bake in the future as you would be using way too much butter. Today my work email was hacked and my computer was down for several hours so I baked this cake, because obviously it was a day that NEEDED CAKE. Then yesterday I made it again with mini 6 cake rounds. Same for apple cinnamon cake good luck with pregnancy! I know youve given us variations on it before, but for some reason the photos here really drove home that this chocolate buttercream appears to be the frosting I have been looking for all my life. Theyre about the same area (63.6 vs 64 square inches) but will it affect the baking time at all? In your opinion, is there a great deal of variation in the taste of the different brands available? Thanks for this great recipe. Thank you for the lovely idea, just in time for the weekend :). Its basically one-bowl and has astoundingly good chocolate flavor (especially with good cocoa powder) for something almost comically simple that I can pull off even with, say, a 4 week old in a Bjorn. The cake looked so good. Confetti sprinkles: I got mine from New York Cake on 22nd Street but, of course, Amazon sells them as well. Yum! I miss being able to download your recipes directly from your posts. This looks so good. We opted for a few fresh strawberry slices on each little square and it was just right. Burnt to a crisp: Did you use the longest baking time? Hi Deb. ANd they way you swirled the chocolate is perfect! Ive made it now about 1/2 dozen times and the recipe has held up well over time. Thank you! I am allergic to dairy what substitute do you recommend for the buttermilk? And I have a prediction,,,you will be having a girl!! Thanks again! My husbands birthday is this week. This cake worked WONDERFULLY! 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! Its really easy, a mostly one-bowl cake and frosting. Yay! I look forward to trying it again with regular Dutch process cocoa. Thanks for this recipe! Elaina Baking time for cupcakes is less; I usually start checking at 15 minutes. If I dont have unsweetened chocolate on hand but have a 70% cacao (or higher) chocolate, will this work? I made cupcakes for my daughters birthday. How will this work in a loaf pan?! It may taste acidic or strong, but its due to a ph change, just flavor. All my friends at work will love me though- if it doesnt make a believer out of me, as they will profit from my experiment. Yes! It was DELICIOUS! I used KAF Triple Cocoa Blend, which worked well. You cant beat chocolate cake and this one looks incredible, Deb. i always leave some out in case of a sudden urge or need to bake or for bread buttering needs, and while its not fridge hard, it is not at all baking soft/room temp. For me, this always ends with a liquidy batter with tiny capsules of butter/sugar floating, so I assume thats the norm. I doubled the recipe and baked it in a 913 for 40 minutes, came out perfect. (Im an exile from New Mexico living in Vermont and I need my chilies.) You really should regulate your comments. Im glad to know we share the same pregnancy cravings :) makes me not feel so bad about the 24 chocolate cupcakes I just HAD to make last week. Can I replace the dutch cocoa with natural cocoa? Hey Deb! Amazing. It was incredible. Thank you, for this recipe! (My co-workers very kindly said that unless the cake leapt up off the plate and attacked them, they were going to love it but I was worried about the texture.) I like this site; I generally like or want to try the recipes. I laughed at the we cut it into 16 small squares. I hope I can get to the bottom of it. I saw this recipe and I wanted that chocolate cake for my birthday. 1 / 4 cup / 21 g dutch-process cocoa It will need to be softened and re-whipped, i.e. Cupcakes for my sons birthday, a tiered-cake for my husbands birthday, a snowy weekend afternoon that calls for chocolate cake This is pretty much the only kind of cake we make now. 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. Fran- Use a combination of coffee and fake buttermilk( equivalent amount of soy milk+1tsp of apple cider vinegar. I followed the baking instructions in the 2nd cook book to bake it for 38 minutes. Quick question! Writing to say that the butter is amount is wrong. I made it today for a cast party for a community theatre again, accolades from the crowd. I froze it and it thawed out great. However, the book has a slightly different amount of baking powder (3/4 tsp). :). I messed up the icing (used four tbsp of butter instead of 8?! Loving this one. Thank you! document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); That is SURPRISINGLY little fat in the cake. thank you deb, anne, and JP! I realized I had everything in the kitchen already, and promptly went home and made it. Either that, I would have to eat cake less often and at 21 weeks, that is unthinkable. 1. I halved the frosting but I really liked it. The frosting is also wonderful! Well, I only made the frosting, not the cake (I put this frosting on a box yellow cake) but this is truly the best frosting I have ever made. The cake was incredible. If so any specific recommendations? 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). I bet you could put in the same amount of cinnamon, for a Mexican chocolate vibe.). No need ;). The frosting recipe I made as is, with the addition of about 3/4 cup of left-over coconut cream I had. Recipes. I need this cake in my life, and I need someone else to make it! I made this and it was so delicious! 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. And Im a sucker for any cake with those confetti sprinkles on it. I have had this recipes saved for YEARS and finally made it. Do you prefer a particular brand of chocolate for both the Dutch cocoa and the unsweetened chocolate? I made this into one round 8 cake. Have been needing something chocolate all week and this was it! Love your site your writing, approach and photography are all just superb, and I appreciate your sense of humour and real-life tips. Baked 25 minutes in a convection oven. Just buy the biggest ones they have. 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. Same with frosting. Rich but perfect cut in 16 squares, and hit the chocolate spot. I have made this many times and it never disappoints. Im not sure which area I am suppose to add the 1/2 tea of vanilla too. An inexperienced baker may appreciate a more precise explanation of just how mixed you were intending. Thank you, Deb! Im currently 40.5 weeks pregnant, Ive eaten my box of half-off Easter truffles already, but I wanted, needed a chocolate fix! I just dont have the room (or the energy!) :P (Obviously I understand if you dont answer this by the time I make the cake, haha, but thought itd be worth asking.). Reasons for this: the pickled onion recipe should be on my fridge, the sweet tart recipe I use with everything, etc. 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. 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. I made this cake tonight for my daughters 3rd birthday and it came out PERFECTLY. Was that the culprit?!? The cake never fails and is always a huge hit. I added slightly more salt just to bring out the flavour of the chocolate but all in all perfect! The cake was good too. Even my usually anti-cake husband liked it, which is saying a lot. I made it on Saturday with my 5 year old and it was a huge success among adults and kids alike. Love this website. I thought that coffee was acidic in itself. Im currently 7 months pregnant, and Im pretty sure Ill never eat them again after A Very Unfortunate Incident involving your sweet potato tacos (RIP to my favorite SK recipe) in my first trimester. So much inspiration on here. This cake rivals the chocolate cakes from the best bakeries in town. Keep up the sharing! And with that, I can hear the pitter-patter of my diets feet making itself scarce as I reach for more butter. Thank youit looks so good though! 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. So good! Delicious. Thats the tradeoff for me, at least. Both work, so it wont matter. I keep Guinness & cocoa powder on hand all the time just in case. I put about a teaspoon of cloves into the dry ingredients sometimes. This is the first time Ive heard someone else refer to this saying. Will try a better quality cocoa powder next time tho I used Ghiradelli. Sincere apologies if I missed the one for a 6 pan. It can be a 9-inch round with no changes. Check your oven settings too! The frosting was incredibly simple and so, so much better than store-bought frosting. Deb does it again!!! I cant tell you how many times Ive made that chocolate loaf cake, its one of my very favorites, even thought it has no frosting, top or center! I noticed Mels comment, but was wondering if you have any ideas about making this frosting without a hand/ stand mixer. My son requested graham crackers with frosting for his lunch box treats this week, so I made a half batch of this frosting in my little mini-processor and it was the perfect amount. The only edit I would make is to halve the amount of frosting. Line a 15cm round springform tin with a circle of parchment paper. Thank you! I made the cake the other day for my sons birthday. Additionally, I have baking powder but not soda might I somehow be able to work with one? Cake My hubby loved it for his decadent birthday surprise! Thank you! Previous post: spaghetti pangrattato with crispyeggs, Next post: cornmeal-fried pork chops + smashedpotatoes, cornmeal-fried pork chops + smashedpotatoes. Ive made your version of this food processor frosting a bajillion times and its amazing. Stephanie, if you cut up your butter into little pieces and let it sit while you measure out your dry ingredients it will often soften up even more. Sometimes where you live can play a factor in cake moistness! Your cake defies all logic, physics, and natural laws of consumption. Perfect size cake for two people. Bonus: I saved buttermilk last time I bought it by freezing it in ice cube trays 2 tbsp per cube so that made impulse cake making that much easier. Give It To Me Right Now Cake. Just use one egg? SUCH a successful recipe!! I made the chocolate buttercream with 2 tbs of melted butter and 6 tbs of unsweetened cocoa powder to sub for the unsweetened chocolate and it worked beautifully. I have a question about the frosting. Remove from the heat and let cool. I made a half recipe of this and out of it came 4 largish size muffins? Ive made this a few times and it always seems a little on the dry side. i made the cake! 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?

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