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It feels suspicious to me. The cake was delicious! (It says it on this package.) A combination of too much flour, too little cocoa and too much heat or time in the oven will certainly dry out baked goods. Question: Do you have an opinion on buttercreams that use melted chocolate vs cocoa powder? Thanks so much! 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! Try it again and see if it succeeds this time! That extra 1/2 cup of powdered sugar didnt really hurt the flavor, its still very chocolaty, just not as bitter. I melted the chocolate until smooth?! In the end, it was still delicious. Or just double the frosting? Kudos to you for taking the time to snap the beautiful pics before digging in!!! No need to butter the inside or outside of cupcake liners. <3 <3 <3, Deb, your advice on raspberry buttercream was perfect. It came out slightly dry. Is it wrong that I have that MUST HAVE CHOCOLATE CAKE feeling most nights and Im not even remotely pregnant?! Rather than a cream cheese frosting, you'll make a quick buttercream frosting, which I found was harder to spread. Is there a video anywhere illustrating this technique? Still delicious baked on Friday, refrigerated till Sunday am, served Sunday @ noon. 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. 1 / 4 cup / 21 g dutch-process cocoa Forgot to add, this actually made enough frosting for a decent thickness on the top of 913 cake. This cake always comes out perfectly for mejust made for the tenth time! This is definitely my go-to chocolate cake. Ill just skip the chicken with dinner or something. Yum! Its moist and rich, but not too sweet I may just have some for breakfast tomorrow! Hi Deb, 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! 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. (Ive mostly cut out eating sugar but this cake looks like it has little enough of it that it would be good when I want a treat!). Thank you. This cake was fantastic and was so easy to put together. 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! Not too rich. For once the internet has failed me and I would love to see a video of your technique!!! You can make buttermilk by mixing a little white vinegar (somewhere between 1 tsp and 1 Tbsp) and the rest of the cup milk, itll curdle, and then you can use it as buttermilk! Im going to stack some to make a birthday cake: Id freeze the cake layer, but not the frosting. I just want to say thanks for speaking my language! I was sick for the first four or five months and couldnt really eat anything that wasnt starch plus dairy (mac and cheese, cheese enchiladas, etc.) . Had to make this because I know that I GOTTA HAVE CAKE feeling well even though Im not pregnant. Any thoughts?? :) This looks amazing; cant wait to try it! I was quite alarmed that the cake would be dry and sawdusty when I brought it to my co-workers. I made it yesterday and it was easy and excellent! Did not have the right size pan so baked 6 delicious cupcakes. 1 / 8 teaspoon baking soda I love reading your recipes, etc, and often print off the recipes. I didnt even notice. My daughter is already asking for her birthday to make the SAME! Deb: Dont worry if it looks lumpy! Admittedly, I dont have a thermometer inside my oven, nor do I know if its perfectly calibrated, but my bake times are usually pretty close to the recipe, and it seemed like a lot of extra for a small cake. I have a question about the amount of sugar. And its the perfect size to not hurt yourself :). I questioned the need for unsweetened chocolate vs. one of the many choices I already had in my pantry and am certainly glad I went and got some. I have made this several times and absolutely love it! Four years ago: Pina Colada Cake I love the pasta and chocolate dietJust add wine and espresso and Im all set! A few weeks ago I was laying around feeling sorry for myself and my all-day sickness (morning sickness is a very inaccurate name!) 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? Sorry for the late response, even after such a nice comment! Hi Deb. So the question of saving it for later doesnt even arise! A perfect, quick, rich chocolate cake. I cut the 913 into 4 pieces, frosted 3 pieces with only minimal fighting. But why did I have little bits of chocolate in the frosting? G-d!!!!! So for my oven it will need 35 minutes or maybe more! Worked perfectly. The ratio of cake to frosting is the icing on the cake (SEE WHAT I DID THERE??) Your swirls are amazing. :). I normally just replace milk with coconut milk/coconut cream in all my baking but tried the wine as dont know if coconut milk has any acid in it and you were saying that was important. Fewer bakeries this time, but more baking in the kitchen. Fun at I dont have Dutch cocoa so used standard and didnt feel it was lacking all. I compared the recipe to your fudgy chocolate cake recipe in my copy of Smitten Kitchen Everyday, and I was happy to see theyre essentially the same (and the comments here are giving me extra confidence I can pull this off!). Yes, this is everything I want. Did you put less sugar in this cake in to balance the sweetness in the frosting? So much inspiration on here. The cake was a little dry. :), I doubled the recipe in a 913 pan for a birthday at work. (This is a 75% volume of that, so it wont fill out a loaf as well. You think it might have anything to do with the 20 tabs of different chocolate cake recipes I have open on the computer? Thanks in advance! 1/2 teaspoon baking powder :). 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. Do you recommend baking the cakes one at a time, or can I put two 9x13s in the oven together? Just wondering if you use brands that are commonly available in grocery stores (US) or if you use more of a speciality chocolate. and zuc conversion site says 1 cup of coco powder is 120 g, but this recipe says 1/2 c is 40g? That chocolate cake is everything, the cake just looks so yummy and delicious. 1 large egg yolk Instead of the buttercream I frosted it with a half batch of the seven-minute frosting from the King Arthur website and drizzled with chocolate ganache, but I definitely kept the rainbow sprinkles :). I decided to look at a recipe anyway. Hope thats an ok combo. I just put this in the oven! I guess it isnt done. It has a tender crumb and is definitely fluffy and tasty (especially with chocolate frosting) but still kinda of sticks in the mouth. I always love your recipes. I am about to make the vanilla frosting. I wasnt sure. THanks! I like a center filled with frosting, which is one reason I have never been enamored of cupcakes either. I substituted 1/2 cup of buttermilkkept 1/4 cupfor a Terrapin Chocolate Peanut Butter Porter beer. Im doing some one bowl plotting for upcoming celebrations. The icing was looking perfect until I walked away from it to give it a good 2 minutes to beat. Joanne I agree; frosting this sweet is definitely more of an American thing. If i wanted to omit the chocolate from the frosting (as Im picturing blue frosting for a deep sea themed cake) and added some blue colouring, Would that work okay do you think? The frosting was delicious but I didnt find using a food processor to be convenient powdered sugar clouds poofed out and it was difficult to wipe down the bowl to get everything evenly incorporated. The batter is a touch saltier but I like that in a layer against such a sweet frosting. My absolute hands down favorite chocolate cake recipe is your chocolate stout cake. Love the looks and sounds of this cake! Can you file it under I at least? Thank you, this one will become a regular go-to recipe for sure!! Could it be that I used salted butter??! I made the icing a second time, watching it carefully, and it turned out perfectly. Baking time actually remained about the same for some reason. Love the single layer recipe. I agree. NO- Im at work right now and cant immediately make and eat this. 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. Free shipping for many products! Five years ago: Thick Chewy Granola Bars and Arroz Con Leche (Rice Pudding) I never found it, and was too lazy to try to make it (im never satisfied with my own baked goods anyway). 1 large egg Made this last night and used the sour cream chocolate frosting from your best birthday cake, I was cheap and had a little left over. Please send help. I know it tastes quite different. Yes, will double the powder. Anyway, wasnt sure if I was over doing the flavours but the smell of it was amazing going into the oven and it went down well here after tea!! Who files stuff under THE? Oh my gosh, this is happening tonight. Just took it out of the oven and I can already tell by the smell that this things going to be good. If it has larger pockets, just needed more mixing of the leavening before adding the flour. OXO Good Grips Large Offset Spatula $10.94 Amazon Buy Now Save to Wish List I was going to pick something more complicated, but it is great I did not because: I think the problem may have been my food processor. Hi I am trying to figure out how to adapt this to fit a 10.5 inch cake pan. 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 Followed the recipe exactly and made 14 cupcakes (baked for 19 minutes). Also, such an epic amount. measurement question! It is now known as The Cake in our house. Enquiring minds want to know. Hi, I used microwave chocolate mug cake when I had this craving, 5 min crave to product time. Maybe I just mismeasured, do you think? Cake 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. Your email address will not be published. And its beginning to be like my cure-all for days Im in a sour mood. But since I have been paleo for two years now, I find almond-flour baked goods much more fulfilling than wheat flour goods. Reasons for this: the pickled onion recipe should be on my fridge, the sweet tart recipe I use with everything, etc. Thanks! Is there a good way to search for all your one bowl cakes? (I dont like super sweet cakes, so I often leave the sides unfrosted.). I actually wrote about making it that way over here. The five-year-old said, as I was cutting, make sure that I dont just get a sliver!. 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!!! Is this the type of cake that is great 2 days later? Great little cake, so nice to have something smaller and delicious! Ive just made this and I find the frosting ridiculously sweet-I dont think I am even going to put it on the cake :-( I think Australian tastebuds must be a lot less sweet. A perfect not too sweet cake with a cloud of fabulous frosting. Follow. Rich as can be, uber chocolate-y, not overly sweet (an absolute hallmark of all Smitten Kitchen cakes, and why her cake recipes are THE BEST). Its hot and humid where I live so maybe the weather helped. 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. If round, to make 2 layers of an equivalent height, youll want to scale the recipe 250%. Does it truly not matter? I had a favourite chocolate cake for years and yearsand then I made this one! Delicious cant believe how high mine rose and how moist and rich it was. blood orange, almond and ricotta cake. I want it. I have never made a vanilla buttercream that I liked, and Im scared to try a meringue-based frosting. Speed this up by placing it outside for 10 minutes (thanks, winter!). All that to say, I enjoyed a piece of your chocolate cake for breakfast enormously. this frosting is even *better* cold! Wouldnt be the same without them! If I wanted to make this into a double layered round cake, would you just double the recipe and do in two 9 inch rounds? I made the spice cake with banana and found it tasteless, is that normal? Ive put it in an 8 inch round, cut in half and created a half layer cake. None of these are a dealbreaker, of course, just good to know going in. (I added a sprinkle of cinnamon to it also) thanks!! Its an okay price, at least. We used m&ms instead. Tonight! Deb, you are my shero! I liked that it was not too sweet so the sweet buttercream was a nice compliment. It looks so jummy! I didnt originally have dutch cocoa powder and thought about using natural, but ended up re-stocking my dutch cocoa and im glad I did. Six Months Ago: Strawberries and Cream with Graham Crumbles layered mocha cheesecake. Delicious and not too sweet. (The 88 I have on hand is glass, with rounded corners, which makes it seem so much smaller.). anne Coffee, at least as far as I could read about it, has the same ph as water (5/neutral). 1.5 Years Ago: Key Lime Popsicles (still a favorite!) Really, I tried to come up with a less cumbersome title, but chocolate cake with chocolate frosting doesnt connote the central urgency here. Thanks. Will make again!!! I need chocolate cakeNOW!! P.S. Even with chunky frosting its still delicious and I may or may not be having a piece with my morning tea :). (The frosting, of course, is very sweet. but this cake is such a nice size, with a good frosting-to-cake ratio. Do you think I could add 1/4 cup cocoa powder and decrease the powdered sugar to 1 cup in the frosting? Thank you for this recipe. Just made this amazing cake for myself for my birthday and want to thank you for the gift the most foolproof recipe ever. I made this cake yesterday. For anyone who, like me, likes their frosting darker chocolate-y and less sweet, I melted an additional 1 oz of unsweetened baking chocolate and added that to the frosting. I made this with Hersheys Special Dark Cocoa (they say this is a blend of natural and Dutched cocoas) and it turned out great! I find it can easily get lost in cakes but in a vanilla or brown sugar cookie, is easy to taste. . Im making this for my friends birthday which is tomorrow so this is kind of urgent haha. The sweet frosting with this rich second batch hit the right spot. This cake is just gorgeous! It was moist, but still firm, and tasted even better after a day or two in the fridge. My family enjoyed every bite. Can you help? (Okay, I see that you had already changed to doubling the eggs back at the red wine version. and then your post came to my email box. & again the perfect cake to make again the next night when youve been asked to bake it for a friend. It might be worth making another one (oh, the hardship!) Just finished making this and am now tucking into a generous slice. I wish Id never made it because I CRAVE it and Im not pregnant. Have been needing something chocolate all week and this was it! It keeps well and only gets better as the days pass. Happy baking. 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. Thank you. I think that I would like chocolate cake better if it were significantly less sweet. Make the cake: Heat oven to 350F (175c). Set aside. I only got ten cupcakes. I was meaning to ask you about that as I read through the recipe and your note was a very welcome surprise. In my defense, I ate most of it over the course of a whole weekend, standing up with nary a fork or plate in sight. It was great. I just baked it for my friends birthday and everybody loved it. 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? Could I sub cake flour for ap flour? Whats a mom to do?? Thank you for doing this. It is a pretty easy cake so I highly recommend it for oh no it has come to the end of the day but I *need* it. 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! (Im pretty confident itll be right if I add it just after the eggs and vanilla. I dont have Dutched cocoa: Dutch-process cocoa (generally speaking, its 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. So yummy! I am going to try and bake this cake. The cake was good too. I feel like Im talking to a celebrity!! (but we still found the cake delish . Ive doubled the recipe and its currently in the oven in a 913. Thank you! Also, can you bake this in a round cake pan instead of a rectangular one? I recently warned (threatened?) Pour in chocolate, milk and vanilla, beat until combined, then one more minute to whip it further.] It was yummy but I would like to try to follow recipe next time. Ha! So I just started over and served the first batch as a not too bad fudge. I have two boys, almost exactly five years apart, and its (mostly) a really good gap. Space Station Mir Hilarious. Cake notes: I didnt have buttermilk so I used 3/4 cup thinned (with water) whole milk yogurt. This looked insanely good when I saw it first and didnt disappoint in the least when I made it. Meanwhile, Im also making Ovenlys Chocolate Stout Cake with Salted Caramel Buttercream have you seen their cookbook? Baking soda is actually part of baking powder. Seven years ago: Escarole and Orzo Soup with Meatballs Any insight? It was just fine; moist but not dense. Turned out delicious! Thank you for a lovely, easy cake recipe in the ideal size! I just popped by as many bloggers dont respond to questions. Okay I now have a terrible problem. Love this recipe as my go-to birthday cake. had no chance of melting the butter, when you mixed it in? anyway, this is my go-to frosting recipe from now on! The cake is in the oven! How is Jacob so grown up? I wish I could post a picture of the cake I made from your recipe! I am off to the store to get the ingredients I need right now. Oh. Thank you, for this recipe! Deb, you are always my go-to! So, tomorrow is my birthday, and Im already planning to make David Lebovitzs salted butterscotch pudding, BUT we are also getting a decent snowstorm, so I think the weekend might require this chocolate cake as well! Deb, I am a fan of Smitten Kitchen and have your newest cookbook. Made at 9:30 at night and it baked perfectly in 25 min. I love baking (and eating) cake, but Ive never liked chocolate cake! Love your blog! It will be a win for somebody for sure, since your goodies usually are. Normally I cook in vast quantities (no idea why, its just me and hubbymaybe I was the mother of 8 in a past life?) I deviated ever-so-slightly by topping it with a cream cheese frosting, simply due to the vibe I was feeling. Good lord, cake. It worked, and the toddlers had no problem with it. Cant wait to try the finished product. I love that it took very few pots/pans to make. Mel For a whiskable frosting, well, its all about how strong your arms are. They baked for about 20 minutes. Im here to tell ya, the frosting totally makes the cake! Upon reading this post I immediately began craving chocolate cake. But at some point, why not just eat the frosting by itself? Ive made this version and the red wine version and both are moist and perfectly chocolatey delightfully eat-em-up good! I am enjoying your blog and recipes. I made this into one round 8 cake. 3.5 Years Ago: Naked Tomato Sauce. Thank you!! big apple crumb cake. Recipes. Maybe I just want the icing-free cake? Category Chocolate. FWIW, I first peeked at the cake at 20 min, then it took three more 3-minute timers till finished. A happy anniversary, indeed! What say you, Guru of the Kitchen? I made a different cake, but wanted to try the frosting. This is the perfect week-night treat. I had no buttermilk so substituted Greek yogurt. Yes, thats totally normal here. Thank you so much. No, sorry, I dont have a tag for it. This morning, in search of a chocolate cake recipe to make for Fun Night at my childrens school (Cake Walk is a big deal), I felt it was meant to be that this recipe was front page news!

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