Forgot to add I only put in 130 grams of sugar because of marmalade. my friend this cake is gorgeous! Deb, I love you. This is a great cake! Probably need to stick to 20 min. Delish no frosting just some a bit of icing sugar. I want chocolate cake! Rave reviews on the cake and the frosting from my wife and house guest! Your cake defies all logic, physics, and natural laws of consumption. Thanks, Deb! Thank-you Deb! It all came together rather quickly on a weekday evening too. I remember those strange feelings of strongly disliking (yes, they know what they did) familiar flavors and textures. Thank you for being an inspiration to get me started. The icing was fluffy goodness perfectly spreadable, delightfully lickable. 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. THANK YOU!!! Now I have a recipe. Thanks for a quick recipe for our math celebration! :), I doubled the recipe in a 913 pan for a birthday at work. anyway I came here looking for the fudgy chocolate cake recipe, that I used for cupcakes a couple months ago. To properly substitute non-Dutch cocoa you need to increase alkaline. For once the internet has failed me and I would love to see a video of your technique!!! After trying both creaming and "reverse creaming," we turned to ribboning whipping eggs with sugar until they double in volume, then . My daughter is already asking for her birthday to make the SAME! When I click Print Recipe I am directed to another website, which requires me to do I dont know what. Thank you, Deb, for all you do! 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. 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. This was SUPER YUMMY. 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. Its possible the book version has a tiny bit more airiness to it, but nobody has ever complained here. Whisk . ITs been in the oven now for a good 25 minutes. I am looking for a chocolate cake to make with raspberry filling, because your double chocolate layer cake has inspired me. This is soo going to get made tomorrow! Just enough for a big swirl on 12 cupcakes and even tastes good made vegan with earth balance buttery sticks. I want real cake made with real butter and real sugar and good chocolate, I just try to limit portion size. The cake is dense, rich, and not super sweet and the sugary, buttery icing balances it out beautifully. Love how you swirled the frosting on top! I made this cake yesterday. I was thinking of starting with your dreamy cream scones as base and use browned butter. Im so, oh, so sad. Sometimes Im like Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde when it comes to chocolate. Thank you Deb. Privacy Policy. I did cut the sugar and butter by about 20% (and replaced it with apple sauce), and it still turned out great! cheat day cant come soon enough. The baking time was about 35 minutes, all told. 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! My little pregnancy book chimed in, asking if I was craving sweets. I used natural cocoa and it worked just fine, and doubled the recipe to make 24 cupcakes (they took somewhere aroudn 25 minutes to bake for me, but I would advise anyone trying this to start checking on them as early as 17-18 minutes). In short: not safe. I decided to look at a recipe anyway. It may not be important, but Im still wondering: have you adjusted the baking powder since posting this recipe here? Its 5:20 am and Im looking at cake recipes. -I used regular cocoa powder and absolutely missed the Dutch cocoa powder, so go for the gold here There was no glaze but they served it what I think was more slathered brown butter. Chocolate cake. Looks delicious! Every time I saw, chocolate, my mouth goes to water. As soon as my daughter took a bite she said Mom, can we make this cake again? The only change we made was using regular non-Dutch cocoa because that is what we had on hand not sure how it changed the flavor because I have only had it this way, which was excellent. Could I have just put everything in with the previously mixed mixture? I 1.5xd the frosting for a 913 and was happy with the coverage. I used cocoa in the frosting instead of chocolate because that is what I had (had to add more milk to compensate) and it turned out to be just what I was hoping for. You can keep it at room temperature if youd like. Joanne I agree; frosting this sweet is definitely more of an American thing. My daughters licked the frosting bowl clean! Make the frosting: Place frosting ingredients in a food processor and run machine to to mix. It sounds like Natron is indeed what baking soda is sold as in Germany. So good! Ive doubled the recipe and its currently in the oven in a 913. This is something that a chocolate lover should try! Thank you for sharing the recipe. The frosting was a bit sweet for us, next time I will use less sugar and add some espresso powder. Thanks in advance! 9 by 13 it is!!! Can you tell me what size is your strainer in the picture? it was still fully raw in the center. I sifted the sugar and the butter had softened all day. My baking-phobic girlfriend made this for my birthday. Also, your cheerful writing style has brightened up my day considerably :). Deb made this cake last night in a woohoo Ive made it to the third trimester fury. 1 / 8 teaspoon baking soda I can already tell by how great the batter is that this cake is going to make the awful week worth it. Reminiscent of the store bought frosting in the tub but way way better, Good golly but this is fantastic, Deb! The batter was pretty salty with 1/2 teaspoon table salt. This looks so delicious, and I cant wait to try this recipe out. Thank you for sharing a great recipe! I noticed in the comments you said you upped the amount of eggs in this from the original recipe what does that actually do to the cake? Just enough for one ;) Quick question can I use light brown sugar instead of the dark brown? Is there a video anywhere illustrating this technique? @Anna #216, I had to bake mine almost 20 extra minutes even though my thermometer read 360*F. I did use an 8 round instead of square, and it was nonstick. or should i just double it and add some cupcakes? 1 /2 cup / 63 g all-purpose flour As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. It worked, and the toddlers had no problem with it. I know powdered sugar affects the structure, so I wasnt sure if this would work. My main purpose in commenting, however, is to commend you on your perfect parenting skills. It smells like heaven, and is exactly the kind of evening we needed. One thing you can try when you see a recipe for a chocolate cake that uses bittersweet chocolate is to replace it with unsweetened chocolate, which is more intense and of course, not sweet. I made this yesterday and it was delicious! I made a half recipe of this and out of it came 4 largish size muffins? I have already made this cake (in almost all of its versions! It should all be fine in the end. Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake - Barefeet in the Kitchen Just watched you make this on YouTube and immediately felt compelled to make it happen in my home. . The only edit I would make is to halve the amount of frosting. It is the kitchen tool that will make spreading cake batter, especially in round pans (among many other spreading chores) and icing a cake so much easier! I saw this recipe and I wanted that chocolate cake for my birthday. The only thing available to me that was vaguely cake-sized and shaped was a glass pie dish. I made this cake for Christmas and it was extremely delicious. This is the third time Ive made this cake since you posted this recipe. Where did you get your large glass canisters/jars? It is so not fair that you gave me this craving this late in a very long day. It is the best! And the cardio/working out/yoga that followed. thanks again, all! Love this cake and its counter part in the party cake builder section of your book!! Both the cake and frosting are delicious, and are relatively simple to make with basic ingredients. That said, measuring cup sets vary a little; theyre an imperfect measurement. Lynda. Dear hubs just made me two flower beds where I was hoping he would so I can plant morning glories and sunflowers I started from seedhe deservs this cake! The recipe is a favorite of our Editor-in-Chief, Faith Durand, who described these squares as a "solid tablet of butter and sugar." With a recommendation like that, it had to go on the list. b.) Regrettably it hadnt survived long enough to be frosted with chocolate frosting, not to mention sprinkling it with sprinkles. But so thick that the cakes moist crumb couldnt hold up to it. I mean, us. Thank you for your generosity and for this cake in particular it helped us support a friend who needed it. Its very forgiving as well, we are moving (hence stressed-out me really needed cake immediately!) In your opinion, is there a great deal of variation in the taste of the different brands available? Its funny I wasnt a cake person (blasphemy, I know donuts were my thing) until I got pregnant, and then one day I was like CAKE. Yummy! Youre kind of my hero. Thanks! I made the frosting and smothered it all over the cake. I added on at least another 5 minutes, and maybe more, for the baking time. Recipes. Man, Deb I have made this cake about 5 times in the last two months. I think youll be just fine. I used labneh in place of the buttermilk since we didnt have any, plus two Tbsp coffee. Rebekah describes this perfectly deep chocolate flavour, not too sweet, very easy to mix up and bake I loved the frosting this is my new chocolate frosting. This cake is a delight. YUM!!! I was going to guess at it but you have saved me a bit of worry. 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? Baking time It sounds like its taking up to 5 to 10 minutes extra for everyone. I love that it took very few pots/pans to make. 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. Melting and cooling is an annoying process. My sweet son made it for me, sprinkles and all. 2. Thanks! This has been my kids birthday cake two years running! I never would have thought of that combination. And the cakes seem so smallwho needs to work out?! Guests arrived and I had to stir the risotto and I forgot all about the cake until almost 40 minutes in. A perfect, quick, rich chocolate cake. Yes! Can the frosting be made a couple days in advance and refrigerated or is it better the same day? Im making these for my daughters birthday. I cant attest to what C&Z is doing but Im sure it was correct when she measured what she had. Hosted by Pressable. Mine did. Nice job, as always, Deb. But at some point, why not just eat the frosting by itself? Its 2023 and this cake is still very important to me! 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. And so easy to make. Nope, way too dry so I added an extra Tablespoon or so of heavy cream. Will make again!!! The 1/2 birthdays always sneak up on me so its nice to have an easy recipe not to mention that most are for much larger cakes this one is perfectly sized! The cake was delicious! 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? I agree with Aunt Vixen. Some more info about coffee acidity can be found here. and . (and tastes great). It took about 28 mins to bake the cake and my batter was a thin due to being overly enthusiastic w/ vanilla and coffee extracts (I always add coffee extract to chocolate cakes). Thank you for this simple and deliciously chocolaty recipe! Not coconutty tasting at all. I just wanted to chime in and say this recipe is perfect for 1/2 birthday celebrations. Definitely needed the extra time, I was closer to the 35 minute mark than 25. Can you PLEASE make The Cake tonight mom?! If so, how would I defrost? I regretted not licking every beater of chocolate buttercream that had ever crossed my path when I worked at a bakery in high school. I know it tastes quite different. salted butter chocolate chunk shortbread . 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. As was my springform. Oops! This one will cause quick a bit of excitement, I can tell. Speed this up by placing it outside for 10 minutes (thanks, winter!). Do you prefer a particular brand of chocolate for both the Dutch cocoa and the unsweetened chocolate? Seriously. 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. Susan Im not, although I may not have declared it behind me until 17-18 weeks. This cake rivals the chocolate cakes from the best bakeries in town. I have been really successful in recreating this recipe( without a mixer too Infact). How did you stacked cake turn out? You read my mind! Have visited this page many times, but thinking about making it for the first time for my roommates birthday! Just as you described, the batter seemed curdled at first and suddenly turned into a luscious thick batter. This comment is years late but I made this today and thank you for the easy frosting recipe! Fabulous. Make the cake: Heat oven to 350F (175c). Thank you for a lovely, easy cake recipe in the ideal size! OXO Good Grips Large Offset Spatula $10.94 Amazon Buy Now Save to Wish List Except my chocolate cake was a bacon cheeseburger. After dinner, I whipped some cream, tossed some drained pitted cherries over it, and Thank you for doing this. I will also add that the cake batter is delicious by itself so I enjoyed risking a bit of salmonella and licking my spatula during the clean up. Its amazing on this cake and thinking of using for other chocolate cakes or yellow cake. The first two attempts were as the recipe said, the third with replacing 1/2C of buttermilk with coffee. My. If round, you can probably 1.5x it. Thank you, Deb! 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 made this twice for 2 dozen cupcakesafter making the 1st dozen and seeing how DELICIOUS they are, theres no way 1 dozen would be enough!! I am in Denver (5280 ft) and used this page as a guide for adjusting for high altitude http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipe/high-altitude-baking.html I added the extra flour and reduced the sugar like the page directs, but did not adjust the leavening. You can almost definitely use 3 eggs, but use 2 whole and 2 yolks if you want it extra-rich. Cupcakes bake for 14 to 18 minutes. It will be harder to get butter/sugar fluffy, though not impossible. This cake is delicious and a great size if someone does not want to make large cake. Want to make this for my husbands birthday and he is a big fan of cream cheese frosting! I LOVE your recipe blog!! (Keep 1/4 cup buttermilk so youll have an acidic ingredient to wake up the baking soda.). It came out and was amazingly not burnt (I suspect my oven is a bit underpowered.) For the buttermilk substitution, could you use stout in this? So you cream the butter & sugar, then add egg and the buttermilk. German Chocolate Cake Recipe - Food Network Kitchen Also melted chocolate for a chocolate buttercream frosting?! Thank you so much for this Christmas gift. I really wanted that light & fluffy frosting. Thanks!!! And, you know, now. Pizzas, red wine and, to finish off the carb load, this chocolate cake. 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 cant wait to make this. Chum Yes, it would be delicious. I made this for my Anniversary last weekend (my husband forgot) and this cake made the day. I made it in a regular cupcake pan. Just looking at these pictures makes me feel the urgency. I think another eight minutes after that and the testing knife finally came out clean enough that I was prepared to take the thing out of the oven. Did you watch the clock and take out the cake when it was barely finished? However, I am making a cake that has to be white. I only made a half batch, iced the gift cupcake generously, and had enough to adequately ice the rest. ), Adrienne 913 isnt the wrong pan for doubling an 88, in fact, its about as close as youll get to doubled from a standard pan. and checking the cooking time. If youre used to canned or standard back-of-the-box powdered sugar and butter frostings, it should be less sweet, due to the very bitter unsweetened chocolate thats used. Ill have to give this a try for comparison. Just made this with my gluten free flour blend. The wine and cocoa married so well in this cake. Bake on the center rack in oven for 65-75 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the loaf comes out clean. I love your recipes! It might have needed less baking time; it can happen. p.s. Funny, I am so the I need chocolate cake now kind of person, and it has nothing to do with hormonal cravings. This recipe will do nicely while the bender is ongoing! 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. Smitten Kitchen Every Day: Triumphant and Unfussy New Favorites - Brand You want to make sure this gets really blended/whipped, so youll probably want to scrape down the bowl and blade a lot. Simply meant to say I dont have Dutch cocoa, so just used standard. Next time I will make it with some raspberries on top. 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! Thank you for taking the time to let me know where to find the print and PIN links in the To Do line. I guess it isnt done. I wanted a thicker cake layer so halved the ingredients from the fudgy sheet layer cake recipe. I used closer to 2/3 cup of cocoa and I made it with gluten free flour. Keep it in the fridge. I did not overbake though and it came out moist and perfect. Or have them page by page. Thank you for the recipe :D. Okay so I made the cake but admittingly havent tried it yet. It was still speckled. boyperson also always complains that our apartment is coldi hadnt noticed until i realized the butter on the counter wasnt soft. Ive made this recipe so many times- just wanted to share that it makes perfect cupcakes too! I like blooming cocoa mixed the dry cocoa with 1/2 cup boiling water; once the mixture was cool, added enough buttermilk to arrive at 1 cup of liquid total. It works but its better with an additional yolk if you want more of a golden cake. I Tried Four Popular Red Velvet Cake Recipes and Found the Best One Time will confirm. You can make baking powder by using baking soda and an acid (usually, cream of tartar is used) at home. Its a winner. 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. This is my go-to for most of my recipes now, since my friend turned me onto here! At 11 weeks, mine are fish (every kind except the rare tuna salad sandwich), risotto or risotto-like creations, and chocolate in most forms. This cake was so easy to make and was well loved by all who tried it! I may treat myself to your cookbook for my birthday. I guess Ill just have to give this cake a go at the next family birthday (which, thankfully, is in barely two weeks). Also, Deb, keep doing what youre doing! Keep up the sharing! I swapped the icing for dark chocolate ganache with whisky, and topped it all with toasted hazlenuts. This morning, however, it has settled down some and is more balanced and its firmer. (but we still found the cake delish . Deb, in a very saturated social media food scene, you are one of the OGs and my absolute favorite. Im pretty sure its fine, but will a 9 inch round pan work just as well? As a 16 week pregnant lady myself right now, I have to commend you making a cake to satisfy your own cravings. Thanks for keeping us all entertained! I must admit, we had already finished off your raspberry buttermilk cake over the weekend, so the birthday boy got two cakes this year! Delicious, rich, ganache. This cake always comes out perfectly for mejust made for the tenth time! So, I made the cake. It might be worth making another one (oh, the hardship!) Oh, I also added a teaspoon of vanilla bean paste because over the years Ive come to believe that a touch of good quality vanilla rounds out a good deep chocolate kick nicely doesnt unduly soften it or dilute it, just smooths it a tad. You could just heap it like a bakery does. Any thoughts?? So I caved in last night and started my chocolate cake-baking journey. (I also made it once with peanut butter frosting winner.) Do you think this frosting would work to pipe with a star tip? Can I make this in a miniature bundt pan? But why did I have little bits of chocolate in the frosting? If you suggest it, I make it. I am a big chocolate cake lover, and this looks amazing. Thanks! Im looking for a new chocolate frosting recipe for my sons traditional birthday cake 33 years of James Beards 1234 cake, made in three layers. 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. not sure what I was thinking) and spent a bunch of time probably twenty minutes until I realized my mistake. 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. What shall I do? Baking this cake in NZ and looking forward to eating it tonight. Ive had great success with them. Fingers crossed! Thanks Deb! 3. No need to sift if you cocoa isnt lumpy; I think the brand I use just fairly consistently is. deb says to eat it pretty much right away, and i agree. I tried to make this one today and it burnt to a crisp, even with my oven at the right temperature. Deb, how is it that you can take the most simple chocolate cake and make it look so amazing that I think that I will just die if I dont go make it right now, even though its nearly 11 p.m.? Yield Serves 8 to 12 Prep time 10 minutes Cook time 25 minutes to 35 minutes Show Nutrition Ingredients 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder, natural or Dutch-process 1 cup granulated sugar 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt 1/4 teaspoon Any thoughts about what Im doing wrong? 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 dont recommend trying to speed the cooling of the melted chocolate by putting it in the refrigerator though, things can change fast! I recently doubled a recipe that was originally a 88 or 99 pan and put it in a 913 pan. I just made this last night. Thank you for this recipe, I made the cake last night subbing in slightly thinned soya yoghurt for the buttermilk and sunflower spread for the butter as my daughter is lactose intolerant, and it worked beautifully!