Im also pregnant and wanted chocolate cake so badly last week that I was practically begging anyone who would listen to bring some to me! That can greatly affect baking, as well. It was a little dry around the edges. Thank you!! For the frosting can you throw all the ingredients into a bowl and use an immersion blender? It was still speckled. A combination of too much flour, too little cocoa and too much heat or time in the oven will certainly dry out baked goods. Its possible the book version has a tiny bit more airiness to it, but nobody has ever complained here. Tried to read most of the comments but mostly the conversions were for 913 or cupcakes. It was 10 and I had worked hard all day. One should never taunt the idea faeries, of course.) If I double the recipe and make it a 9 by 13 pan,do I need to increase cooking time? Aw, I hope he feels better soon and that you are all safe. Serves or Makes: 8 . Hi, Thinking of getting ahead of my sons bday next weekend. :D. I did swap the buttermilk for full-fat yogurt and then also added coffee (2 tablespoon of instant coffee mixed with 4 tablespoons of hot water), whose liquid was intended to replace some the liquid from the buttermilk. Perfect timing! At grocery stores, I find Droste to be very solid for a dutch-process. The frosting is delicious too! Same temperature. and I was almost out of everything I combined some cream and some milk and a bit if apple cider vinegar since I didnt have buttermilk and it worked great! Recipes. Im the only one here! & again the perfect cake to make again the next night when youve been asked to bake it for a friend. To make it one-bowl and ensure that they get very well mixed. Completely organic and perfect. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Those chocolate swirls of frosting! HOLY HEAVENS! Scrape down bowl then process for another 1 to 2 minutes (updated based on feedback) just until smooth and somewhat fluffed. Kate Check out overstock.com. Hi, I really want to make a chocolate orange cake. So moist and chocolatey. Do I defrost 4, decorate them tonight and frost the rest just before serving on Sunday? Thank you! 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. It was a small miracle when I received your weekly newsletter including small celebration cakes on the same day as my partners birthday. Its nearly a brownie, but not quite. Im making this for my friends birthday which is tomorrow so this is kind of urgent haha. Oh, this is a great cake. Turned out great! And its not a large cake which might be helpful for some readers here. Easy and yummy, thanks. Ultimately it was a success! Thanks! 1 / 4 teaspoon fine sea salt or table salt. Yes, but it is not needed to make this cake tender/plush. Anyway, its worth the experiment. Your suggestion to cut it into 16 pieces was hard to obey, but I did. Is it wrong that I have that MUST HAVE CHOCOLATE CAKE feeling most nights and Im not even remotely pregnant?! This is heaven and all my friends love me now. Thank you for not making this any harder then it needed to be, I could not have handled it. Even serious adults turn giddy at the sight of sprinkles, men too! I followed the instructions exactly and the cake turned out beautifully. Holy smokes yall. Love the single layer recipe. thank you! anyway I came here looking for the fudgy chocolate cake recipe, that I used for cupcakes a couple months ago. Hey Deb, should it make any difference if I substitute black (extra dutched) cocoa in the cake? I was going to pick something more complicated, but it is great I did not because: The cake was delicious and the frosting was AMAZING!!! We opted for a few fresh strawberry slices on each little square and it was just right. Erin Was the chocolate completely and totally cool, i.e. I was a little worried as Im a beginner baker but it was a total hit!! Just wondering if you use brands that are commonly available in grocery stores (US) or if you use more of a speciality chocolate. Im not much of a baker. I know someone have asked about multiplying this recipe, When I click Print Recipe I am directed to another website, which requires me to do I dont know what. Delicious and quick. Check your oven settings too! Could you really taste it in the scone? I was worried that it would be dry as most of the cakes that I make from scratch are, but it isnt at all. And as a fellow pregnant lady whos had these chocolate cravings I totally feel you. 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? Insanely perfect timing since its my boyfriends birthday in two weeks and his only request for his cake was chocolate, chocolate and chocolate. 14 cupcakes. weight gain which I finally lost, literally, three weeks before this second pregnancy. Incidentally, this is only a couple of steps away from my go-to brownie recipe. it is the number one thing boyperson asks for, half in jest but i know he really wants it, but im not going to bake a whole giant two layer cake, and scaling down baking recipes is something i havent wanted to try. I have extra and my kids dont care for pudding so trying to figure out what to do with it. (I thought the cake was perfect by itself; kids wanted frosting; I ate cake and frosting separately and was in heaven!) Thanks for responding! I love that I dont have to go to five different grocery stores to find the ingredients. How this the cake so fudgy and the icing so irresistibly fluffy? After a good 30 minutes it comes out DELICIOUS. It actually tasted like chocolate, unlike most bakery cakes that just taste brown. What shall I do? It is so not fair that you gave me this craving this late in a very long day. Every time Ivve made it, Ive been invited somewhere, including in the middle of making the frosting for this one! but nowall shall be right in the world. I love the recipe and will have fun making this with her. 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. Two thumbs up. This worked great as cupcakes! Lifes too short to do that. SO GOOD. The recipe has you bake two cake layers and then slice each one in half to create four. You can keep it at room temperature if youd like. I really hope I can replicate that crazy looking icing. Just wanted to check in here and say how delicious this cake is! which i should buy just to havebut in the meantime. I Made thr cake w/out the frosting. Hope that helps and works! Love the frosting. Thanks. Thanks a lot Deb! 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. Congratulations and prayers for much joy, many full nights of sleep, and lots of laughter and cuddles! .. is that normal? 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 use this brand.) ps, is there a sub for the unsweetened chocolate? Next time Ill try taking them out after 15 or 16 minutes instead. No, the recipe is correct and what youve written is not. You can bake this into 10 to 12 cupcakes! Minis baked at 350 in about 14 minutes with cups filled to the top. My cake dint rise too much i cooked in toaster oven.. Was that it?? Made this tonight! When I went downstairs, I heard my oven timer beeping. Did you use Dutched cocoa? b.) Really this is so good! Hi Deb! I just wish I could make my frosting swirls as pretty as Debs. I really could have used this recipe last night! Did you watch the clock and take out the cake when it was barely finished? . Thank you! I decided it was fate and made it. This! Incidentally, I did walk into every cupcake store and bakery during my first pregnancy. Free shipping for many products! Joanne I agree; frosting this sweet is definitely more of an American thing. The batter was so good I didnt want to bake it, and the resulting cake is very rich but still so fluffy and light. 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 love your recipes and you are my go to baking site. Looks delicious! How can I fix this? but how much should I multiply the recipe to make a three layer cake? 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! These were absolutely delectable! Baking time actually remained about the same for some reason. Lower than 7 is acidic, higher than 7 is basic/alkali. Close ad . -baking time was approximately 35 minutes I added chopped walnuts instead of the sprinkles . Overall, absolutely delightful and delicious and will definitely enter my cake rotation. Magda I dont have the functionality at this time, but Id love to get it if possible. Seven years ago: Escarole and Orzo Soup with Meatballs I want to bake this beautiful for my daughter`s 14th bday Thursday. 3 tbs cocoa and one tbs butter for one ounce of unsweetened chocolate). If you give a cook some frosting. Do I need to double the recipe and how long should I bake them for? I dont know how youve done this for the past few months with morning sickness. I have some too-ripe bananas hanging around, and Id like to throw them into this recipe. dont quit your day job Same for apple cinnamon cake good luck with pregnancy! Directions. NB my main beef with most chocolate cakes is that they are far too sweet and rich (I drink cocoa without any added sugar at all so that tells you something about my palate for sugar) and I would not reduce the sugar in this. Chocolate stout cake - smitten kitchen tip smittenkitchen.com Bring 1 cup stout and 1 cup butter to simmer in heavy large saucepan over medium heat. I remember those strange feelings of strongly disliking (yes, they know what they did) familiar flavors and textures. You can almost definitely use 3 eggs, but use 2 whole and 2 yolks if you want it extra-rich. Didnt bother to sift even though cocoa was lumpy and it was fine. I recently warned (threatened?) I read a comment on how to get the swirls and Debs guidance was spot on!!! Hello form the Corona days! It was incredible. I have try this one because it look so easy and that frosting has the same bakery texture I so fondly remember. Ill update accordingly, suggesting you just mix it until smooth. Ive made it many times and its definitely become a family favorite. Even bought the special spatula. Fortunately, after a night of mellowing in the refrigerator, the frosting was delicious today; and although the outside edges were quite, um, sturdy, the cake inside was delicious and moist, and we didnt miss the salt at all. I actually only made the cake part and I made it into cupcakes. I guess it isnt done. Crap. 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. . Just buy the biggest ones they have. Guessing I posted here before as I make this cake all the time. YUM. The second batch was even better than the first. Better to make triple the batter and divide it between 4 pans. I learned this the hard way :). Made this tonight and shouldnt have, but am so very glad I did. It will be a win for somebody for sure, since your goodies usually are. Here is the gospel. Yum! website "Around here, we sometimes make (one-bowl, intense, perfectly crumbed) chocolate cake just because it's Wednesday. Deb, I love you. Deb, have loved your blog for years and some of your recipes are my go-tos! This is a delicious, fast chocolate cake! Ive made this version and the red wine version and both are moist and perfectly chocolatey delightfully eat-em-up good! Today I used 20g of black cocoa in addition to 21g of Dutch cocoa, and I must say it makes for a very pretty chocolate cake. I added slightly more salt just to bring out the flavour of the chocolate but all in all perfect! We made this (as cupcakes) when we were quarantined for Halloween, and now were making them for Valentines Day and not in quarantine. Reasons for this: the pickled onion recipe should be on my fridge, the sweet tart recipe I use with everything, etc. 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. Nope, way too dry so I added an extra Tablespoon or so of heavy cream. I like this site; I generally like or want to try the recipes. Its the perfect little chocolate cake! Very much looking forward to any recipe involving peanut butter! Any suggestions or ideas you might have would be much appreciated! The cake is in the oven! Made this twice! The first two attempts were as the recipe said, the third with replacing 1/2C of buttermilk with coffee. I would halve the sugar in the frosting for next time-I havent tried the cake itself so do not know if it is equally as sweet. Lynda. Your email address will not be published. Weiser bakes with salted butter, "to balance the sweetness and add a salty, savory note." With a bit of sweet and salty, crunchy and chewy in every bite, it's one harmonious cookie. My absolute hands down favorite chocolate cake recipe is your chocolate stout cake. Or is there a list? The dreamy frosting covers a multitude of floury sins, So I made this yesterday, and it was delicious. Must make! Cut into squares and prepare for your family/roommates to completely freak out when they spy it on the counter. So pretty but so simple too. (Isnt that the whole point of cake anyway?). And so, my absolutely wonderful husband made it for me! This is happening tonight. I am having trouble printing the recipe. I like a center filled with frosting, which is one reason I have never been enamored of cupcakes either. I usually make it in an 88 square. 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. Deb, seriously why do ever try another cake recipe that isnt from your site? xx. Reminiscent of the store bought frosting in the tub but way way better, Good golly but this is fantastic, Deb! Im curious, though, is there no formatting to just see the recipe for printing or just to simplify viewing while trying to make. Happy Holidays! Thanks! I love your little person for inspiring you to post this. :). Had Hersheys cocoa on hand and the cake did not disappoint. I dont normally make cakes with frosting because its that much more of a time commitment, plus you normally end up with a ton of cake and its just my husband and me at our house. Im sorry. (this is my idea of an egg dish, fwiw!) Chocolate cake with chocolate frosting would definitely be an understatement! Upon reading this post I immediately began craving chocolate cake. I doubled this recipe using the weights instead of volume measurements and it turned out great. Thank you for posting! Can you tell me what size is your strainer in the picture? I used golden brown sugar and non-Dutch cocoa powder because I had them on hand. This will be my go to recipe from now on. I asked him if we wanted to make the small cake or double it for leftovers and he looked at me like I had 2 heads. Your cake defies all logic, physics, and natural laws of consumption. But yes, you can always eat the frosting by itself! 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). I will be making this soon! Less so on the first day. The sugar is a bit much so the salt balances the sweetness a bit and enhances the chocolate flavor. I will report back when I try it :). Quick, easy and delicious but WHY is it in the recipe list as the I want chocolate chocolate cake? Mission accomplished. One of the easiest and most satisfying chocolate cake recipes ever. I realized I had everything in the kitchen already, and promptly went home and made it. 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! How would you adapt this frosting for other flavors? I need chocolate cakeNOW!! Just wondering if youd any tips on scaling this cake to fit a 15cm tin as used for your Tiny but intense chocolate cake? I was hoping someone had made it in 6 rounds and had figured out the number of pans! Eek! 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. Deb, I made this frosting tonight and I found it almost too bitter as written. Do you think its OK to double the recipe, and let half the batter sit while the first dozen cupcakes bake? I have wanted to make this cake for quite some time. Sometimes you just have to have a chocolate cake, right?! I will use this again because it was so creamy and smooth and didnt have that powdered sugar chalkiness or ultra sweet after taste. I made cupcakes for my daughters birthday. Can I do part yogurt and part coffee? 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 For the cake: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly coat two 9-inch round cake pans with oil and dust with flour. I made a half recipe of this and out of it came 4 largish size muffins? But! In Smitten Kitchen Every Day, my second cookbook, I turn this cake into a whole party cake section with a mix of base cake flavors (chocolate, vanilla, or spice with pumpkin or apples) and frostings (chocolate, vanilla, cream cheese) that can be kept small and simple like this or built into anything from cupcakes to layer cakes. Especially because I could make it and then end up suddenly repulsed by it. It was a hit. The cake came out fine, but the batter was just that pourable batter, not the spreadable, brownie batter-like kind in your photo. 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. I made the cake a couple days ago, and served it only yesterday. I think you might mean 185 grams of butter rather than 85g? 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!! Yes yes yes. Baby is now 3 months. The icing was looking perfect until I walked away from it to give it a good 2 minutes to beat. My hubs and I are chocoholics and this cake definitely is a winner. 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. I am quite pleased. However, it can lead to structural issues with a frosting like this (mostly just softer) and because sugar provides moisture in cakes, removing too much will make it seem dry. This will be my go to chocolate cake recipe! Things like humidity and elevation can even factor in. 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? This recipe is so disappointing, especially after all the other ones Ive made from your site. Just made this with my gluten free flour blend. This is the Cake! No need to butter the inside or outside of cupcake liners. Do you think this frosting would work to pipe with a star tip? You mention that the frosting is generous for an 88, but is it enough to cover a 913 (to satisfaction)? Just finished making this and am now tucking into a generous slice. It is my new go to cake whenever someone in my house is craving chocolate cake. 16 celebration! The five-year-old said, as I was cutting, make sure that I dont just get a sliver!. My husband cut us each 2 small pieces and then stacked them on top of each other for a double layer piece of cake. I was attempting to recreate the birthday cake my boyfriends mom made him growing up: a chocolate cake mix+pudding mix based recipe. I laughed at the we cut it into 16 small squares. Such a perfect moist crumb on this cake it must be the buttermilk! It was a little grainy/granular, and I had a really hard time getting it nice and smooth/whipped. Probably need to stick to 20 min. Also, the when you make a cake, they will come rule totally applies to this cake. I found you last year, bought the book, and have since made at least a dozen cakes and more. Thank you! Batter was quite runny; no worries. How much batter should I make for two 10-inch pans? I thought of making two 9 cakes using this recipe, filling with vanilla whipped cream and cubed strawberries and topping with chocolate ganache.
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