Love love love it! Great cake! it was still fully raw in the center. Wow theses foods look so amazing!! Im going for an Oreo vibe. I made this for my daughters 4th birthday and it was awesome. From the share button (the one that looks like an up-arrow coming out of a box) at the bottom of the Safari browser on an iPhone. So simple and so perfect. My belly partner is revolted by anything sweet or dessert-y, even though thats what Im craving the most (now that the morning aka 24/7 sickness is gone)! Making now! Ill be making this weeks pasta you posted as soon as I exercise off the brownies. 16 celebration! (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 have made this cake dozens of times, it is easy and delicious. Whats a mom to do?? Frosting notes: I had super dark baking chocolate and used that instead of unsweetened for the frosting. Im so worried about under-baking, even by a little that I forget the residual baking in the pan once I take it out of the oven. In terms of leavening power, 1 teaspoon baking powder is equivalent to 1/4 teaspoon baking soda. can I use just one egg, instead of 1 egg plus 1 egg yolk? What a great idea. and were talking been on the counter for days. 1/4 teaspoon baking soda A combination of too much flour, too little cocoa and too much heat or time in the oven will certainly dry out baked goods. I am planning to make this next week, and I dont know if I should send a hug to you or be irritated that you continue to post such delicious recipes! Great recipe, easy to make. Otherwise, it would be much easier to make them less sweet! 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. Wow. ), Its there Add the egg, yolk and vanilla and beat until combined, then the buttermilk and mix again. :). Several typos in my comment, whoops! Anna You can replace all of the buttermilk with wine, because wine is an acidic ingredient (almost a match in ph, if I remember correctly from my research a few years ago). 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. Plush, soft, the icing was fluffy. If so, should I alter the other ingredients? I would like to send him a care package including a chocolate cake. Yummy! Hello! I made this tonight. I.e. Preheat your oven to 180C (fan 160C/gas mark 4). This one is almost brownie-like (especially on day 2) but definitely still cakey and has a great chocolate flavor. But so thick that the cakes moist crumb couldnt hold up to it. 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. Thanks! THanks! He loves chocolate sweets, but Im trying to eat better and curb our snacking especially sweets. Oh my goodness, this looks heavenly! Every recipe I have made has turned out delicious and has brought a smile to his face. This cake would feed one of them, maybe 2 if they were forced to share. Check your oven settings too! Jennie. Do you recommend baking the cakes one at a time, or can I put two 9x13s in the oven together? Its the best Ive ever had, hands down. This will replace the chocolate cake from the I Hate to Cook Book as my go-to chocolate cake. You can make baking powder by using baking soda and an acid (usually, cream of tartar is used) at home. Hi! Or should I just give in and go to the store? Could it be that I used salted butter??! Serving size I guess its just us that cuts cake into small pieces? My cake dint rise too much i cooked in toaster oven.. Was that it?? Your name for the cake reminded me of our favorite chocolate cake recipe -That Chocolate Cake. But as youve proven multiple times a person can have several favorites; especially brownies and chocolate cake. this frosting is even *better* cold! And eat it too.!! Im still super nauseous though, this was supposed to go away weeks ago, and havent baked anything because I cant stand being in the kitchen. I weighed & added the ingredients for the frosting. Chocolate continued as a food friend for the remainder of the pregnancy and was quickly gobbled up by baby son when permitted. Was too impatient to leave this review. It rarely is in my experience, often because there are other acidic ingredients in the mix (here, buttermilk, even eggs, brown and white sugar are slightly so). Thank you for posting that note at the end about how you do your frosting! That chocolate cake is everything, the cake just looks so yummy and delicious. Wow, have I been missing out! Quick question: my cocoa is not lumpy at all. So I substituted cocoa (6 T with 2 T of melted butter). Thanks! 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 know better than that. In the past, iirc, you have mentioned having a salad dressings section in the Recipe Index. Its almost like.dinner. My mind is blown! Do you think it would work if I cut the two tablespoons of granulated sugar? I thought Id try a different blogs cake this year, dumbest idea ever! I love making chocolate cake but never seem to be able to eat an entire cake. Put the chocolate, butter, and salt in a large microwave safe bowl. the most beautiful chocolate cake i ever did see. How I like to swirl frosting: I always use a small offset spatula (have I convinced you to buy one yet? I actually only made the cake part and I made it into cupcakes. Hi Deb, Next time, Ill try your cake recipe, too (only remembered I wanted to try this when the other one was in the oven!). The frosting is delicious too! Ive been dreaming of my late mothers chocolate cake lately (yes, dreaming!) This recipe is so disappointing, especially after all the other ones Ive made from your site. Cant wait to give my kids a treat!!! I processed the next batch just until fluffy and spreadable looking and it turned out great. This post could not have been more timely! THANK YOU!!!! 1/2 cup butter is 8 oz not 4 ozs! Do you think itd work? Its hard from the fridge and would need to be warmed up a little and possibly re-whipped. I have some too-ripe bananas hanging around, and Id like to throw them into this recipe. The batter tastes amazing! Six years ago: Soft Pretzel Refresh and Meatball Sliders Ultimately it was a success! Did I need to do that? recipes? Hes enthusiastic now :), Literally just finished frosting it and devoured it along with the sprinkles. Also, such an epic amount. Even if your batter is too thin and your frosting takes forever to thin to the right consistency dont lose heart. :) (Also, see Joannes comment!). I just made this cake and its amazing. It may not be important, but Im still wondering: have you adjusted the baking powder since posting this recipe here? This was my first butter-based cake, and I think it turned out quite well! Thank you! Thank you! Meanwhile, Im also making Ovenlys Chocolate Stout Cake with Salted Caramel Buttercream have you seen their cookbook? So much so, that I think I might name a few of my extra pounds after you . Thanks, Deb! I seem to have screwed up the frosting, and Im not sure how. I riffed off your frosting to make rocky road frosting by adding mini marshmallows and chopped toasted pecans. Anyways, good luck! This cake is just gorgeous! Perfection! All in all, not a problem. And in case anyone who ever reads this comment wondered the same thing as me, I actually used two whole eggs, as I didnt want a random egg white floating around that Id have to account for. It actually tasted like chocolate, unlike most bakery cakes that just taste brown. Tried to read most of the comments but mostly the conversions were for 913 or cupcakes. P.S. Chocolatey. This frosting is HEAVEN. Made this cake last night. My whole 10 month long pregnancy plus these 3 postpartum months have been filled with with the desire.. no OBSESSION with finding the perfect chocolate cake. I bought a bundt cake pan (9/10 inch I think), how can this recipe work with the pan?!?! I dont have any personally tested high-altitude baking tips, but understand the ones on King Arthurs site are great. 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. I am quite pleased. The cupcakes stayed moist and were flipping delicious. An inexperienced baker may appreciate a more precise explanation of just how mixed you were intending. The cake didnt look too overbaked, though. So that doesnt count, right? I thought it wasnt quite chocolately enough (mightve been the quality of my chocolate, to be fair), so I ended up adding a scant 1/4tsp of almond extract and 1/4 tsp of espresso powder, and that livened it up a little. -I used regular cocoa powder and absolutely missed the Dutch cocoa powder, so go for the gold here P.S. You made it a Sweet! Update: went ahead and tried it anyways it was definitely enough for the naked cake look, ie just inside and on top! Want to make this for my husbands birthday and he is a big fan of cream cheese frosting! Hi! I like the size. I added slightly more salt just to bring out the flavour of the chocolate but all in all perfect! Does it truly not matter? Thank you eight thousand times. I used two whole eggs for not wasting an egg white, but it turned out fine. ;) But, I whip whipped cream by hand all of the time. Kate I havent done it, but if I were going to, my approach would be to replace the buttermilk with 3/4 cup mashed banana. Do you have a recommendation for a less sweet chocolate frosting? Thank you Smitten Kitchen for previously suggesting the usefulness of a 6 inch round pan. This is a great recipe. I mean, its definitely on the sweet side, like all powdered sugar buttercreams. Im not sure which area I am suppose to add the 1/2 tea of vanilla too. Ive also just made it as square. I really wanted that light & fluffy frosting. Thank you for a lovely, easy cake recipe in the ideal size! Deb- Yes! In the recipe it states that 1/2 teaspoon sea salt is equivalent to 1/2 teaspoon table salt. How many servings approximately? It helps the flour soak up moisture and makes things much better! So the amount was great for us, but obviously you could also double it if you wanted. Husband is on a single layer cake (he calls them sheet cakes, even though the ones I make at his request, are not) bender right now. I bet you could put in the same amount of cinnamon, for a Mexican chocolate vibe.). Followed the recipe exactly as written. I tend to use double what is recommended of the powder, due to the mildness. (!!!) I made a different cake, but wanted to try the frosting. Ive kept the sugar about as low as you can get away with and still have a frosting, so if you do try, Id limit it to 1 to 2T less. Not coconutty tasting at all. And not too huge so we didnt get sick of it. 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. ), but it was reading the word chocolate for, what, maybe the 57th time in one post, while reading the list of ingredients that finally got me. I had to bake for the full 30 minutes, at 25 mins. had all the ingredients and im one happy MOM! Second. My friend said the word cake to me today and I could not get it out of my head. Soft and moist. I made this and I just wanted to say that it was so good. Thank you so much. Id limit it to a couple tablespoons as it will be pretty wet, and personally, I prefer to strain raspberry purees to get rid of the seeds, but I think they bother me more than they bother other people. Will you please advise me on this? I have one question, can I use gluten free flour? This is the MOST delicious and eye-pealing chocolate cake I have ever seen. Leti My favorite is from Valrhona. that I might have to exclusively dedicate this space for a while to a few currently acceptable categories, those that involve butter, bread, peanut butter or chocolate. Do you have Smitten Kitchen Every Day? Previous post: spaghetti pangrattato with crispyeggs, Next post: cornmeal-fried pork chops + smashedpotatoes, cornmeal-fried pork chops + smashedpotatoes. Any idea if you can sub baking soda for Natron and baking powder for backpulver? Everyone raved about it. Thanks for a quick recipe for our math celebration! Im nervous about its moist crumbliness, though, and would prefer frosting to ganache. 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. I have made the recipe three times now. FWIW, I first peeked at the cake at 20 min, then it took three more 3-minute timers till finished. We still have to quarantine for a whole week anyway. (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!). I made this last night and it was delicious! Ive often had more success with the oil-water chocolate cakes than with the butter-based ones (in general I mean; I havent tried your butter-based chocolate cakes). could i melt terrys chocolate oranges and add them to the batter, or maybe orange zest and juice to the batter to mix the flavour? My baking tome was slightly less, but I always consider baking times rough estimates. But my batter didnt seem as thick as in the video and it also didnt rise very well (or as much as yours). 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. when I suddenly NEEDED brownies, so I feel you on this! :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. Sometimes when I really need chocolate cake I cant find this recipe! I made mini-cupcakes for my son. *squeeeeeeeee* Bless you! Two of them (one spare) were slightly bigger than the others, but not that much. SO GOOD. It would be impossible to overstate the urgency of such a desire! This was just what I was looking for. :) Yes, that was what I meant by uneven. Hi Deb I tried decreasing the sugar to 1 cup and replacing it with 1/4 cup cocoa. Theyre about the same area (63.6 vs 64 square inches) but will it affect the baking time at all? Its a recipe like this that makes me want to brave the snow and go to the grocery store to get the ingredients. The salt in the frosting is the perfect touch. They keep at room temperature, so no need to put back in the fridge unless your car will be very hot. Thanks. Love that you include the alternatives for the liquid moisture. I guess it isnt done. At 30 mins the top had cooked and closed over and not till about 40 mins did the skewer come out clean and the cake stop making that bubbling noise. Deb, you so perfectly describe what I experienced with food when I was pregnant!! Thanks for the reply deb and the toaster oven just broke a cuple a days ago lol that was the sure cause and i made i the oven an it was fantastic!!! 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. Thank you for a spectacular cake. In most recipes, you can reduce it by 25% without changing a whole lot. I think you have to buy 6 at a time. About to make the best-est cake of all time; love this thing! I also used cocoa and a little extra butter, with a dash of instant-espresso powder, in the frosting, and did not find it particularly sweet at all, just a good chocolate flavor. As it was, I managed to stop after one so thered be plenty left when my peeps come home from school and work. Its what I have always wanted my homemade chocolate frosting to taste like. Divine- super moist and deeply chocolatey! I need cake in my face, or everyone in this office will have to pay! Way thicker than any buttercream Ive ever made before. So moist and chocolatey. Thank you for taking the time to let me know where to find the print and PIN links in the To Do line. :) Thank you so much Deb. You read my mind! Insanely perfect timing since its my boyfriends birthday in two weeks and his only request for his cake was chocolate, chocolate and chocolate. What do you use? Yay! I tried to make this cake, but the batter curdled when I added the thinned yogurt I cut the 913 into 4 pieces, frosted 3 pieces with only minimal fighting. So simple and so good. How do you make the frosting look so swirly and delicious? I used the old lemon juice+milk trick as a buttermilk substitute and it came out great. I need to get some to keep them in reserve for when I want cake (which is today and always). Upon reading this post I immediately began craving chocolate cake. Id use flour or cornstarch instead of cocoa (or half of each) and white instead of brown sugar. Smitten Kitchen's Blondies, Infinitely Adaptable is an adaptation of Mark Bittman's recipe that Deb Perelman has baked with every alteration imaginable. I am a big chocolate cake lover, and this looks amazing. Holy stinkin cow this cake is GOOD! ), as written, with great success every time! Beautiful Deb! Thank you for sharing the recipe!!!!!!!!!!!! So pretty but so simple too. I need this cake in my life, and I need someone else to make it! Close ad . Chocolate cake will clearly be my undoing as well. I could eat that on celery and be in heaven. Kim Whooooops! Sift flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and ground cinnamon over the top, then stir. bittersweet chocolate and pear cake. Did you put less sugar in this cake in to balance the sweetness in the frosting? . This is a delicious, fast chocolate cake! I love your little person for inspiring you to post this. I made this cake and it came out dry and dense. Hi Deb: Baking time actually remained about the same for some reason. My hubby loved it for his decadent birthday surprise! Thank you Deb. This is the Cake! Easy to make, took about 25 mins in a 9 inch tin, is chocolatey but not too rich or heavy the way a cake made with melted chocolate is, and just really soft and comforting. Ive heard mayonnaise suggested before has anyone tried that? Hey Deb! Cut into squares and prepare for your family/roommates to completely freak out when they spy it on the counter. This was delicious, especially the frosting! Cake notes: I didnt have buttermilk so I used 3/4 cup thinned (with water) whole milk yogurt. Youre the best. Deb, would this frosting make enough for two stacked round cake layers, if youre someone who prefers a thin layer of the stuff? At 38 weeks, Ive decided I really should eat whatever I want, especially things that might cause problems when I start breast feeding in a couple weeks. I added on at least another 5 minutes, and maybe more, for the baking time. We celebrated National Chocolate Cake day with this recipe, and it did not disappoint! Eek! i dont have rainbow sprinkles and am feeling a bit too lazy to run out and get them right now would it be a terrible idea to finish this with some grey sea salt? And I have a prediction,,,you will be having a girl!! Or The Nothing Is Ever Going To Be Okay Again If I Dont Have Chocolate Cake Cake. Is this the nature of this recipe, due to the added solid chocolate, or did I perhaps mis-weigh my powdered sugar? I thought that I might use this for a birthday cake. What a treat for a weeknight! I recently rediscovered this place. 2. This looks like heaven! You can bake this into 10 to 12 cupcakes! Do you mean other chocolate flavors or the style of frosting, in a food processor? Deb, the best thing about this recipe is that at the drop of a hat you can make a delicious chocolate cake. I finished it with wilton buttercream frosting. It was a hit. I reduced the total sugar to 270g (so 135g in the original size), made it GLUTEN FREE by using brown rice flour, and also used rice milk soured with lime juice in place of the buttermilk. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. I made this in two 6 rounds and it was a perfect little layer cake. My larger offset languishes in the drawer unused except for sheet pan spreading jobs. I used coconut sugar in place of the brown sugar here, and about 40g less, it works great! Just did it in a 913 and working on the frosting now! You are amazing and my go-to for any recipe! I had to test the recipe and it is incredible! I have one of these babies in the oven right now, perhaps the 6th one in a month. Yes I always make it as cupcakes. Anna. Im so, oh, so sad. I know you have other vanilla frosting recipes but I love making this one in the food processorso easy and the texture is great. Mmmm chocolate cake. But this will do and maybe I wont even share it ;). Then yesterday I made it again with mini 6 cake rounds. Or just double the frosting? I stuck the unfrosted cupcakes in the freezer. At around 25 weeks with my son, I suddenly craved chocolate after many months of guac, almonds and popsicles. Hi, I just wanted to know if I could substitute the dark brown sugar (I only have light brown muscavado sugar, demarara sugar, or granulated sugar). So in the batter went, and crossed the fingers were. I really hope I can replicate that crazy looking icing. Didnt have buttermilk so subbed yoghurt and milk. Also, make sure you dont over-mix your batter, that would make it very tough! I love moist and really intensely chocolatey chocolate cakes . Im trying to print some recipes, but the print recipe links that appear are not working (I use Google Chrome). On an I.V. I made this cake tonight for my daughters 3rd birthday and it came out PERFECTLY. This one looks like a keeper for any midnight cake treat. I just made this today and it is solid! It was a hit! http://www.youtube.com/sparklesandsuch26, Jenny Yes, you can make 2 6-inch round layers from this cake; the layers would be ever-so-barely-slightly thicker than the 8-inch square would be, but not a bad thing, as you can see the 8-inch square is very thin (maybe .75). I need to make a nice tall chocolate cake for my daughters birthday this weekend. Baking time is decreased to 12 minutes. Thank you for always inspiring me! Thanks Deb! My son requested a chocolate-chocolate cake for his 4th birthday so I doubled the recipe and got 3 6-in. So delicious and absolutely the ultimate I want cake recipe. Have a great one Deb! THIS CAKE LOOKS SO YUMMY!!!!!! 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. Any thoughts?? And maybe use vanilla bean instead of extract? I dont even like frosting but Im drooling at the sight of yours! Ive made the peanut butter one several times (with and without the frosting+ganache) and love how moist it is, although I do reduce the sugar quite a bit and almost double the cocoa powder. 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!!! Beat butter, powdered sugar and salt, if using, in a large bowl with an electric mixer until fluffy. My hubs and I are chocoholics and this cake definitely is a winner. Used Dutched cocoa I keep it on hand because I love the deep color and flavor. even a day later (made it on day one, frosted it day two) it was starting to dry out. Its possible the book version has a tiny bit more airiness to it, but nobody has ever complained here. I think it could be it will definitely be thinner. Had to bake a lot longer than called for, but still yummy! . Ive made this multiple times before and its my definitely my go-to chocolate cake but I want to make it tomorrow for my birthday and I dont have any unsweetened chocolate.
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