Still, much better by then. 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. How this the cake so fudgy and the icing so irresistibly fluffy? Im here to tell ya, the frosting totally makes the cake! Stephanie i usually just stick the butter in the microwave for 10 seconds (not more), Deb, I recently bought your cookbook here in Dublin (Ireland, not Ohio), and it looks so, so great. At 11 weeks, mine are fish (every kind except the rare tuna salad sandwich), risotto or risotto-like creations, and chocolate in most forms. An exceedingly cute mini-cake! Category Chocolate. Lucy Im sorry to hear that. Cut into squares and prepare for your family/roommates to completely freak out when they spy it on the counter. I thought Id try a different blogs cake this year, dumbest idea ever! Less so on the first day. Hi I am trying to figure out how to adapt this to fit a 10.5 inch cake pan. recipes? .). Megan 10-inch round or square? I love your little person for inspiring you to post this. 9 by 13 it is!!! I was convinced by your cake spiel that I, a novice baker, too could make a cake but have been let down twice. Fold the remaining two-thirds in gently, trying to keep the batter as light as possible. You never disappoint. I got back from work at 8pm without a plan for my husbands birthday and managed to bake, cool, make a bodega run for confectioners sugar, decorate, make cacio e pepe, and open a bottle of wine within 90 minutes! Hi Deb! Thank you for this recipe, it was PERFECT and so easy. The frosting is out of this world amazing, but I thought the cake was not that great. I had to test the recipe and it is incredible! Sneha If the knife isnt batter-free (i.e. 1 / 4 teaspoon baking powder You also ruined me with Dutch processed cocoa. SUCH a successful recipe!! We used the Hersheys special dark cocoa and 6 large muffin wells came out perfectly in 18 minutes. We will definitely make the button easier to find when we next redesign. Chocolate Cake. A perfect not too sweet cake with a cloud of fabulous frosting. As a 16 week pregnant lady myself right now, I have to commend you making a cake to satisfy your own cravings. Thanks for the fantastic recipe. I really wanted chocolate cake but it was so late. Deb, youve done it again! 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! Kim Whooooops! 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. Recipes. I just made this cake and its amazing. We love so many of your recipes in our housewe literally make your Favorite Brownies at least a few times a month (my husband somehow remains just as excited every time). Keep in mind that there is no telling where said birthmark will show up I am pretty sure my mother is not the only woman to utter the hint, I mean heartfelt words, Nonni, I want only to have her grandmother show up with a big dish of (fill in the blank)! I cupcaked these and doubled the recipe. Hi Deb! I substituted 1/2 cup of buttermilkkept 1/4 cupfor a Terrapin Chocolate Peanut Butter Porter beer. Hey Deb This looks marvelous! best chocolate cake ever! When I had a piece I cut some cake, scooped out some frosting and let it sitto warm and frosted the squares individually before eating. Thank you for the lovely idea, just in time for the weekend :). Beautiful Deb! (Although Ill need to squeeze in a hamentashen session at some point as well.) Its a little stressful to work with because its so soft (I always pop the rounds right into the freezer so theyre easier to lift) but it is always a hit. 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. Definitely only two ounces chocolate, right? The first two attempts were as the recipe said, the third with replacing 1/2C of buttermilk with coffee. If so, how would I defrost? One question I dont have a mixer or a hand mixer (I knowI know) I normally do everything by hand and I dont think Ive ever made icing before so I havent yet found something I couldnt do by hand. As it was, I managed to stop after one so thered be plenty left when my peeps come home from school and work. I definitely agree about the longer (25-35 min) cooking time, and I actually one bowl-ed the frosting somewhat successfully. Details. 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. Thanks! . Hmm.). Man I have had a chocolate cake kind of week. Oops! -baking time was approximately 35 minutes Ill put it this way: I, too, am obsessed with layer cake moisture but since I got this configured exactly the way I like it, I havent made another chocolate layer cake. (I thought the cake was perfect by itself; kids wanted frosting; I ate cake and frosting separately and was in heaven!) I cant wait. It looks so generous. Looks amazing! Scoop the frosting onto the cooled chocolate cake and swirl it around. 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.). But my batter didnt seem as thick as in the video and it also didnt rise very well (or as much as yours). And its not a large cake which might be helpful for some readers here. If it makes a difference, I am coloring the frosting to make Pigeon and Hungry Caterpillar cupcakes. Your one-bowl chocolate cake is PERFECTION. Thanks! One variation I have made a few times (for grown up cake-eaters) is to swap the milk for Baileys salted caramel. Seriously good. I see many, many of these as birthday cakes in my sons future. Because I need an excuse to make chocolate cake. This one looks just absolutely perfect! Great little cake, so nice to have something smaller and delicious! He even drove the train around the tracks. Total bake time was over 22 min for me. I didnt even notice. Deb, the worst thing about this recipe is that at the drop of a hat you can make a delicious chocolate cake (for those of us who do not need more cake!). I tried to make this one today and it burnt to a crisp, even with my oven at the right temperature. Just made this with two 6-inch rounds (following Debs recent advice!) Also, someone posted back in February (timely response, I know) that their batter was runny. Deb- Yes! This cake would feed one of them, maybe 2 if they were forced to share. Im not sure which on the bars are but can I use them for the frosting or does it definitely have to be unsweetened chocolate? Super hit! (But only share if they offer to do dishes.). 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 decided to make this cake instead! Sally Usually in the fridge for a day does the trick. Do you think I could add 1/4 cup cocoa powder and decrease the powdered sugar to 1 cup in the frosting? Baking time for cupcakes is less; I usually start checking at 15 minutes. Another site question: youve said that site updates are in the works. Congrats and thanks for this recipe! Making a commenting account just to say this is now my favourite chocolate cake recipe. I used self-raising flour and half a tsp of baking powder. I only got ten cupcakes. Delicious! It turned out amazing, just as advertised, and I enjoyed eating it a lot :p. I am a nervous cake baker but I would like to make this for my sons bday in a few days. 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. Can I bake this cake 24 hours in advance or does it need to be made and eaten same day? I doubled the recipe & used a glass 9X13 dish. Oh my I need this now! Okay, Deb. I cooked the cake for 20 minutes in a 9 inch round pan and it was slightly over done. My larger offset languishes in the drawer unused except for sheet pan spreading jobs. (I use this brand.) Made this cake last night. Im really not sure without testing it, or knowing what else is in the pudding mix, sorry. My sons birthday today. This worked great as cupcakes! 1 / 8 teaspoon baking soda dont quit your day job We still have to quarantine for a whole week anyway. . Recently made your Valerie chocolate cake with this frosting. I made it today for a cast party for a community theatre again, accolades from the crowd. I will keep this one in the mental file folder for sure. More cocoa, brown sugar, that extra egg yolk for richness, etc, etc. Two of them (one spare) were slightly bigger than the others, but not that much. Or is there a list? Would doubling the recipe be the right amount, and how would you adjust the baking time? Also can you recommend a baking pan for this cake? that said, flavor was good. Instead, I used almond milk (since thats what was in my fridge). I have been refreshing your blog all day ever since you said on instagram last night that youd be posting the recipe today. So much so, that I think I might name a few of my extra pounds after you . For an Oreo vibe, you can do a full swap with black cocoa or even a half-swap (half regular cocoa) because its so intense, little is needed to Oreo (like, as a verb) a whole cake. Space Station Mir Hilarious. If I double the recipe, would a bunt pan be appropriate? The dark chocolate color in the cake is great. I bought a bundt cake pan (9/10 inch I think), how can this recipe work with the pan?!?! Made at 9:30 at night and it baked perfectly in 25 min. Privacy Policy. Really wanted to like this cake but it was dryfollowed the recipe exactly but I knew right when we cut into it that it was not going to be as amazing as I had hoped. Not as moist as I thought it would be or very chocolatey. I actually only made the cake part and I made it into cupcakes. I only made a half batch, iced the gift cupcake generously, and had enough to adequately ice the rest. Smitten Kitchen's cake, which is baked in a single layer in a square pan, met a similar fate. My favorite kind of cake is chocolate. 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? We found it didnt need as much in the more exhaustive testing for the book however, if youre happy with the rise, dont touch it. Blueberry Boy Bait is an all time comfort food around here oldie but a goodie. And not too huge so we didnt get sick of it. Fingers crossed! Rave reviews on the cake and the frosting from my wife and house guest! :). :P (Obviously I understand if you dont answer this by the time I make the cake, haha, but thought itd be worth asking.). Oh my goodness! It works but its better with an additional yolk if you want more of a golden cake. Hands down the best frosting Ive ever made! And for perfect timing! Many of the older cakes and almost all in the last couple years are one-bowl or at least each component is. Soft and moist. Thanks, Deb!!!!!! This was my first experience with Valrhona cocoa power. Whim to bite of cake time was 90 minutes, and during that time I also gave the kids a bath, tucked them into bed, and read some books. and it was AMAZING. I hope I can get to the bottom of it. Ive made this twice now and its definitely in rotation as a birthday cake cake. It was great. The only thing available to me that was vaguely cake-sized and shaped was a glass pie dish. Cake is moist and light with a very tasty frosting. I put little chocolate rainbow sprinkles on it which were very charming and made me happier than I expected they would. 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. and I think the secret is to always push the frosting from the center out, not pull it back. This recipe is a keeper! Thanks for so much deliciousness! Any tips for a frosting I could make with a whisk or does that just not work for frosting? This cake was a hit! Check your oven settings too! NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER A BON APPETIT and EPICURIOUS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR The long-awaited new book from the best-selling and beloved author of The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook and Smitten Kitchen Every Daya collection of essential recipes for meals you'll want to prepare a. I wonder if you weighed your dry ingredients? Followed the recipe exactly and made 14 cupcakes (baked for 19 minutes). 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! I substituted buttermilk for greek yogurt and it worked just fine. Did I need to do that? Have a great one Deb! The frosting is sweet and pairs very nicely with the not overly sweet moist light cake! and checking the cooking time. I so love the frosting recipe!! I made these a cupcakes tonight. Yes, I could have made it myself, but Id have had to get out of the bath tub. Thanx For Sharing this recipes. It turned out rather thick, but spreadable, and so delicious. :). Make the frosting: Place frosting ingredients in a food processor and run machine to to mix. 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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). This is heaven and all my friends love me now. 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.