Add the egg, yolk and vanilla and beat until combined, then the buttermilk and mix again. I frosted it with a chocolate Swiss butter-cream and fresh strawberriesI even dusted it it with confectioners sugar just to make it a little more beautiful. Make the cake: Heat oven to 350F (175c). Can you help? [Dont have a food processor? Since you said you were generous with the amount of frosting (I am not going to get between a pregnant woman with an offset spatula and her bowl of frosting) I sliced my cake into two layers and put a third of the frosting inside and the rest on top. Loving this one. 1 / 4 teaspoon baking powder ANd they way you swirled the chocolate is perfect! Finally made this cake for my mother-in-laws birthday last weekend. Did you put less sugar in this cake in to balance the sweetness in the frosting? Thank you! Ill be making this weeks pasta you posted as soon as I exercise off the brownies. Delicious! Definitely only two ounces chocolate, right? This will definitely be in my regular rotation of dessert recipes. 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 never made frosting in a food processor. Worked perfectly! Tonight! I love a good simple chocolate cake recipe. It will be a win for somebody for sure, since your goodies usually are. 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. I kept going, because you cant waste eggs in a pandemic, but a little worried if its safe to eat? 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. The recipe has you bake two cake layers and then slice each one in half to create four. OXO Good Grips Large Offset Spatula $10.94 Amazon Buy Now Save to Wish List I think you have to buy 6 at a 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. What do the chunks seem composed of, does it seem like sugar or chocolate? First piece I had with chocolate milk, the second with scotch. Definitely a keeper, thanks! Hey Deb. Ive tried adding back the sugar in the hopes it will fluff but alas, no; its an oily albeit fudgy/tasty mess. Good luck with Elmo! Delicious and quick. Kudos to you for taking the time to snap the beautiful pics before digging in!!! This looks so good and I know my little girl would love this. Thanks!! This is calling my name. But this will do and maybe I wont even share it ;). Made this into a tiny layer cake for my antisocial pandemic birthday by baking it in two six-inch round Pyrex dishes. I turned this into a dairy-free, stacked birthday cake with the following adjustments: -doubled the recipe I wanted to take this to the next level though so I doubled the recipe for 2 layers and then spread a layer of salted caramel in the middle and drizzled some more on top of the frosting. The last two times I made only half the frosting, which still gave the same effect as the photos did. Your email address will not be published. Maybe its not as pretty but it worked really well- maybe this is helpful to someone with the same dilemma. Thank you for the recipe and inspiration. What a great idea. and checking the cooking time. 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. i used thinned greek yogurt for the buttermilk. I really really loved this recipe. Hooray for pregnancy cravings! 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. It's a great cake and I know why we love it so much: It's huge. Thanks in advance! I regret to tell you that this cake is nothing exactly new, and its not because Im out of ideas (I hope not, at least! This is the fudgiest, most delicious chocolate cake Ive ever experienced. We made this with your caramel chunks idea for the brownies sprinkled in, and added a whipped frosting with cream cheese, walnut, and chocolate chopped in. Susan Wait, howww? I have made this many times and it never disappoints. thank you deb, anne, and JP! Thank you for the lovely idea, just in time for the weekend :). Since there are so many positive reviews Id look beyond the recipe for another cause of the dryness and blandness you experienced. Everyone, Deb is right, get that small offset spatula. Thank you! Truly a fast cake to whip up!! :). Erin Was the chocolate completely and totally cool, i.e. Thank you! Maybe I just want the icing-free cake? Sneha If the knife isnt batter-free (i.e. Youre not at a higher elevation, are you? miso sweet potato and broccoli bowl. 1. 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. The only edit I would make is to halve the amount of frosting. Thanks again! I return to your website multiple times each week for various recipes. this frosting is even *better* cold! Hmm. Previous post: spaghetti pangrattato with crispyeggs, Next post: cornmeal-fried pork chops + smashedpotatoes, cornmeal-fried pork chops + smashedpotatoes. I found that the coffee version took slightly longer in my oven, but produced the most delicious moistness. I will force feed it to my colleagues tomorrow. I always have cocoa on hand, but rarely unsweetened chocolate so I always go this route and it works well. Turns out baby now had taste buds! I made cupcakes for my daughters birthday. Reading this comment, I just realized I DID forget the 2 tbs of granulated sugar in the I Want Chocolate Cake cake that I made tonight! I made this a few weeks ago, and made the frosting as written whereas normally I use powdered cocoa. The cake was a little dry. I am looking for a chocolate cake to make with raspberry filling, because your double chocolate layer cake has inspired me. Cant wait to try this combination. I made it today for a cast party for a community theatre again, accolades from the crowd. My new go to icing! Jennie. Want to make this for my husbands birthday and he is a big fan of cream cheese frosting! Your suggestion to cut it into 16 pieces was hard to obey, but I did. I do have a blender (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00Y2QHY02/ref=s9_top_hm_b3rSILn_g79_i13), might that help? I ended up with lots of frosting left over (I should have just made a smaller batch, I knew I didnt want a thick layer) but my biggest issue was that I ended up adding an additional 8-10 minutes to the baking time. Fantastic chocolatey goodness. The icing is just divine. . Thanks for replying! My sister cooks a lot and makes good cakes. wow, that cake looks amazing! thanks! Im so, oh, so sad. I love bittersweet chocolate, but nothing much sweeter than that. You see, we recently moved to a new house and i do not have everything in stock yet. I actually only made the cake part and I made it into cupcakes. Can I do part yogurt and part coffee? big apple crumb cake. I doubled the recipe & used a glass 9X13 dish. i did end up going out to buy the bakers chocolate for the frosting and im glad i did because I only got ten cupcakes. 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. it was still fully raw in the center. ps Rebecca @ DisplacedHousewife, i didnt see your reply until now (i am excited for the eventual SK revamp that includes replies :)) but i have indeed learned that esp with a gas stove again i can leave the butter there when the stove is off and it gets to room temp perfectly! Such a perfect moist crumb on this cake it must be the buttermilk! Delicious! My hubs and I are chocoholics and this cake definitely is a winner. Thanks. handfulofshadows I actually continually tweak this cake, but I tend not to edit the earlier versions because they work and everyone is happy with them. If you suggest it, I make it. Cannoli Pound Cake - This Italian Kitchen Thanks in advance! File > Print on a Mac Im pretty sure its fine, but will a 9 inch round pan work just as well? I made this recipe into cupcakes, doubled, 3 times today. 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!). Made this cake last night. Super hit! No surprise there though, considering the source! We will definitely make the button easier to find when we next redesign. If round, to make 2 layers of an equivalent height, youll want to scale the recipe 250%. Hi Deb! It should have been on the rack one level up. Yum! dont quit your day job I will absolutely make this again. First, the butter wouldnt cream with the sugars {its pretty cold here at the moment, and room temperature was well below what it should have been.) 3.5 Years Ago: Naked Tomato Sauce. Girl, you are speaking my language. If youre not used to U.S. frostings at all (which, of course, are very sweet), it might seem over-the-top. .). This icing, which we used for our sons birthday cake, is my favorite. This looks wonderful! Its our family favorite birthday cake. This is really embarrassing, but, yesterday when I made the frosting using the food processor (something Ive done a ton of times using this recipe), it curdled on me! *head smack*. I used two whole eggs for not wasting an egg white, but it turned out fine. FWIW, I first peeked at the cake at 20 min, then it took three more 3-minute timers till finished. Im so surprised. I made this with a mix of yoghurt and single cream, light brown sugar instead of dark, and caster sugar instead of granulated. You can make baking powder by using baking soda and an acid (usually, cream of tartar is used) at home. OMG. While it did turn out for all intensive purposes just fine, I had separated one egg, added the yolk as instructed and was then left very confused on why Id separated them as the whites were never mentioned. There was no glaze but they served it what I think was more slathered brown butter. 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. I made this yesterday with normal cocoa (didnt have Dutch process) and 70% dark chocolate for the frosting (didnt have unsweetened, and neither did Yes market when I went out on purpose) and it is still delish. I also didnt have unsweetened chocolate so I used a couple TBS of cocoa powder in the frosting. Turned out great! I have steadily leaned on SK since I started baking and cooking 15 years ago. I doubled the cake recipe and it made a perfect amount of cake in a buttered, bake and serve 9 x 13 glass pan. Thanks for keeping us all entertained! I still use your Double Chocolate Layer cake every year for my husbands birthday. Thank you! My main purpose in commenting, however, is to commend you on your perfect parenting skills. 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. 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! You mention that the frosting is generous for an 88, but is it enough to cover a 913 (to satisfaction)? So delicious and absolutely the ultimate I want cake recipe. You are a baking, cooking goddess. It works just fine, though, and then you can split the layer and fill it. The icing needed a bit more milk but other than that, perfection in a baking cup. Chocolate - smitten kitchen I was attempting to recreate the birthday cake my boyfriends mom made him growing up: a chocolate cake mix+pudding mix based recipe. Very observant! Preheat your oven to 180C (fan 160C/gas mark 4). I used gluten free flour (King Arthur general purpose is my favorite), subbed coconut oil for the butter and coconut milk with a little vinegar for the buttermilk (to make it dairy-free). The first time, I left out half the flour, so the cupcakes arent very cake-y, but they are delicious (and there are few sins frosting wont hide). Yes, thats odd, I know, but its also good. dulce de leche chocoflan . This has been my kids birthday cake two years running! its very hot here today so unfortunately i had to refrigerate it, much to the detriment of the cake. Its basically one-bowl and has astoundingly good chocolate flavor (especially with good cocoa powder) for something almost comically simple that I can pull off even with, say, a 4 week old in a Bjorn.