For the buttermilk substitution, could you use stout in this? We were sitting around with a bit of wine and a roasted cauliflower tonight, thinking about what to do for the night; we are homebodies, Friday basically is equal to Tuesday in my mind and CAKE! Used 1/2 cup strong coffe and a 1/4 cup wine instead of the buttermilk. I was just wondering if you could double this recipe to make a two-layer cake? Looks great. I just made this cake and its amazing. This is the Cake! Love how you swirled the frosting on top! My hubs and I are chocoholics and this cake definitely is a winner. I had to test the recipe and it is incredible! As luck would have it, my husbands birthday is tomorrow, so Im using this occasion as my excuse! 1/2 cup (41 grams) Dutch cocoa powder Looks amazing! Ive made this a few times and its turned out the best with whole milk yogurt (not Greek yogurt) and a half to on teaspoon of instant coffee/espresso. I made this cake (assuming its also the one in SK Everyday) in a double recipe for 23 cupcakes (one was victim to an unstable parchment paper liner. thanks. I also have a non-standard oven (AGA). Do you prefer a particular brand of chocolate for both the Dutch cocoa and the unsweetened chocolate? . I assume it will be shorter? Youre not tired of it by the time its gone. Btw, I added a little cinnamon, New Mexico red chile powder, and a drive-by amount of chipotle to the brownies for a Mexican flavor. Another stellar recipe! When I warned the batter might look uneven, this is what I meant. Your one-bowl chocolate cake is PERFECTION. (Isnt that the whole point of cake anyway?). How did it taste in the end? Burnt to a crisp: Did you use the longest baking time? Thanks! I want to dive into that swath of icing. Ive doubled the recipe and its currently in the oven in a 913. I want cake now! Guessing I posted here before as I make this cake all the time. You might want to aim for three layers, or just make even more batter for two thicker ones. I know you have other vanilla frosting recipes but I love making this one in the food processorso easy and the texture is great. I have been really successful in recreating this recipe( without a mixer too Infact). I think I over-baked the cake (closer to 30 min) because it was quite dry. Vegetable oil can give it a more plush crumb, so its not a bad move. Im totally making this cake for his first birthday. 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.? Its a problem, I hear you loud and clear! Thank you for sharing the recipe!!!!!!!!!!!! I will keep this one in the mental file folder for sure. I followed the directions, and the butter and eggs were at room temperature. And now youve posted the cake I have dreamed of. Any tips for a frosting I could make with a whisk or does that just not work for frosting? Stir one-third of egg-white mixture into chocolate mixture. This this will work as the filling for a wedding cake? Has anyone made the fudgy sheet cake and if so, how do you think it compares? Making your classic brown butter cake for a last minute wedding this weekend was thinking of using this for the bottom middle layer. The frosting turned out great! 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! Also, your cheerful writing style has brightened up my day considerably :). I always love your recipes. Thank you! What do you think of powdered buttermilk? Is your oven temperature accurate? This is how I feel about chocolate on a regular basis. What would you suggest? If larger squares, 9 to 12. Will you please advise me on this? Either that, I would have to eat cake less often and at 21 weeks, that is unthinkable. I need to get some to keep them in reserve for when I want cake (which is today and always). Its the best Ive ever had, hands down. Theyre about the same area (63.6 vs 64 square inches) but will it affect the baking time at all? Gonna save this one :). Finally made this cake for my mother-in-laws birthday last weekend. Incidentally, this is only a couple of steps away from my go-to brownie recipe. Man I have had a chocolate cake kind of week. NO- Im at work right now and cant immediately make and eat this. I did have to make the substitution of sour cream thinned with milk for the buttermilk, but it was still a fantastic cake! sunken black forest cake. Can I frost them while they are still frozen? Several typos in my comment, whoops! Older one is old enough to be helpful, and old enough to go to school while you have lots of time (and naps) with the new one. Is it very winey? Thank god for that frosting, because it turned out the ratio and the richness of the frosting balanced with the sturdy, deeply chocolate-y cake that was barely almost a smidge over but not too badly. I would say it is a great, deeply chocolatey cake. Details. xo. 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. This was exactly what I was craving! Is there a video anywhere illustrating this technique? Instead of the buttercream I frosted it with a half batch of the seven-minute frosting from the King Arthur website and drizzled with chocolate ganache, but I definitely kept the rainbow sprinkles :). can I use just one egg, instead of 1 egg plus 1 egg yolk? (What a little jerk, amiright?) dont quit your day job ), the perfect cake to whip up the night before youve decided to take cake to celebrate 2 years at your current job (woot!) 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. I look forward to trying it again with regular Dutch process cocoa. 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. And I have a prediction,,,you will be having a girl!! Very easy clean up. Im making this now for my little girls second birthday. 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 had to add another 1/2 cup of powdered sugar. Ummm, yum! It looks so jummy! I am making your fudgy chocolate cake and golden vanilla cakes from your 2nd cookbook this week and I am so curious as to why, in your book recipes, you sprinkle the leavening agents on the batter instead of putting them in with the flour/cocoa or flour cornstarch mixture as you do in this recipe? chocolate peanut butter cup cookies. If anyone is like me and has a Costco sized version of coconut oil theyre all too eager to use (vs expensive organic butter), use coconut oil! 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! If it wasnt 8PM right now I would make this cake. Life changing! Special equipment: A pastry bag fitted with a star tip. I made the cakes in two 6in pans and it took a lot longer than what was written for one 8in square. Powdered sugar frostings sometimes have an unpleasant aftertaste to them that I dont like, but this was fabulous rich, chocolatey, buttery. Its what I have always wanted my homemade chocolate frosting to taste like. The batter was so good I didnt want to bake it, and the resulting cake is very rich but still so fluffy and light. Total score, thank you! I weighed & added the ingredients for the frosting. I see you doubled this using the 913 like I did. Add one-third of the 1 1/4 cup (155g . It was just fine; moist but not dense. 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. My daughter is already asking for her birthday to make the SAME! And I think increased the proportion of cocoa, too, I think. This cake looks so delicious! I Tried Four Popular Red Velvet Cake Recipes and Found the Best One I agree that a salad dressings index would be great. The color was beautiful and the taste was rich and chocolately in the best possible way. Hi Deb, I have bittersweet baking bars and cocoa powder. I made this with Hersheys Special Dark Cocoa (they say this is a blend of natural and Dutched cocoas) and it turned out great! Everyday Cakes - smitten kitchen Re, the sweetness of the frosting: I think its relative. The baking time was about 35 minutes, all told. I made this cake tonight for my daughters 3rd birthday and it came out PERFECTLY. Thank you. So in the batter went, and crossed the fingers were. :). My son requested graham crackers with frosting for his lunch box treats this week, so I made a half batch of this frosting in my little mini-processor and it was the perfect amount. Deb- Yes! Absolutely its intended a building block. Seriously, $4. Thanks for the clarification. It traveled well unbaked in the loaf pan, then brought to room temp and baked the next day, it turned out perfectly. Way thicker than any buttercream Ive ever made before. (this is my idea of an egg dish, fwiw!) 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. 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. 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)! Such a perfect moist crumb on this cake it must be the buttermilk! This will replace the chocolate cake from the I Hate to Cook Book as my go-to chocolate cake. As a 16 week pregnant lady myself right now, I have to commend you making a cake to satisfy your own cravings. Thank you for this wonderful recipe it is incredible! YES, YES, YES!!!!!!!!! I been looking for flat sheet cake recipes; thank you so much Deb. The food photography is top notch and presents the delicious food very well. The kitchens not too hot, and its snowy outside. 1/2 cup (4 ounces or 115 grams) unsalted butter, at room temperature :). I cupcaked these and doubled the recipe. Your cake saved the day! Perfect size cake for two people. Yes I always make it as cupcakes. I had to make one change to the frosting. I make my vanilla one in the food processor too. Well see if the cake it too salty or not. The list of 10+ smitten kitchen chocolate cake - cuisine.best I found that the coffee version took slightly longer in my oven, but produced the most delicious moistness. 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. Have been needing something chocolate all week and this was it! What do you suggest? I was meaning to ask you about that as I read through the recipe and your note was a very welcome surprise. O.M.G. But I found it to have a slightly grainy texture. It turned out so beautifully. Theres a note under the instructions about swapping the two types of cocoa, which I hope helps. Came out perfect! 1 /2 cup / 63 g all-purpose flour This looks amazing! 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 made this using the yogurt substitute and it was so incredibly moist. Turned out great Thank you! 2. Im a long time listener, first time commenter. But now I want to make this cake again and again I am in a chocolate cake loop. Try it again and see if it succeeds this time! Any suggestions on the dryness? I made this and I just wanted to say that it was so good. . I made this in two 6 rounds and it was a perfect little layer cake. Yum. Yum! This is absolutely a keeper. A real end of the week treat. I wish I could post a picture of the cake I made from your recipe! Especially how there was so little to clean up, and how all the ingredients came nicely together :) My friends all enjoyed it immensely too and they all said the icing went really well with the cake. Chocolate cake, with rainbow sprinkles, is simply the best thing ever. I just wanted to correct you because I dont want you to accidentally mess up anything you bake in the future as you would be using way too much butter. But why did I have little bits of chocolate in the frosting? I had to laugh at your comment about sweet potatoes. As it should be.). Is that the route we need to take in order to PIN a recipe? 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). There are ways to adjust a recipe accordingly to your neck of the woods. Mel For a whiskable frosting, well, its all about how strong your arms are. Ive heard mayonnaise suggested before has anyone tried that? Sometimes it comes back for an afternoon but its not like it was. Is that just me?! Your cake recipe is divine. Megan You could halve this in a 6-inch round. This isnt what you asked, but it might help you understand what youre looking for. Thank you for this recipe. If I dont have unsweetened chocolate on hand but have a 70% cacao (or higher) chocolate, will this work? If round, to make 2 layers of an equivalent height, youll want to scale the recipe 250%. I find that its hard to get a bittersweet chocolate taste in a cake from bittersweet chocolate itself, because the chocolate itself is sweetened. Can I replace the dutch cocoa with natural cocoa? Thank youit looks so good though! I decided to divide my cake in to two 9 round pans. I made cupcakes for my daughters birthday. But if youve been there, youve felt this, this is for you. The baking time was a bit of a problem! Is there a good way to search for all your one bowl cakes? This comment is years late but I made this today and thank you for the easy frosting recipe! Didnt bother to sift even though cocoa was lumpy and it was fine. Okay, Deb. It was 10 and I had worked hard all day. This morning, however, it has settled down some and is more balanced and its firmer. Whipped this up during nap time, adding a handful of chocolate chips to the batter. I only had black cocoa and not regular Dutch-process (apparently black cocoa is very heavily Dutched) and it was super chocolatey and a big hit, even with my 4 year old. I know this recipe is going to be fantastic. When I click Print Recipe I am directed to another website, which requires me to do I dont know what. 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. 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. my friend this cake is gorgeous! Thanks! After noodling for a day, I decided that the acid present in the buttermilk must be enough to do the job. 3/4 cup (145 grams) firmly packed dark brown sugar My sons birthday today. What is the ratio of vinegar to milk to create buttermilk? So I caved in last night and started my chocolate cake-baking journey. Crap. Thanks for having such well written and scrumptious recipes that end up being perfection every time. Would either be acceptable with modifications? Things like humidity and elevation can even factor in. It came out perfectly baked, not very risen. Im fairly new to gluten-free cooking, but learned a good trick to get rid of the sometimes gritty taste the baked goods can have: let the batter rest for 30 min before baking. Any suggestions for cooking times for cupcakes? I usually melt half of the chocolate (chopped) and stir in the rest until melted. Hes enthusiastic now :), Literally just finished frosting it and devoured it along with the sprinkles. Ill definitely have to make it again. This cake looks like it fits the bill. Should the butter quantity for the frosting be 1/2 cup or 4 oz? First. The knife comes out with chocolate on it. Mazel Tov on your happy news, and thanks again for your indispensable Smittenkitchen! I think i am going to try to make it myself!!! Thanks for the delicious chocolate butter cream recipe! Im too hungry when I wake and cant stand it anymore. and it isnt that difficult to make with that machine. You can bake it in a 9-inch round. This coming from a girl raised in NJ, just outside the City, and whose standard is Juniors! Yes, this is everything I want. Just putzen this cake into the oven- if itll taste anything like the uncooked batter I just liked off the bowl Ill probably not make another chocolate cake recipe. Incidentally, I did walk into every cupcake store and bakery during my first pregnancy. 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. It worked so well and was fun for a small celebration for two people, though it could easily have served four. *head smack*. It is so not fair that you gave me this craving this late in a very long day. ), 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 would love to make this for my daughters birthday.do I double the ingredients for 2 nine inch rounds? The outside was not dry and the cake did not collapse. And its the perfect size to not hurt yourself :). Hypothetically, if you wake up early in the morning to make this cake for a co-worker celebration and, in a sleep deprived state, add two cups of flour instead of oneyou can convert this recipe into chocolate cake cookies! Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Smitten Kitchen Every Day: Triumphant and Unfussy New Favorites - Brand New at the best online prices at eBay! Hmm.). Thank you. In terms of the icing, the same thing happened to me as with Erin, the icing became oily. and am here to report that the frosting amount was also just right. And I was vegetarian. and I think the secret is to always push the frosting from the center out, not pull it back. Ha! Thats what I usually have on hand. My kids loved it! 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. (P.S. I mean, its definitely on the sweet side, like all powdered sugar buttercreams. Because when you really need chocolate cake, I vote for doing it properly. Same for apple cinnamon cake good luck with pregnancy! Required fields are marked *. 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. I was hoping it would work with the quite sweet yellow cake my husband requested but I was to worried about it to wait and see. This cake hits the spot and is a perfect snack size. Its one of the only ingredients I splurge on; I ruined myself by trying it in the first place. 1.5 Years Ago: Key Lime Popsicles (still a favorite!) In your opinion, is there a great deal of variation in the taste of the different brands available? So moist and chocolatey. Had to bake a lot longer than called for, but still yummy! Has anyone baked it in form of muffins/ cupcakes? 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
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