I am enjoying cupcakes for breakfast this week! 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! I still use your Double Chocolate Layer cake every year for my husbands birthday. It was really great. 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)! it really cuts the sweetness and just has the most awesome texture a solid lid to the cake but that still can be cut through, and so creamy. In a large bowl, use a hand or stand mixer to beat the butter and sugars until fluffy; scrape down bowl. 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. Not to be anal or anything, but to be, umm, anal, I guess: why is everything 3/4th or 2/3rd of the loaf cake but the egg is actually 1.5x? Is this the nature of this recipe, due to the added solid chocolate, or did I perhaps mis-weigh my powdered sugar? And hey, if you are someone who doesnt occasionally have a need for rainbow-confetti-ed and chocolate buttercream-ed chocolate cake that is so loud, it drowns out everything else, please step away from my cake. Ive made this twice now and its definitely in rotation as a birthday cake cake. Also, I have to say we had a slice last night and my husband remarked that it may even be better the second day. Its a recipe like this that makes me want to brave the snow and go to the grocery store to get the ingredients. I also included the pinch of salt in the frosting highly recommend. I have a large jar of Nutella sitting in a kitchen cabinet and was thinking it might be good mixed with marscapone as an alternative frosting. Youre kind of my hero. Ha! I will never go back to regular. Glad you enjoyed the cake in the end. Hi! 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. Also I need the cupcakes to rise above and not be flat will these rise? I switched out the AP flour for a gluten free flour mix and it turned out very well. Chocolate continued as a food friend for the remainder of the pregnancy and was quickly gobbled up by baby son when permitted. Hi Deb! Spinkle on powdered sugar if desired. And I think increased the proportion of cocoa, too, I think. I wisely made 1/2 batch of frosting which was for me the perfect amount. -made an orange cranberry filling This is amazing. I made the same cake recipe with their dark chocolate salted pudding buttercream, and it was UNBELIEVABLE. I did have to make the substitution of sour cream thinned with milk for the buttermilk, but it was still a fantastic cake! I love everything Ive made from your recipes especially the rapini and pasta! If so, should I alter the other ingredients? It works just fine, though, and then you can split the layer and fill it. Add cocoa powder and whisk until mixture is smooth. Would this be enough frosting for three layers? I want chocolate cake! About six weeks ago, around 9 p.m. on a day I had consumed mostly air and maybe a slice of toast because I couldnt for the life of me imagine how food had ever tasted good, without any warning, I wanted a slice of chocolate cake with swirls of chocolate frosting and probably some sprinkles and the sprinkles, so help them, better be rainbow. This frosting looks deliciouscould it be piped, or will it not hold its shape? Then it turned out my square pan was missing (we moved recently). They are DELICIOUS! Sometimes Im like Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde when it comes to chocolate. @Anna #216, I had to bake mine almost 20 extra minutes even though my thermometer read 360*F. I did use an 8 round instead of square, and it was nonstick. 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. I should have listened to your original notes and checked it a few minutes sooner it was a tad dry, which was completely my fault. Thoughts? Will make again!!! I was generous with the icing, which brings this cake together. I mean, just look at this cake!! . You mention that the frosting is generous for an 88, but is it enough to cover a 913 (to satisfaction)? Also, your cheerful writing style has brightened up my day considerably :). So, 913 = 117, 99 = 81, 88 = 64, 9-inch round area = 63.6, i.e. Id still frost it! After dinner, I whipped some cream, tossed some drained pitted cherries over it, and Followed the recipe exactly as written. Yes, thats odd, I know, but its also good. Does the baking time need to be adjusted? How can I make this a vanilla version? I AM MAKING THIS FOR MY BIRTHDAY IN A FEW WEEKS (and maybe before too, purely to test.). :/. When I click Print Recipe I am directed to another website, which requires me to do I dont know what. Grace Sugar provides moisture to cakes, too, so its not ideal to just drop it. the most beautiful chocolate cake i ever did see. I just made your best birthday cake with the addition of chocolate chips for my fiances birthday, and he requested a chocolate buttercream frosting. When reviewing the recipe I realized I should have lowered the amount when not using sea salt. Bake for 18 to 22 minutes (updated, based on feedback) 25 to 35 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. .). Thank you for always inspiring me! 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 need chocolate cakeNOW!! (and tastes great). So the question of saving it for later doesnt even arise! Had Hersheys cocoa on hand and the cake did not disappoint. Quick question! Thank you for posting that note at the end about how you do your frosting! I really want it with chocolate custard, like the school dinners I remember as a child. And we ate this delicious cake, marking time and friendship. I only had bittersweet chocolate, but I made the frosting as written and it was perfect. Any thoughts about what Im doing wrong? If so, then it was the decrease in sugar. 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. Recipes. Theres a note under the instructions about swapping the two types of cocoa, which I hope helps. Thanks for a quick recipe for our math celebration! I MUST HAVE CHOCOLATE CAKE. My son is 7 months old and the craving still pops up now and then. Thanks for the doable, approachable, ingredient-accessible recipe. 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 want to serve some (about 4) tomorrow and the rest on Sunday after a long car ride. (It says it on this package.) In terms of the icing, the same thing happened to me as with Erin, the icing became oily. I been looking for flat sheet cake recipes; thank you so much Deb. I will be making this soon! (Hmmm. Then I went to Copenhagen, staying in a strangers apartment through Airbnb, and your cookbook was in this Danish womans kitchen! 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! Instead, I used almond milk (since thats what was in my fridge). Hands down the best chocolate icing Ive ever had! This also worked well when I took some to my parents house since it was easy to transport separately. I doubled the recipe & used a glass 9X13 dish. Give It To Me Right Now Cake. Note: when I do pack it and weigh it, 145g actually comes to a little over 1/2 a cup of brown sugar. I just dont have the room (or the energy!) The standard Id say for this size is 8 tablespoons instead of 6. Loved this! Finally made this cake for my mother-in-laws birthday last weekend. I have been refreshing your blog all day ever since you said on instagram last night that youd be posting the recipe today. Website question/suggestion (maybe someone asked for this already?) However, the frosting saves the day here! You can also bake it as a lovely loaf. Just looking at these pictures makes me feel the urgency. Same with frosting. I want to triple this to make a 9 inch 2 layer cake and a dozen cupcakes for a birthday party, but Id like to split up the work. That said ive found most buttercream frostings to be too sweet so I dialed the sugar back to 2/3 of whats suggested here and it was perfect. (See more details on how I figure this out below, but it sounds like you already know. Thanks for so much deliciousness! This cake always comes out perfectly for mejust made for the tenth time! This one looks like a keeper for any midnight cake treat. 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? Smitten Kitchen Keepers - City of Santa Clarita Public Library - OverDrive ice cream cake roll. I made the cake the other day for my sons birthday. This is soo going to get made tomorrow! In another bowl, whisk together sour cream, corn syrup, and vanilla extract until smooth. Going to try out this recipe for my daughters birthday! 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. My head isnt working for conversions right now: will this make a 6 round 2-layer cake as is, or would that require halving the recipe? This one looks just absolutely perfect! 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.? I felt bonded to this woman Id never met through your cookbook. Im buying a bunch of things on a limited budget, and here in London its all unfortunately pricey and Im trying to substitute with what I do have. Two things: I havent read in awhile (not for any reason on your part, but like tv shows, I like to stock up on blog posts I love and then completely bingeI should not admit this unhealthy behaviour, but there it is) so, CONGRATULATIONS!! Love the photos of this oneI can smell it and taste it! This was my first experience with Valrhona cocoa power. Thank you, Deb, for all you do! 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. (What a little jerk, amiright?) I just wish I could make my frosting swirls as pretty as Debs. Thanks a lot Deb! fatty fat fat. Everyone raved about it. 1/2 cup butter is 8 oz not 4 ozs! hs code for cadbury chocolate; multi tenant architecture cloud computing; two-piece shiny loungewear of the 1980s; microsoft gaming services halo infinite; stabbings in london statistics; 19 metro bus schedule cincinnati; room service madison ms menu; velocity credit card application; grade label of coca cola; ridge vineyards sonoma We just finished my husbands favorite chocolate cake, which is my Moms recipe for chocolate mayonnaise cake (dont laughits outrageously good), but yours sounds even better. I made this and it was so delicious! Ill never buy it from a store again. Im making this in 2 6 layers for my mothers birthday- can I freeze the layers ahead of time for a couple of days? I need to get some to keep them in reserve for when I want cake (which is today and always). Love your Im pregnant recipes! No one will know that there are a few pieces missing, right? I turned to google and opted to add shredded [unsweetened] coconut 1 T at a time, probably going over by a 1/2 to a T. The frosting was good but a bit stiff. Is it very winey? It took about 32 minutes baking time. Thank you so much. Just wanted to check in here and say how delicious this cake is! 4 oz is 1/2 cup (or 1 stick), 8 oz is 1 cup (2 sticks) if you arent using US-sized full sticks of butter then disregard that number, but the weight and volume remain the same. and am here to report that the frosting amount was also just right. I was brought to tears. Also, I doubled the cake recipe to make a 139 cake but did not double the frosting recipe; it covered it just fine. The cake was incredible. its very hot here today so unfortunately i had to refrigerate it, much to the detriment of the cake. I wish this had been in the notes! Its really airy actually and isnt overly sweet. I didnt originally have dutch cocoa powder and thought about using natural, but ended up re-stocking my dutch cocoa and im glad I did. Not sure if you still think this would be worthwhile, but if you were to do it, I would -totally- use it. Third. having major third trimester chocoholic cravings and this is on the agenda for tonighthopefully this wont derail my glucose test next week (pray for me!!!! Whisk flour, sugar, baking soda, and 3/4 teaspoon salt in large bowl to blend. Just watched you make this on YouTube and immediately felt compelled to make it happen in my home. Mission accomplished. Congrats and thanks for this recipe! I want real cake made with real butter and real sugar and good chocolate, I just try to limit portion size. Gonna save this one :). P.S. I made cupcakes with this recipe yesterday and covered them with a vanilla buttercream frosting. I love the rich chocolate flavor. One block (1/5) of the 9.7oz bar of chocolate is a touch less than 2oz. I thought that coffee was acidic in itself. Can I make this in a miniature bundt pan? I love the buttermilk and richness from the egg yolk. Ok, so I just made this cake. Im definitely going to try this recipe! recipes? Because when you really need chocolate cake, I vote for doing it properly. nevermind. one note: We only have glass 88 baking dishes, and it required quite a bit more time to bake the cake to done. I am going to purchase a metal 88 as soon as possible! Simple, rich, delicious, perfect. Gooey Cinnamon Cake - David Lebovitz Sad but true. I also didnt have unsweetened chocolate so I used a couple TBS of cocoa powder in the frosting. I think you could go as far as to triple this but as quadrupled, it would be crazy tall. Possible to use oat milk in the frosting instead of cream/whole milk? Holy smokes yall. Thank you so much for reminding me of this wonderful cake just in time for my brothers birthday tomorrow!! Melt in the microwave on 75 . Deb, I made this frosting tonight and I found it almost too bitter as written.