Im too hungry when I wake and cant stand it anymore. Too thin. Perfect swirls! This cake looks so incredibly delicious and I adore the rainbow colored sprinkles thank you for sharing:). Thanks. If small squares, 16. Also, can you bake this in a round cake pan instead of a rectangular one? Yum! chocolate olive oil cake - smitten kitchen Il try a simple ganache next time i bake it for myself. I think I could eat this frosting by itself. It turned out rather thick, but spreadable, and so delicious. My main purpose in commenting, however, is to commend you on your perfect parenting skills. Very easy clean up. How much should I decrease the sugar if I use the semisweet chocolate I have? Actually as a followup to Aunt Vixens post 245, I too had to extend the cooking time. Slightly adjusted ingredients, same effect. Can I make this in a miniature bundt pan? Thank you; I know its TONS of work. It was good but not knock your socks off good, which has been my experience with everything else Ive made from SK. Its perfect. 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? So, 913 = 117, 99 = 81, 88 = 64, 9-inch round area = 63.6, i.e. Help!! We had a lot of fun, and the frosting is the best I have ever had in my entire life (she insisted I write that, its all I could repeat after eating it!). Any insight? The standard Id say for this size is 8 tablespoons instead of 6. Making the coconut cake from your second book, which, like this, has one egg + one yolk. Sometimes Im like Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde when it comes to chocolate. Ive made several recipes from your blog, so I knew the kind of quality I could expect, but still, I wasnt expecting to be wooed into buying another cookbook when I have plenty that dont receive enough attention as it is. It was DELICIOUS! HOLY HELL, its fantastic. I love this cake! Could I have just put everything in with the previously mixed mixture? I made this and I just wanted to say that it was so good. blood orange, almond and ricotta cake. If you give the mixer 30 more seconds, suddenly the capsules break apart and the batter becomes thick, shiny, and more like the texture in the pictures. This is the fudgiest, most delicious chocolate cake Ive ever experienced. Your chocolate cake is super and good in look and mouth watering.I am not having enuf time to do it.can i buy this cake any where in baker center.you can find more cake in this website : midnight cake delivery in hyderabad. I need to get some to keep them in reserve for when I want cake (which is today and always). Next time, Ill try your cake recipe, too (only remembered I wanted to try this when the other one was in the oven!). ). For doubling the recipe, do you think three eggs or that two whole eggs + two yolks will be much better? cupcakes? Hi, am I able to make the frosting in advance (perhaps 3 days or so) and leave in the fridge until required to frost the cake layers? THANK YOU!!! Just as you described, the batter seemed curdled at first and suddenly turned into a luscious thick batter. I was wondering if I can layer this cake with white chocolate raspberry filling and ice it with white chocolate ganache using the steps outlined here http://sweetnessandbite.com/2014/10/how-to-ganache-a-cake/. I subbed joghurt for the buttermilk and reduced sugar to 100 g (sorry my German taste buds cant handle the original sweetness ) and used white spelt flour instead of wheat flour. It was pretty powerful at first while mixing, so I wont go by first taste ever again!). My new go to icing! I asked him if we wanted to make the small cake or double it for leftovers and he looked at me like I had 2 heads. Finally made this cake for my mother-in-laws birthday last weekend. I sooo remember that feeling of if I dont have whatever it is Im craving right now, I will die feeling from my pregnancies. The frosting was delicious but I didnt find using a food processor to be convenient powdered sugar clouds poofed out and it was difficult to wipe down the bowl to get everything evenly incorporated. (Used the metal bowl of my kitchen aid over a double boiler to melt the chocolate, then mixed the frosting in that. Im going to make it for my kids fifth bday party. Delicious!! 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. Ive made this a few times and it always seems a little on the dry side. Came out perfect! The sugar is a bit much so the salt balances the sweetness a bit and enhances the chocolate flavor. Is it wrong that I have that MUST HAVE CHOCOLATE CAKE feeling most nights and Im not even remotely pregnant?! I Tried Four Popular Red Velvet Cake Recipes and Found the Best One I actually had to be super careful plating it to frost. 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. I couldnt figure out what Id done, but probably using an incing mixture instead of pure icing sugar, with the 70% dk choc, meant there wasnt *quite* enough sugar to soften the edge of that very bittersweet chocolate. But this will do and maybe I wont even share it ;). I used closer to 2/3 cup of cocoa and I made it with gluten free flour. Thank you! I make little bear shaped cakes (two in gummybear shaped silicon dishes and two mini bear shaped baking dishes) and added a couple fresh raspberries. I want chocolate cake! :) xx. Man I have had a chocolate cake kind of week. Dear Deb- Im hoping you can solve a problem for me. Im also pregnant and wanted chocolate cake so badly last week that I was practically begging anyone who would listen to bring some to me! Do you think this frosting would work to pipe with a star tip? Does it truly not matter? 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.) Thank you for posting! Can you file it under I at least? In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugars together until light and fluffy. 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). At around 25 weeks with my son, I suddenly craved chocolate after many months of guac, almonds and popsicles. and it was AMAZING. The wine and cocoa married so well in this cake. 1 / 4 teaspoon fine sea salt or table salt. Youre the best. I cant see the notes regarding the buttermilk options. Please, please tell me this doesnt mean you were still nauseous in week 16? Coffee does rank about 5, making it an acid. Definitely a keeper, thanks! (I might as well admit that I lost my train of thought a few times while writing that sentence and just thought I want chocolate cake. I think youre rubbing off on me :) ). The batter (just made a single batch this time) filled three 6 rounds perfectly and baked for about 18 minutes. I find that its hard to get a bittersweet chocolate taste in a cake from bittersweet chocolate itself, because the chocolate itself is sweetened. I used an 8 round for the cake, and put the extra in a small pyrex which my hubby and I devoured last night, without benefit of frosting. I put about a teaspoon of cloves into the dry ingredients sometimes. ), Its there Add the egg, yolk and vanilla and beat until combined, then the buttermilk and mix again. :). 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. This cake is EVERYTHING. 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 Tried Four Popular Blondie Recipes and Found the Best One | Kitchn I mean EVERYONE commented on it. Im on my way to a weight loss/fitness goal. I love reading your recipes, etc, and often print off the recipes. And it is not smack-upside-the-head sweet. Made this and it was bone dry and crumbly. Theres a note under the instructions about swapping the two types of cocoa, which I hope helps. Ive been halving bundt cakes for years (very easy to do as all ingredients are easy to cut in half and bake in my junior bundt pan), and Id like this smaller chocolate cake (I halve to halve it :) ) but am at a loss. I decided it was fate and made it. Monday was my birthday. Linda Yes, it just might be a little more pale in color. I added chopped walnuts instead of the sprinkles . I also did a messier job of splitting the egg than usual, and got a bit of the (second) egg white in there along with the yolk is that likely the source of fluffiness, and doing a cleaner job of egg-splitting next time will take care of it? Did I need to do that? I would like to send him a care package including a chocolate cake. I made this and used the measurement for table salt. Im torn b/w this recipe and the Homemade Devil Dog SK recipe. Frosting notes: I had super dark baking chocolate and used that instead of unsweetened for the frosting. 1 large egg yolk I needed a quick chocolate cake, without leaving the house for ingredients. I was looking for a quick and easy chocolate cake recipe, so finally I tried this one and I am thrilled! 1/16th of the scrolling is comments. Ive made your version of this food processor frosting a bajillion times and its amazing. and I think the secret is to always push the frosting from the center out, not pull it back. The texture is great, and its a superb idea to use real chocolate. The food photography is top notch and presents the delicious food very well. layered mocha cheesecake. I doubled the cake recipe and it made a perfect amount of cake in a buttered, bake and serve 9 x 13 glass pan. and zuc conversion site says 1 cup of coco powder is 120 g, but this recipe says 1/2 c is 40g? Ive been dreaming of my late mothers chocolate cake lately (yes, dreaming!) ice cream cake roll. 1. :) Yes, that was what I meant by uneven. I will use this again because it was so creamy and smooth and didnt have that powdered sugar chalkiness or ultra sweet after taste. I really wanted chocolate cake but it was so late. I had to add another 1/2 cup of powdered sugar. Im totally making this cake for his first birthday. You think it might have anything to do with the 20 tabs of different chocolate cake recipes I have open on the computer? apparently they dont use baking soda here but then what? 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 then did a quick Google search for "chocolate cake," which revealed that Add a Pinch's recipe might be the most beloved of them all. I would love to make this for my daughters birthday.do I double the ingredients for 2 nine inch rounds? Any suggestions on the dryness? I was sick for the first four or five months and couldnt really eat anything that wasnt starch plus dairy (mac and cheese, cheese enchiladas, etc.) I also used dark chocolate cocoa powder (not Dutch processed) because its all I had it tasted great and gave me that same dark chocolate color. Same temperature. I took these to a party and they received rave reviews! And so easy in the food processor a first for me! Tonight! (I use this brand.) And I have a prediction,,,you will be having a girl!! OH.MY.GOD. Thank you for a lovely, easy cake recipe in the ideal size! It was 10 and I had worked hard all day. You can drop the sugar a little, but too much and it wont be thick enough as a frosting. I just made this! This cake would feed one of them, maybe 2 if they were forced to share. ps, is there a sub for the unsweetened chocolate? I didnt know that was even possible.