All that to say, I enjoyed a piece of your chocolate cake for breakfast enormously. This this will work as the filling for a wedding cake? I have never made a vanilla buttercream that I liked, and Im scared to try a meringue-based frosting. My friends, family and I would like to take this opportunity to thank you very very much :) He tested covid +Ve and he is completely asymptomatic. Just wanted to check in here and say how delicious this cake is! 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. Blueberry Boy Bait is an all time comfort food around here oldie but a goodie. Was that the culprit?!? I have bittersweet baking bars and cocoa powder. Thanks in advance! I may have taken it out a bit early, the rise went slightly down. ), Adrienne 913 isnt the wrong pan for doubling an 88, in fact, its about as close as youll get to doubled from a standard pan. 1 cup (125 grams) all-purpose flour I just popped by as many bloggers dont respond to questions. Coconut oil works great here so I hope this helps someone else in the making. WrittenPyramids Glad it was a hit. Youre pregnancy sounds exactly like my pregnancy. next year I am making this chocolate cake. This is more of a 3/4-height layer. So I was making this cake and I was mixing in the dry ingredients and I thought Wow this is a dry mix and I thought there is no way this is going to spread. I love your little person for inspiring you to post this. Kate Check out overstock.com. And its not a large cake which might be helpful for some readers here. The perfect antidote to absolutely needing a chocolate fix. So so so good! I will definitely make it again. :). I made the same cake recipe with their dark chocolate salted pudding buttercream, and it was UNBELIEVABLE. Is there a good way to search for all your one bowl cakes? No extra dish, too. Which means that its time for me to actually make it instead of just admiring the photos. Not too rich. Its easy, moist, bakes in 25 min. Sift flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and ground cinnamon over the top, then stir. I have some red wine to use and i would try making this cake with it. Definitely needed the extra time, I was closer to the 35 minute mark than 25. Im terrified of failing the first test and having to take the dreaded 24 hr one). Even with the extra sugar, it was still bitter-sweet but in a good way. If so any specific recommendations? This looks like heaven! Normally I cook in vast quantities (no idea why, its just me and hubbymaybe I was the mother of 8 in a past life?) This is the fudgiest, most delicious chocolate cake Ive ever experienced. The sweet frosting with this rich second batch hit the right spot. It reminds me of childhood parties and I can just imagine how it tastes my mouth is watering just looking at the pictures! Because of you, my family eats cabbage/slaw, fritters, and more vegetarian. That could be the issue too much creaming. Its expensive and I wouldnt encourage anyone to seek it out (I tend to price it out online, buy it in bulk and split it with baker friends) unless theyve tried it and, like me, found it impossible to buy anything else after that. Its just about done baking, weve moved on to beers (Im sorry, but a Belgian white ale pairs unbelievably well with the smell of chocolate cake) and I had to say thank you. How much should I decrease the sugar if I use the semisweet chocolate I have? (Hmmm. Thanks for taking time out to respond so quickly, Deb! chocolatey without being overwhelmingly rich (and thus, every excuse for a second slice ;-)). Well, my healthy lunch of last nights leftovers seems utterly unsatisfying now. So delicious. Chocolate cake. Ye gods all I want is that chocolate cake now (hello final month of pregnancy, so lovely to finally meet you). The icing on this was great! Delicious!! and checking the cooking time. Youre the best. No need ;). Your recipes are so easy and relate-able, and yet so novel, and your photography is scrumptious. 1/2 teaspoon espresso powder (I used this instead of vanilla, purely based on personal taste) Thanks for posting- I love your recipes, and especially enjoy the baking ones :) I keep running into the same problem with cake baking though, and I wanted to ask for your advice. Id limit it to a couple tablespoons as it will be pretty wet, and personally, I prefer to strain raspberry purees to get rid of the seeds, but I think they bother me more than they bother other people. Thanks again for your wonderful recipes, they never cease to impress me. Im the only one here! Whipped this up during nap time, adding a handful of chocolate chips to the batter. see? Thanks :). I was convinced by your cake spiel that I, a novice baker, too could make a cake but have been let down twice. Hooray for frosting! 3 times? I found you last year, bought the book, and have since made at least a dozen cakes and more. Do I still need to mix dry ingredients separately first? I thought it was an issue with my oven temp (175, standard convection) at first but at 20 mins I had a ring of cooked cake around a pool of batter. Its an okay price, at least. Thank you for taking the time to let me know where to find the print and PIN links in the To Do line. Today my work email was hacked and my computer was down for several hours so I baked this cake, because obviously it was a day that NEEDED CAKE. Thank you for your generosity and for this cake in particular it helped us support a friend who needed it. I made it with wine, and its a big hit (the leftoverssince I made the 913 and served it after a huge meal are being consumed at work now). I am definitely making and eating this on the weekend. That frosting is to die for!! Delicious! THanks! I made the cake the other day for my sons birthday. bittersweet chocolate and pear cake. After trying both creaming and "reverse creaming," we turned to ribboning whipping eggs with sugar until they double in volume, then . Chocolatey, soft-textured but not crumbly, sweet but not overpowering. I tried to make this cake, but the batter curdled when I added the thinned yogurt Thank you! Especially because I could make it and then end up suddenly repulsed by it. I wanted a thicker cake layer so halved the ingredients from the fudgy sheet layer cake recipe. Very much looking forward to any recipe involving peanut butter! For doubling the recipe, do you think three eggs or that two whole eggs + two yolks will be much better? Ill update accordingly, suggesting you just mix it until smooth. 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? The ingredients & method are straightforward. Heres a measurement converter from Land O Lakes but please feel free to Google the information from any website youd like: https://www.landolakes.com/kitchen-reference/measurements-abbreviations/. This is a longtime favorite; its fluffy in an old-school way. I shop there because they have EVERYTHING FOR BAKING but.they arent the most pleasant peeps Ive come across. Exact same pregnancy cravings, as I sit here eating another PB on English muffin. This ultra-moist chocolate cake is deep and rich in flavor and best served with whipped cream and toasted hazelnuts. 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. ), YES YES YES! What shall I do? Turns out baby now had taste buds! you know, something about being in the family way (im assuming thats whats going on???) This was exactly what I was craving! I bought a six inch cake pan last year, and thought Id try halving this recipe to make one six-inch layer. Worked fine. I wish I could post a picture of the cake I made from your recipe! You read my mind! The second batch was even better than the first. This was the perfect amount of batter for 12 cupcakes. Thank you SO much for this recipe! (This is a 75% volume of that, so it wont fill out a loaf as well. This is getting pawned off on my coworkers as soon as my office reopens because I cant take it anymore. I would buy anything those swirls were trying to sell me. This is definitely my go-to chocolate cake. It was definitely brown-butter-nutty flavored enough that my health conscious husband thought it was whole wheat- did I correct him, no :) I saw some recipes that brown then freeze the butter and use buttermilk instead of cream in the scone. This isnt what you asked, but it might help you understand what youre looking for. You can also type CTRL or + P from any recipe post to get to the same print template, or use the Print option in your browser, usually under the File menu. Made this today and although I am not a great fan of chocolate I do really like this one. Cocoa powder, especially in that volume, is quite bitter. Hey Deb. Yay! (I may have had a slice for breakfast, it has yoghurt in it so its practically a health food, right?) Otherwise, Id recommend you invest in an oven thermometer. We ate cake outside and in the rain because thats how it goes in quarantine. I have two boys, almost exactly five years apart, and its (mostly) a really good gap. Thank you so much for sharing!!! The baking time was about 35 minutes, all told. And not too huge so we didnt get sick of it. Thank you for doing this. Im looking for a new chocolate frosting recipe for my sons traditional birthday cake 33 years of James Beards 1234 cake, made in three layers. No more babies, here, but this winter calls for all manner of treats! If it wasnt 8PM right now I would make this cake. Slightly adjusted ingredients, same effect. while at target i found star sprinkles for a buck as part of an easter baking end cap display. Its moist and rich, but not too sweet I may just have some for breakfast tomorrow! Ive been a lurker heresince I was in highschool? I baked them for 17 minutes, per the recommendation from another commenter, but they came out just the slightest bit dry. Thanks. Two of them (one spare) were slightly bigger than the others, but not that much. Thank you! I seem to have screwed up the frosting, and Im not sure how. This looks amazing Deb what a perfect cake! to buy both & Ive almost always got the light brown kind around. Im going to triple the cake recipe but do you think I need to do the same for frosting? I used the alternative to buttermilk she mentions and used 1/2 cup strong coffee and 1/4 cup whole fat Greek yogurt (though doubled in my case, and the cake was deeply chocolatey and moist. I didnt use this frosting as I had some swiss meringue buttercream left over from a previous baking session, but am looking forward to using this frosting recipe in the future :-) (!!!) Oh my goodness, this looks heavenly! Thank you for this easy small cake! Forgot to add, this actually made enough frosting for a decent thickness on the top of 913 cake. My daughter wishes for a chocolate layer cake filled with chocolate chip ice cream for her birthday next week, and 6 cakes are my familys favorite size. So happy about the sprinkles. I have already made this cake (in almost all of its versions! Sneha If the knife isnt batter-free (i.e. Rather than a cream cheese frosting, you'll make a quick buttercream frosting, which I found was harder to spread. Chocolate cake with chocolate frosting would definitely be an understatement! Frosting issues It sounds like some food processors are indeed warming the frosting up a little, and making it grainy. And as a fellow pregnant lady whos had these chocolate cravings I totally feel you. First time I made this cake (huge success, by the way) I used natural because thats all I had. Deb- Thx for the speedy reply. I was meaning to ask you about that as I read through the recipe and your note was a very welcome surprise. I have one question, can I use gluten free flour? But now I want to make this cake again and again I am in a chocolate cake loop. Its my goal as a parent to make cake often and large cakes take too long and end of going to waste (very sad!). It may not be important, but Im still wondering: have you adjusted the baking powder since posting this recipe here? I am in Denver (5280 ft) and used this page as a guide for adjusting for high altitude http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipe/high-altitude-baking.html I added the extra flour and reduced the sugar like the page directs, but did not adjust the leavening. I also included the pinch of salt in the frosting highly recommend. It came together simply and easily. Am I always Overbaking by a few minutes? I made this frosting with SKs best birthday cake. I am not a fan of frosting, but this was delicious and has a silky texture. 1 large egg yolk Definitely going into the rotation. We were at the cabin so this was going to be a hand-mixer + $5 ikea-cake-pan-smeared-with-whole-cow-of-butter kind of a job. Your site is consistently the best food site on the entire internet. And, you know, now. Grad school is sometimes miserable but also wonderful. It lasted until around 21 weeks with number one, and week 17 with number two. Its 2023 and this cake is still very important to me! You could just heap it like a bakery does. Can the frosting be made a couple days in advance and refrigerated or is it better the same day? The food photography is top notch and presents the delicious food very well. Also, I used a lightly sweetened cream cheese frosting and it was amazing together. Deb, have loved your blog for years and some of your recipes are my go-tos! Despite not having quite the right ingredients (had to use salted butter, 2% milk, and messed up the eggs and did all whole instead of one yolk and one whole) it turned out perfect. Thank you! wow, that cake looks amazing! This was just what I was looking for. I just made this cake and its amazing. Seriously, we love it so much!! They are DELICIOUS! You are a baking, cooking goddess. If I double the recipe and make it a 9 by 13 pan,do I need to increase cooking time? I made this using the yogurt substitute and it was so incredibly moist. I adore this cake and make it (or one of its differently sized cousins) constantly (and will be making it tomorrow for a bake sale on Friday!) I found it on the website and then also in her second cookbook so I figured it was a winner from the get go. Website question/suggestion (maybe someone asked for this already?) How can I make this a vanilla version? Hi Deb! And for perfect timing! Then yesterday I made it again with mini 6 cake rounds. Moral of the story is: even if you forget the buttermilk, the cake isnt half bad :). This is a great recipe!! I think you have to buy 6 at a time. The best looking thing ever. Mine came out fluffier than I wanted what should I adjust to get it fudgier? Does the baking time need to be adjusted? Its a very busy page, even with my ad blocker, so itd be nice if you could put up a Print Recipe link or some other manner to make it more legible. Looked cute, tasted great and since it was only for 3 people, it was a perfect size. To the second batch I added guittards 66% chocolate baking chips. Both the cake and frosting are delicious, and are relatively simple to make with basic ingredients. Less temptation as it sits on my counter! Recipes. xo. If you give a cook some frosting. I am allergic to dairy what substitute do you recommend for the buttermilk? It was a little dry around the edges. I think the problem may have been my food processor. There was no glaze but they served it what I think was more slathered brown butter. Hubby blew the candles out, served it up, we started eating, and nobody said a word. Stir on low until just combined; scrape down bowl a final time. Thank you Deb for another amazing recipe! Oh my goodness! Im definitely going to try this recipe! You see, we recently moved to a new house and i do not have everything in stock yet. Free shipping for many products! In a small saucepan, melt your butter over medium heat, stirring for even cooking. Theres enough baking powder in the recipe that Id bet the acid/soda balance is not super-critical. When you call for 3/4 of packed brown sugar (or 145g), if I am using a scale can I just dump the brown sugar until it reaches 145g?
