Easy and yummy, thanks. Smitten Kitchen's cake, which is baked in a single layer in a square pan, met a similar fate. 2007 on smittenkitchen.com | 2009-2023 Smitten Kitchen. Thank you. Has it been six years? With every bite the grumpiness and stress and bickering melted away. I mean, its definitely on the sweet side, like all powdered sugar buttercreams. I know better than that. It's chocolate-flavored and naturally red, and the texture is so dense and moist that only a little frosting is required between the layers, and that frosting is whipped mascarpone cheese - or cream cheese. ps, is there a sub for the unsweetened chocolate? Ive doubled the recipe and its currently in the oven in a 913. No surprise there though, considering the source! My larger offset languishes in the drawer unused except for sheet pan spreading jobs. 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? 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. The frosting was fantastic, creamy and smooth using the food processor. I made these a cupcakes tonight. So so so good! In thinking about cutting and layering..? 16 celebration! It is the best!
Smitten Kitchen's Red Wine Chocolate Cake (Recipe Review) | Kitchn I love the size of this cake. Looks yummy. What a treat for a weeknight! The icing was looking perfect until I walked away from it to give it a good 2 minutes to beat. 1 / 4 teaspoon fine sea salt or table salt. WOWWW!! Ive been a lurker heresince I was in highschool? I love the sweeping shapes in the frosting. I just baked it for my friends birthday and everybody loved it. I just frosted it and now half the cake has disappeared! which i should buy just to havebut in the meantime. Needless to say, I wont be making this cake, but Ill stay tuned :). Thanks! So I just started over and served the first batch as a not too bad fudge. OH GOD, WHY! Wow, made it, it came out perfect. There are ways to adjust a recipe accordingly to your neck of the woods. I made this pretty much as per the recipe (which is quite unlike me, but I had all the correct ingredients) and as a Scot with a love of chocolate, but who finds some American recipes very sweet, I found this was just right. Love how you swirled the frosting on top! 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. Not that I wont eat it :-D. Thanks so much Deb!
The Best Chocolate Cake Recipe | Kitchn However, my cake was dense, moist, almost fudgy- like a good brownie! and am here to report that the frosting amount was also just right. Must have been the chocolate. Topped with your chocolate sour cream frosting (a half recipe together they use 1 smallish sour cream container) which is the real star, I think. Sometimes you just have to have a chocolate cake, right?! Made this twice! How will this work in a loaf pan?! blueberry crumb cake.
Flourless Chocolate Cake Recipe - Food Network Kitchen So rich, moist and CHOCOLATEY! 2 ounces (55 grams) unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled Can you help? Love your site your writing, approach and photography are all just superb, and I appreciate your sense of humour and real-life tips. Thank you! I want that cake with peanut butter cream cheese buttercream frostingright now! MOAR SPRINKLES. Beat it on high, scrape down the bowl, beat it some more, etc, until its mixable. BTW, I have been following you since nearly the beginning and I feel as if I learned to cook with you. Your food aversions made me smile. Sarah Actually, I find that its very hard to get an even read on cocoa powders because theyre all different, and pack differently in cups. and checking the cooking time. ), 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. Six years ago: Soft Pretzel Refresh and Meatball Sliders I made this cake and it came out dry and dense. Your site is the first food blog Ive read continuously and made things from. with chocolate buttercream, but lets be real. I used to think all chocolate cakes were either boring, dull, and dry, or so dense and moist that they couldnt actually be called cake. Sneha If the knife isnt batter-free (i.e. Incidentally, this is only a couple of steps away from my go-to brownie recipe. I wasnt sure. He loves chocolate sweets, but Im trying to eat better and curb our snacking especially sweets. I have to say, however, that the part about cutting it into 16 pieces made us laugh and laugh and laugh! So I caved in last night and started my chocolate cake-baking journey. Hi, I used microwave chocolate mug cake when I had this craving, 5 min crave to product time. Everyone, Deb is right, get that small offset spatula. And then I had to tell my mother that it is better than The Family Recipe for chocolate cake. My kids loved it! I really really loved this recipe. Thank you so much for sharing!!! 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. I switched buttermilk for mascarpone (I had the latter in the fridge, but no buttermilk which is surprisingly difficult to get here in the UK). My husband usually dislikes cake because its too sweet, but he had two pieces last night (as did I). My question: my daughter wants a chocolate-strawberry cake for her birthday. I didnt even notice. Many people had seconds. And the frosting is superb and so quick. Came out perfect! This was so delicious and easy to tweak to my weird idiosyncratic preferences. Sorry about that Deb. Im on my way to a weight loss/fitness goal. Crap. If I want to make mini cupcakes, how long do I bake these for? I did something stupid & went upstairs to check on the Internet briefly (I thought). 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. It lasted until around 21 weeks with number one, and week 17 with number two. Yes, thats odd, I know, but its also good. The batter was pretty salty with 1/2 teaspoon table salt. I halved the sugar in the icing. Made this with my friend yesterday (hey rebecca!) :) xx. Quick question! I just made your best birthday cake with the addition of chocolate chips for my fiances birthday, and he requested a chocolate buttercream frosting. You just make the most lovely things. Thanks a lot Deb! If you give a cook some frosting. Thank you for sharing the recipe. My little pregnancy book chimed in, asking if I was craving sweets. At 38 weeks, Ive decided I really should eat whatever I want, especially things that might cause problems when I start breast feeding in a couple weeks. Place your flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a sifter (I find this step necessary because my cocoa is very lumpy) and shake it over the batter bowl. No need ;). If round, 8. Thanks! Made this cake today for a belated birthday celebration (for me) and to do some Coronavirus anxiety baking therapy. 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. ice cream cake roll. Writing with another substitution! Im curious, though, is there no formatting to just see the recipe for printing or just to simplify viewing while trying to make. Hi Deb I tried decreasing the sugar to 1 cup and replacing it with 1/4 cup cocoa. This one is almost brownie-like (especially on day 2) but definitely still cakey and has a great chocolate flavor. It sounds like Natron is indeed what baking soda is sold as in Germany. -cut down the sugar in the frosting to 1 cup, which was more than enough frosting for the people I fed it to, and it tasted very buttery, which is my preference. I needed a quick chocolate cake, without leaving the house for ingredients. Today I used 20g of black cocoa in addition to 21g of Dutch cocoa, and I must say it makes for a very pretty chocolate cake. Cut into squares and prepare for your family/roommates to completely freak out when they spy it on the counter. 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. Adjusted the cake for high elevation (extra 1 Tb flour, 1 Tb less of sugar, and 2 eggs instead of the 1+yolk) and it was perfect. The cupcake-in-a-can birthday present was a big hit! The only edit I would make is to halve the amount of frosting. Should I just make one 9 cake and cut into two, or just go with a different recipe altogether? I highly doubt it would stay out long after cutting it. I have seen your recipe for Chocolate Banana Bread, but I just love this recipe (second time making it). This morning, in search of a chocolate cake recipe to make for Fun Night at my childrens school (Cake Walk is a big deal), I felt it was meant to be that this recipe was front page news! . Thank you so much Deb. 1/2 teaspoon espresso powder (I used this instead of vanilla, purely based on personal taste) I usually just add a tablespoon vinegar or lemon juice to a cup of milk and dont fuss about the extra spoonful. This is absolutely a keeper. It cooled nicely and didnt fall apart when I turned it out of the pan onto the rack, a perennial fear of mine, but the outside was so dry and solid I could pick the whole thing up in one hand like a discus. :). I made this yesterday and was so pleased by the result. It was a hit! Thank you, for this recipe! Made this cake GF for our babysitter (our policy is to always have something freshly baked for a sitter) by subbing out regular flour for Pamelas all-purpose GF flour. I made this (in a Transformer-shaped silicone cake pan) for my sons 6 year old birthday party last weekend. But since I have been paleo for two years now, I find almond-flour baked goods much more fulfilling than wheat flour goods. If I double the recipe and make it a 9 by 13 pan,do I need to increase cooking time? Sorry for the late response, even after such a nice comment! It rarely is in my experience, often because there are other acidic ingredients in the mix (here, buttermilk, even eggs, brown and white sugar are slightly so). anyway I came here looking for the fudgy chocolate cake recipe, that I used for cupcakes a couple months ago. I made a berry compote to go with it which paired super well. Hi I am trying to figure out how to adapt this to fit a 10.5 inch cake pan. The cake is heavy, not sweet, a chore to eat, and the only redeeming thing about it is the frosting and thats because it has a half cup of butter in it! I always have cocoa on hand, but rarely unsweetened chocolate so I always go this route and it works well. Let cool in pan for about 15 minutes, then use a knife to loosen the edges and lift out using parchment to help. Does it take longer to eat as little squares or should I just do my usual with your cakes and pies and scoff the lot at a sitting. Cake was good too, even though Im not a die hard chocolate lover. 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? 1.5 times the recipe? Wild rice, roasted sweet potatoes and broccoli and a miso-ginger-tahini dressing all piled into one bowl make this one of my favorite everyone-approved weeknight dinners -- use any kind of rice or combination of vegetables you've got; the dressing is the star. (I thought the cake was perfect by itself; kids wanted frosting; I ate cake and frosting separately and was in heaven!) I actually made the frosting last night with 70% Green & Blacks dark chocolate, and it actually came out almost savory! It will be great on the second day.
Chocolate - smitten kitchen It has a tender crumb and is definitely fluffy and tasty (especially with chocolate frosting) but still kinda of sticks in the mouth. And so easy in the food processor a first for me! Not sure I would make this cake again. I cant wait. Beautiful Deb! You can keep it at room temperature if youd like. This cake looks so delicious!
Deb Perelman's Apple Cake Recipe from Smitten Kitchen - Food52 The icing needed a bit more milk but other than that, perfection in a baking cup. I halved the frosting, and it was a breeze to make. Thanks for replying! No one wants a dry cake!
Marble Cake - Once Upon a Chef You might want to aim for three layers, or just make even more batter for two thicker ones. I made this cake for my boyfriends birthday. So I substituted cocoa (6 T with 2 T of melted butter). This looks wonderful! Thanks again! blueberry boy bait. At around 25 weeks with my son, I suddenly craved chocolate after many months of guac, almonds and popsicles. And backpulver is baking powder. THanks! Love your blog! Chocolatey. 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. Im going to triple the cake recipe but do you think I need to do the same for frosting? How did you stacked cake turn out? (This is a 75% volume of that, so it wont fill out a loaf as well. Just enough for a big swirl on 12 cupcakes and even tastes good made vegan with earth balance buttery sticks. So delicious. Im glad to know we share the same pregnancy cravings :) makes me not feel so bad about the 24 chocolate cupcakes I just HAD to make last week. I am enjoying cupcakes for breakfast this week! A decent frosting can somewhat save it. Sometimes Im like Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde when it comes to chocolate. Ive made it many times and its definitely become a family favorite. Ill quadruple the recipe (think I have that right!). I have a deep appreciation for the way you feel about cake. That frosting is to die for!! I made this and used the measurement for table salt. Yes! It might be worth making another one (oh, the hardship!) The texture is great, and its a superb idea to use real chocolate. Have just put this in the oven. 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 use a timer, but I really rely on the old toothpick test, which rarely lets me down. The same thing happened when I tried making the pink lady (strawberry) cake. it is the number one thing boyperson asks for, half in jest but i know he really wants it, but im not going to bake a whole giant two layer cake, and scaling down baking recipes is something i havent wanted to try. i made this into cupcakes. Aprx. One variation I have made a few times (for grown up cake-eaters) is to swap the milk for Baileys salted caramel. Jennie. This is kind of like a cross between a brownie and chocolate cake, but not like a cakey brownie, if that makes sense. Am I always Overbaking by a few minutes? The recipe is a favorite of our Editor-in-Chief, Faith Durand, who described these squares as a "solid tablet of butter and sugar." With a recommendation like that, it had to go on the list. Do I still need to mix dry ingredients separately first? Anyways, good luck! When I went downstairs, I heard my oven timer beeping. Hi Deb. If you did, always start with the lower baking time and increase as needed. Does the baking time need to be adjusted? I also did simple chocolate ganache instead of buttercream frosting. I had no buttermilk so substituted Greek yogurt. And the Dutch process cocoa seriously made a difference. RW x. In short, this is EXACTLY the cake I need when the chocolate cake craving hits :-). I will keep this one in the mental file folder for sure. Thank you so much for this Christmas gift. I MUST HAVE CHOCOLATE CAKE. My son is 7 months old and the craving still pops up now and then. Thanks for the recipe! Is there a good way to search for all your one bowl cakes? 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. For a summer party I baked triple the amount on a large tray, with mascarpone raspberry topping. You see, we recently moved to a new house and i do not have everything in stock yet. This is by far my familys favorite cake! This looks like heaven! Melissa Yes, double the ingredients, including the frosting if youre looking to cover the sides as well. Thank you SO much for this recipe! but I shall brave the cold kitchen to make this chocolate cake. Its nearly a brownie, but not quite. ), 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. Weve made it dozens of time as an 88, but Id like to make it as a 913 sheet cake for my daughters birthday. My son requested a chocolate-chocolate cake for his 4th birthday so I doubled the recipe and got 3 6-in. I found it in March, around when quarantine started and for a couple of months, I made it every Saturday to celebrate another week of quarantine. I made a different cake, but wanted to try the frosting. Made this yesterday and the cake was soft, dense, moist and delicious. Thank you for this recipe. (It says it on this package.) 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract. Cake notes: I didnt have buttermilk so I used 3/4 cup thinned (with water) whole milk yogurt. To make the homemade version I used this recipe with sour cream, 1/3 cup coffee liquor, and added chocolate chips to the batter. Huzzah for cake. Four years ago: Pina Colada Cake Either that, I would have to eat cake less often and at 21 weeks, that is unthinkable. WTF is wrong with me? Me: Wow, how did she know I would think this?) My whole 10 month long pregnancy plus these 3 postpartum months have been filled with with the desire.. no OBSESSION with finding the perfect chocolate cake. Re, the sweetness of the frosting: I think its relative. To the second batch I added guittards 66% chocolate baking chips. Simply meant to say I dont have Dutch cocoa, so just used standard. This was fun to make and eat for my first gathering with a friend post-vaccination. Whim to bite of cake time was 90 minutes, and during that time I also gave the kids a bath, tucked them into bed, and read some books. Any suggestions on the dryness? 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. My friends, family and I would like to take this opportunity to thank you very very much :) I laughed at the we cut it into 16 small squares. The key here is the. You and your blog bring me great joy! Worked fine. This looks so good and I know my little girl would love this. I saw the title and that you started yours really late in the day too. Thanks for responding! It added up to a 65 lb. An inexperienced baker may appreciate a more precise explanation of just how mixed you were intending. A button to press? So the question of saving it for later doesnt even arise! Thank you Deb for another amazing recipe! Lucy Im sorry to hear that. Thanks! Will make again!!! So you cream the butter & sugar, then add egg and the buttermilk. Thank you! I didnt want chocolate cake 5 minutes ago, but now I do. Thanks. Cake is moist and light with a very tasty frosting. I havent made one since a family birthday version last summer, but this looks awfully tempting. Thanks for the delicious chocolate butter cream recipe! I had a favourite chocolate cake for years and yearsand then I made this one! 2.5 Years Ago: Leek Chard and Corn Flatbread (And chocolate leftovers with excess icing for me! I tend to use double what is recommended of the powder, due to the mildness. You can also bake it as a lovely loaf. Ill be as surprised as everyone else. 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/. Yes, will double the powder. Can I make this in a miniature bundt pan? Followed the recipe exactly as written. Delicious! A little more butter / less flour? Will definitely make again. Your recipes are always right up my alley and your write-ups are like notes from a friend. 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 just checked and it was working for me. I`ll use a 6 inch pan and wondering how to adjust the baking time. Want to make this for my husbands birthday and he is a big fan of cream cheese frosting! probably if i had filled them closer to 2/3 i could have gotten 16 altogether. I miss being able to download your recipes directly from your posts. I used this recipe to make my brothers wedding cake. Thanks. :(, So sad, but the frosting is the best i have ever tried and made so far. And its beginning to be like my cure-all for days Im in a sour mood. Its one of the only ingredients I splurge on; I ruined myself by trying it in the first place. I specifically went looking for an I want chocolate cake now and happen to have leftover buttermilk recipe. I riffed off your frosting to make rocky road frosting by adding mini marshmallows and chopped toasted pecans. I made a half recipe of this and out of it came 4 largish size muffins? BTW, I often use buttermilk powder because its easier to keep on hand; it works very well. For anyone curious, I cooked them at 15 minutes and it was just about perfect Id do 12-15 minutes for cupcakes to be safe! In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugars together until light and fluffy. I might even sub some w.w.pastry flour to please the husband. 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 :-) It came out perfectly baked, not very risen. Cant wait to make it again! every mouthful is perfect. I think you could go as far as to triple this but as quadrupled, it would be crazy tall. Hooray for frosting! Hooray for pregnancy cravings! At this point, its usually cooled to lukewarm. Things like humidity and elevation can even factor in. LOVE this cake! Hands down the best chocolate icing Ive ever had! JP hit the nail on the head. I use a stand mixer with paddle attachment. Cant wait to try this combination. So the chocolate cake by itself is fabulous, but I went crazy and substituted the Barefoot Contessas peanut butter icingtwo fabulous ladies in one dessert treatI do not have a bunch of gays to invite over, just the boyfriendand I made it all to get me out of the doghouse. Two thumbs up. I also didnt have unsweetened chocolate so I used a couple TBS of cocoa powder in the frosting. This was the cake that saved the weekend. It is wonderfully decadent for such a simple, unassuming cake. We found it didnt need as much in the more exhaustive testing for the book however, if youre happy with the rise, dont touch it. Was that the culprit?!? Thank you Smitten Kitchen for previously suggesting the usefulness of a 6 inch round pan. As soon as I hit home shores in Australia. cheat day cant come soon enough. Is this the chocolate frosting that was on the Monkey Cake, because that was amazing, and got rave reviews at my sons birthday party! Reasons for this: the pickled onion recipe should be on my fridge, the sweet tart recipe I use with everything, etc. big crumb coffee cake. Quick and easy for a last minute crowd pleaser. im 9 years old! It works but its better with an additional yolk if you want more of a golden cake. If larger squares, 9 to 12. This will be my go to chocolate cake recipe! Equal parts using the coffee to thin out the yogurt? I know powdered sugar affects the structure, so I wasnt sure if this would work. 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. the wet stuff, not dry cake crumbs), its not done. Or is it just a typo, either here or in the book? The standard Id say for this size is 8 tablespoons instead of 6. Moral of the story is: even if you forget the buttermilk, the cake isnt half bad :). Thanks!! So good! Perfect Friday night dessert. Beautiful, btw. Remove from the heat and let cool. Put all in the freezer to flash freeze and called it a night. 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. This is happening tonight. Thank you for this quick and delicious recipe! Here I am, all alone in my studio apartmentwith this damn scrumptious cake. Free shipping for many products! I mean, us. I even went digging in our cabinets last night to see if we had any unsweetened chocolate around (alas, no) because I was feeling it so strongly! Thanks! Scrape down bowl then process for another 1 to 2 minutes (updated based on feedback) just until smooth and somewhat fluffed. It turned grainy or separated or something. thanks! deb says to eat it pretty much right away, and i agree. Even with chunky frosting its still delicious and I may or may not be having a piece with my morning tea :). The ratio of cake to frosting is the icing on the cake (SEE WHAT I DID THERE??) The dreamy frosting covers a multitude of floury sins, So I made this yesterday, and it was delicious. rebecca You can use cake flour, so long as it doesnt already have leavener it it, however, its not necessary to make this cake tender. I added slightly more salt just to bring out the flavour of the chocolate but all in all perfect! Even if this recipe is similar to some youve posted in the past, Im glad you did just to see the beautiful pictures. We made this for my mothers birthday and were delighted, particularly with the beautifully light frosting. thank you deb, anne, and JP! I want real cake made with real butter and real sugar and good chocolate, I just try to limit portion size. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); That is SURPRISINGLY little fat in the cake. Or is there a list? And it is not smack-upside-the-head sweet. In 2008, when Smitten Kitchen was still an infant in blog years, I shared a recipe for my mom's apple cake. Thanks!! I love your recipes! Just found out were having a second boy. I actually wrote about making it that way over here. I prepped all the ingredients for cake and frosting, got the butter, eggs and buttermilk at room tempIm mixing the butter and sugars together, add eggs, buttermilk, and rather than adding the flour mixture next, add the powdered sugar and have to start all over again! The frosting is delicious too! I decorated mine with Smarties! I only had one medium egg and yogurt instead of buttermilk. and were talking been on the counter for days. I was convinced by your cake spiel that I, a novice baker, too could make a cake but have been let down twice. Thanks for a quick recipe for our math celebration! Depending on the recipe, you can melt the butter or shortening and mix in the cocoa until smooth, or just add it to the ingredients as is if it works (like in frosting). I so want a slice of chocolate cake rightthisinstant. :). Sally Yes, it should be great two days later. I cant attest to what C&Z is doing but Im sure it was correct when she measured what she had. This is what happens when I am craving chocolate cake, see THIS gorgeous cake, and want it NOW! This was SO my recent pregnancy (baby is 10 weeks). We have been eating it today, and this recipe is wonderful. Directions. 1 tablespoon / 13 g granulated sugar I really wanted chocolate cake but it was so late. It is my new go to cake whenever someone in my house is craving chocolate cake. How did it taste in the end? . 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. Does it give a tighter crumb for it? I messed up the icing (used four tbsp of butter instead of 8?!