And Im a recent grad, now. ps Rebecca @ DisplacedHousewife, i didnt see your reply until now (i am excited for the eventual SK revamp that includes replies :)) but i have indeed learned that esp with a gas stove again i can leave the butter there when the stove is off and it gets to room temp perfectly! So easy and so quick (was supervising 10yos homework as well). Perfect size cake for two people. Does it truly not matter? 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. At last I have a chocolate cake recipie that tastes of chocolate! But fresh sounds lovely too. I usually hear about substitutions with flax eggs, but nobody has mentioned doing so here yet in the comments. Thanks Deb! Even if your batter is too thin and your frosting takes forever to thin to the right consistency dont lose heart. (The taste test tomorrow) simple and easy to follow recipie (im addicted to your Instagram too!). If you give a cook some frosting. This cake worked WONDERFULLY! My 8yo made this today. This was one of the all time best chocolate cakes Ive ever made. That and maybe set it in a bowl on your warming stove!! NO- Im at work right now and cant immediately make and eat this. Its a very moist cake and keeps well (if you hide it hahahaha). Love how you swirled the frosting on top! But I found it to have a slightly grainy texture. Many people had seconds. Regrets: I have many. Confetti sprinkles: I got mine from New York Cake on 22nd Street but, of course, Amazon sells them as well. I make my vanilla one in the food processor too. Because of you, my family eats cabbage/slaw, fritters, and more vegetarian. So, anyway, my kids and I just made this using our 3:2:1 homemade mix and it is delicious! Any suggestions for cooking times for cupcakes? Thanks! So the amount was great for us, but obviously you could also double it if you wanted. Grad school is sometimes miserable but also wonderful. Just made this today. (And chocolate leftovers with excess icing for me! 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. Next time I will make it with some raspberries on top. Very easy clean up. I just made your best birthday cake with the addition of chocolate chips for my fiances birthday, and he requested a chocolate buttercream frosting. Verrrry interesting!!! Chocolate cake, with rainbow sprinkles, is simply the best thing ever. ahh, you just need to adjust it this way: the speckling is a *feature* rather than a detriment. I had to test the recipe and it is incredible! 1/2 cup butter is 8 oz not 4 ozs! 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! I also piped in seedless raspberry jam before frosting. We were supposed to grill kabobs for birthday, but a thunder storm started so we needed to change the oven temperature for the kabobs and not the cake. If round, you can probably 1.5x it. Made this last night and used the sour cream chocolate frosting from your best birthday cake, I was cheap and had a little left over. ), I decided to make this cake instead! This was DELICIOUS! 3.5 Years Ago: Naked Tomato Sauce. Just wondering if youd any tips on scaling this cake to fit a 15cm tin as used for your Tiny but intense chocolate cake? Lucky husband will be having it for his birthday celebrations after work! In short: not safe. This chocolate buttercream is the best ever. I highly doubt it would stay out long after cutting it. Ive tried adding back the sugar in the hopes it will fluff but alas, no; its an oily albeit fudgy/tasty mess. Can anyone help a lady out on how long I should bake standard cupcakes? Put all in the freezer to flash freeze and called it a night. Deb, have loved your blog for years and some of your recipes are my go-tos! Deb- Yes! Kim Whooooops! ), the perfect cake to whip up the night before youve decided to take cake to celebrate 2 years at your current job (woot!) Is it very winey? Completely organic and perfect. I backed it 28 min because 20 min wasnt enough and it became a bit dry. Details. I baked for exactly 22 minutes in two little pans. Hands down the best frosting Ive ever made! I made this last night and it was delicious! The last two times I made only half the frosting, which still gave the same effect as the photos did. I will force feed it to my colleagues tomorrow. Happy baking. No extra dish, too. I found your blog through Bloglovin and drew immediately from the Chocolate Cake. Love this recipe as my go-to birthday cake. Deb, you are always my go-to! Chocolate continued as a food friend for the remainder of the pregnancy and was quickly gobbled up by baby son when permitted. I love how moist it is, deep chocolate flavor, keeps well (if you dont eat it in one sitting). I could easily see this being a go-to recipe for last minute parties its fast, easy to make, and a definite crowd pleaser. A happy anniversary, indeed! I cooked the cake for 20 minutes in a 9 inch round pan and it was slightly over done. Ill be making this weeks pasta you posted as soon as I exercise off the brownies. The first time as a cake and the second and third times as cupcakes. Instead of digging into my husbands chocolate box (he has so much self-restraint! I need to stop reading this blog while pregnant First the cornbread muffins, now the chocolate cake. First time I made this cake (huge success, by the way) I used natural because thats all I had. 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. Find that I need to let the butter milk warm bit at room temperature or it hardens the butter when mixed in and makes it lumpy. :). I am definitely making and eating this on the weekend. This was the perfect amount of batter for 12 cupcakes. I made it today for a cast party for a community theatre again, accolades from the crowd. Im definitely going to try this recipe! Here are the 15 best chocolate chip cookies in the Twin Cities It came out slightly dry. And then I had to tell my mother that it is better than The Family Recipe for chocolate cake. 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. I dont have any personally tested high-altitude baking tips, but understand the ones on King Arthurs site are great. Every year I make my kids half a cake for their half birthday and this made a PERFECT half double layer cake. I thought of making two 9 cakes using this recipe, filling with vanilla whipped cream and cubed strawberries and topping with chocolate ganache. The cupcakes stayed moist and were flipping delicious. Its hot and humid where I live so maybe the weather helped. 3 tbs cocoa and one tbs butter for one ounce of unsweetened chocolate). Wow. Beautiful cake, thank you! This is a great recipe. Thanks for the craving, Deb! YMMV. If I want to make mini cupcakes, how long do I bake these for? My frosting turned out chunky (fortunately the rainbow sprinkles hide it!). http://www.highergroundstrading.com/blog/38/coffee-acidity:-the-science-and-the-experience, My cake took almost 30 minutes to bake?! The cake came out too salty and I really like salt! I guess Ill just have to give this cake a go at the next family birthday (which, thankfully, is in barely two weeks). The Double Chocolate Layer Cake is amazing, as is the Peanut Butter Chocolate Cakes cake layers (although I prefer the Double Layer) but this just wins. 2. I always love your recipes. 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. And you delivered! . And backpulver is baking powder. Made this tonight and shouldnt have, but am so very glad I did. I needed a very quick and easy cake for my brothers birthday and this cake was easy and great and frosting in the food processor amazing!!!! 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. I made 1.5 x the amount of batter in the cake recipe to make two relatively thinner 9 round layers and doubled the frosting recipe and I had plenty to ice the cake. Add a pinch of cinnamon, if desired. The key here is the. Smitten Kitchen Keepers - City of Santa Clarita Public Library - OverDrive Baking time is decreased to 12 minutes. (But only share if they offer to do dishes.). Your suggestion to cut it into 16 pieces was hard to obey, but I did. I cant wait to make this. Powdered sugar frostings sometimes have an unpleasant aftertaste to them that I dont like, but this was fabulous rich, chocolatey, buttery. Joanne I agree; frosting this sweet is definitely more of an American thing. ANd they way you swirled the chocolate is perfect! It is a pretty easy cake so I highly recommend it for oh no it has come to the end of the day but I *need* it. Looks amazing, making this today (because quarantine). I love the sweeping shapes in the frosting. I know someone have asked about multiplying this recipe, 1/2 teaspoon espresso powder (I used this instead of vanilla, purely based on personal taste) Cant wait to try the finished product. Sometimes the classic simple recipes really are the best :) So moist and chocolatey. Thank you so much. Thanks so much! I didnt even notice. 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. I had the following complications: My stand mixer struggled with such small amounts of things, but the hand mixer is in a storage box somewhere, so the Kitchenaid and I had to make do. Youll have more icing than you need, but of course, need is relative. This is definitely my go-to chocolate cake. This one looks just absolutely perfect! I love moist and really intensely chocolatey chocolate cakes . Made this tonight! Making this cake right now for my sons 16 bday. Thank you! Hope you feel better soon! Im not normally a chocolate cake person, but Ive been crazy for it this week. Deb, 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. BTW, I often use buttermilk powder because its easier to keep on hand; it works very well. Im totally making this cake for his first birthday. My fiance was going to bake me a cake but he came down with an awful migraine and so I figured Id make this cake and top it with whipped cream and cherries, for an easy but pretty dessert for the dinner we were hosting. Its almost like.dinner. Was it supposed to turn out that way? Ive been reading that one shouldnt use Dutch processed cocoa with recipes that contain baking powder or baking soda; apparently recipes with those ingredients use the acidity of natural cocoa to react with and the alkalinity of Dutch process will mess with the product. This looks so good and I know my little girl would love this. 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? 3. I would like to send him a care package including a chocolate cake. 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). I just put this in the oven! Trying to make up my mind which to make tomorrow . I usually just add a tablespoon vinegar or lemon juice to a cup of milk and dont fuss about the extra spoonful. Perfection! Thanks for the reply deb and the toaster oven just broke a cuple a days ago lol that was the sure cause and i made i the oven an it was fantastic!!! This cake always comes out perfectly for mejust made for the tenth time! And OH MY. I have never made a vanilla buttercream that I liked, and Im scared to try a meringue-based frosting. It ended up being about 2.5 inches tall, which was the perfect height for a small birthday cake. Sometimes that mixture is too thin, but in this case, it was fine. Delicious, rich, ganache. Im nervous about its moist crumbliness, though, and would prefer frosting to ganache. Now I have a recipe. Any idea if you can sub baking soda for Natron and baking powder for backpulver? Its perfect. big crumb coffee cake. 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. Better to make triple the batter and divide it between 4 pans. I made brownies and was looking for a chocolate frosting for them, so tried this. Thank you Smitten Kitchen for previously suggesting the usefulness of a 6 inch round pan. 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. Fantastic chocolatey goodness. I dont often write but I want to express my gratitude for Smitten Kitchen, Deb, and this cake. and not sure how difficult/easy it is to do. bee sting cake. Hope that helps and works! I`ll use a 6 inch pan and wondering how to adjust the baking time. Deb, youve done it again! I go through a lot of butter I love baking and cooking and its expensive so whenever I can take a shortcut I will. Do I defrost 4, decorate them tonight and frost the rest just before serving on Sunday? Thanks so much! Turns out, the 41 grams of butter I used was from the cake recipe instead of the needed 115 grams. I loved this cake. Ive had so much trouble finding good ones. Its just the right size for when you dont want a larger sheet cake sitting around all week. I must say, something that involves both the food processor and mixer does not qualify as a one bowl cake. On an I.V. Total bake time was over 22 min for me. The food photography is top notch and presents the delicious food very well. They agreed that the cake is more like a brownie in the best possible way. Thank you for a lovely, easy cake recipe in the ideal size! I noticed in the comments you said you upped the amount of eggs in this from the original recipe what does that actually do to the cake? Theres enough baking powder in the recipe that Id bet the acid/soda balance is not super-critical. Or do I defrost them all now, decorate and then put in the fridge or freezer? It came together simply and easily. I actually wrote about making it that way over here. Rebekah describes this perfectly deep chocolate flavour, not too sweet, very easy to mix up and bake I loved the frosting this is my new chocolate frosting. Really like that is was not too sweet. I dont think you will have time to respond to this question, but I am baking a beautiful cake for my baby who is turning one. I think youll be just fine. Thanks! Ok the cake itself is delicious :-) Next time Id cut out the granulated sugar and cut the brown down to 100g or even 80g (I find less than the flour is generally a good amount) to make it a little less sweet. For a summer party I baked triple the amount on a large tray, with mascarpone raspberry topping. Ive loved every single Smitten Kitchen recipe Ive tried, and these are no exception. Would doubling the recipe be the right amount, and how would you adjust the baking time? I have bittersweet baking bars and cocoa powder. Its the favorite of my family and friends though, so Im trying to create a chocolate cake recipe that both they and I will enjoy. i used thinned greek yogurt for the buttermilk. cheat day cant come soon enough. 1.5 Years Ago: Key Lime Popsicles (still a favorite!) Thanks! Set aside. 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! Easy to make, took about 25 mins in a 9 inch tin, is chocolatey but not too rich or heavy the way a cake made with melted chocolate is, and just really soft and comforting. Just wondering if you use brands that are commonly available in grocery stores (US) or if you use more of a speciality chocolate. Thanks, Deb. Ill definitely stick to the stand or hand-held mixer when making frosting in the future. I am doing everything exactly as you prescribe and my cake has some larger-than-desired pockets of airI wonder now if I am not mixing the baking soda and baking powder in thoroughly before adding the dry ingredients? Perfect swirls! This looks wonderful! 2. This is my sisters oven, so I am just learning how it bakes. The color of my baked cake is a lighter brown but the flavor is fantastic. Thanks :). Good luck with Elmo! I Tried Smitten Kitchen's Best Birthday Cake Recipe | Kitchn #allhailpi! Ive had great success with them. So good! Mmmm chocolate cake. Oh my goodness! 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. Then after that i could eat more (though not meat of any kind, or greens), but the only thing i really wanted to eat was your chocolate brownies. 1 cup (125 grams) all-purpose flour or a combination of stout/buttermilk? Speed this up by placing it outside for 10 minutes (thanks, winter!). this frosting is even *better* cold! Jennie. I have some bars of Bakers chocolate and clumsily didnt label them bittersweet or semisweet or unsweetened. Youre pregnancy sounds exactly like my pregnancy. The first two attempts were as the recipe said, the third with replacing 1/2C of buttermilk with coffee. I made this cake for dinner at a family friends house we needed something amazing and indulgent, but not overwhelmingly complicated or fussy (small children ((and adults)) are only willing to wait so long for dessert, after all). Hello! A button to press? Smitten Kitchen Every Day: Triumphant and Unfussy New Favorites - Brand Thanks! Brought this to a neighbors party and gleefully watched as it was gobbled up. Finally, this is my note to selfat 25 minutes the cake needed another few minutes, I left it in for 6 minutes, and that was too long, and maybe should have been 3 more minutes. So delicious. And I still got this on the table at a reasonable hour. I stuck the unfrosted cupcakes in the freezer. I made this using the yogurt substitute and it was so incredibly moist. nevermind. Sweet Jesus this cake is so good that I have died and gone to chocolate heaven. Thank you eight thousand times. I am a big chocolate cake lover, and this looks amazing. I make it all of the time (like, embarrassingly often) in the FP and hadnt run into this, but it definitely sounds like something that could happen that would be no fun at all. I put little chocolate rainbow sprinkles on it which were very charming and made me happier than I expected they would. smitten kitchen pumpkin chili Thanks. This cake was fantastic and was so easy to put together. I halved the frosting, and it was a breeze to make. And as the cake was baking in the oven, I discovered I did not have any unsweetened chocolate. Im currently 7 months pregnant, and Im pretty sure Ill never eat them again after A Very Unfortunate Incident involving your sweet potato tacos (RIP to my favorite SK recipe) in my first trimester. Four-year-old grandson adds the rainbow sprinkles and heartily endorses it. I deviated ever-so-slightly by topping it with a cream cheese frosting, simply due to the vibe I was feeling. I really hope I can replicate that crazy looking icing. Im still super nauseous though, this was supposed to go away weeks ago, and havent baked anything because I cant stand being in the kitchen. For once the internet has failed me and I would love to see a video of your technique!!! Absolutely its intended a building block. Ive been a lurker heresince I was in highschool? your salted peanut butter cookies won me a baking competition at work last month, so I thank you for that too :-D Chocolate - smitten kitchen Hi, I used microwave chocolate mug cake when I had this craving, 5 min crave to product time. I think it was too close to the bottom heat source too. If you suggest it, I make it. Beat butter, powdered sugar and salt, if using, in a large bowl with an electric mixer until fluffy. 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.) I love your little person for inspiring you to post this. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Hey Deb, Hey Deb. Thank you! Congratulations! Ive been dreaming about making chocolate cake. Brisa I havent tried it but I feel like this recipe should be okay with the adjustment. WrittenPyramids Glad it was a hit. The baking time was a bit of a problem! Will the N years ago parts be automated after that? Every recipe I have made has turned out delicious and has brought a smile to his face. Oh my gosh, this is happening tonight. Thanks for the update! I had to chime in because Ive now made this twice and it is delightful! Love love love it! I made the cakes in two 6in pans and it took a lot longer than what was written for one 8in square. Nina Not sure was the melted chocolate cooled? Also, for the buttermilk, I mixed 1/2 cup black tea with 1/4 cup yogurt, and that worked really well. Seriously. The dreamy frosting covers a multitude of floury sins, So I made this yesterday, and it was delicious. Ha! Thanks, Deb! I saw this recipe and I wanted that chocolate cake for my birthday. Sorry about that Deb. Here is the gospel. The cupcakes baked for 17 minutes to perfectionSO GOOD. I do so love other grown women who know that the necessity of rainbow sprinkles is a real thing. This is calling my name. b.) Quick, easy and delicious but WHY is it in the recipe list as the I want chocolate chocolate cake? OK, the chocolate frosting from this recipe is my favorite frosting to make of all time, so much so that I basically only make cakes with chocolate frosting now because I dont like to use any other frosting recipe. I had just about everything I needed to make this in my pantry, but I could only muster half the frosting but it was still excellent. The frosting was incredibly simple and so, so much better than store-bought frosting. 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 did not add the meringue powder, which was optional.) I have extra and my kids dont care for pudding so trying to figure out what to do with it. You can bake this into 10 to 12 cupcakes! I have 2 teenage boys. I realized I had everything in the kitchen already, and promptly went home and made it. I just baked it for my friends birthday and everybody loved it. Thanks. Forgot to add, this actually made enough frosting for a decent thickness on the top of 913 cake. Cake is moist and light with a very tasty frosting. No one wants a dry cake! I just want to say thanks for speaking my language! It was a little grainy/granular, and I had a really hard time getting it nice and smooth/whipped. THANK YOU!!!! Thank you so much for all you do! This cake is just gorgeous! Initially, it appeared to have too little frosting for my lots-of-frosting preferences, but it is so rich and delicious more isnt necessary. So for my oven it will need 35 minutes or maybe more! I also have a non-standard oven (AGA). Immediately. Same for apple cinnamon cake good luck with pregnancy! I riffed off your frosting to make rocky road frosting by adding mini marshmallows and chopped toasted pecans. Can I sub 2% milk for the cream/whole milk in the frosting? Easy and yummy, thanks. I am so thankful for a smaller cake recipe. It helps the flour soak up moisture and makes things much better! Thank you, for this recipe! . Hmm.). Im torn b/w this recipe and the Homemade Devil Dog SK recipe. One should never taunt the idea faeries, of course.) 4 teaspoons salt 2 chocolate bar biscuit croissant topping 1 jelly cotton candy jelly gummies 2 cups liquorice chocolate 2 jelly beans bonbon 2 caramels tart gummi bears 6 butterscotch caramel lollipops My daughter made us all pancakes this morning for our Snow Day breakfast, and she has already pulled the ingredients out for this. Cool slightly. and that suited nicely. Its cooling but Im so nervous its going to be dry, *swoon* How hard was it to take those gorgeous pictures of the finished and then sliced cake without pouncing on them first?? So simple and so good. Thanks again, Deb! Thanks. In another bowl, whisk together sour cream, corn syrup, and vanilla extract until smooth. Seriously, $4. This cake rivals the chocolate cakes from the best bakeries in town. The batter was pretty salty with 1/2 teaspoon table salt. . Sorry for the late response, even after such a nice comment! 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)! ), 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. Wow, have I been missing out! Its one of the only ingredients I splurge on; I ruined myself by trying it in the first place. Its what I have always wanted my homemade chocolate frosting to taste like. Any thoughts about what Im doing wrong? Well, my healthy lunch of last nights leftovers seems utterly unsatisfying now. Very much looking forward to any recipe involving peanut butter! 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. Rave reviews on the cake and the frosting from my wife and house guest! Sometimes Im like Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde when it comes to chocolate. SWEET LORD! :). Often I skip the frosting and its still good. And not too huge so we didnt get sick of it. It is so not fair that you gave me this craving this late in a very long day. How? SOI wondered if this method for making frosting could work for a vanilla frosting using the food processor rather than stand mixer and if so, what youd do about quantities without the liquid that comes from melted chocolate here. Incidentally, I did walk into every cupcake store and bakery during my first pregnancy. (P.S. I may have taken it out a bit early, the rise went slightly down. Baking soda is actually part of baking powder. NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER A BON APPETIT and EPICURIOUS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR The long-awaited new book from the best-selling and beloved author of The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook and Smitten Kitchen Every Daya collection of essential recipes for meals you'll want to prepare a. We will definitely make the button easier to find when we next redesign. Question: Do you have an opinion on buttercreams that use melted chocolate vs cocoa powder? Sometimes where you live can play a factor in cake moistness! Also subbed 1/2 coffee 1/2 yoghurt for the buttermilk. Amazing! The Best Chocolate Cake Recipe | Kitchn I messed up the icing (used four tbsp of butter instead of 8?! Classic Chocolate Loaf Cake by smittenkitchen - The Feedfeed Has it been six years? The frosting was also too sweet for me and the kiddo, but my sister and brother-in-law didnt think so. If so, how would I defrost? 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.
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