I am so thankful for a smaller cake recipe. Thanks Deb! Is dont worry if your batter Is uneven the understatement of the century, or is it not supposed to curdle like a putrid mess before becoming smooth? My cake dint rise too much i cooked in toaster oven.. Was that it?? Any suggestions for cooking times for cupcakes? It works but its better with an additional yolk if you want more of a golden cake. Its 2023 and this cake is still very important to me! and not sure how difficult/easy it is to do. That can greatly affect baking, as well. I weighed & added the ingredients for the frosting. Delicious ! Ha, this looks epic and just like the chocolate cake of my childhood. So I added some whole milk until it was smooth enough to spread and then baked it for 25 minutes. Perfect Friday night dessert. I feel like something went wrong because it shouldnt seem heavy; rich with chocolate and not terribly sweet, yes, but I make it for almost every birthday layer cake and its always just delightfully tender and moist, especially, like most cakes, on day two. This resulted in thick, tall slices of cake with still a substantial but not ridiculous amount of insanely rich frosting. Chocolatey, soft-textured but not crumbly, sweet but not overpowering. Bake for 18 to 22 minutes (updated, based on feedback) 25 to 35 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Ive heard mayonnaise suggested before has anyone tried that? Man, I wasnt going to print this one out (its just sheet cake, right? I mean, just look at this cake!! This was delicious, especially the frosting! I, uh, use Valrhona. Deb, Two thumbs up. INSTRUCTIONS. Just looking at these pictures makes me feel the urgency. The 'I Want Chocolate Cake' Cake | Smitten Kitchen with Deb Perelman - YouTube 0:00 / 8:11 Intro The 'I Want Chocolate Cake' Cake | Smitten Kitchen with Deb Perelman smitten kitchen. Perfect you can have two slices and one for breakfast the next day. Just as you described, the batter seemed curdled at first and suddenly turned into a luscious thick batter. Total bake time was over 22 min for me. This looks like heaven on earth I think I might need to run to the grocery store and bake this tonight!! I was meaning to ask you about that as I read through the recipe and your note was a very welcome surprise. Alexandra You probably can, but I think youll be surprised at how not terribly sweet this cake is, despite the seemingly large amount. Just made this with two 6-inch rounds (following Debs recent advice!) Hi Deb: Deb, I love you. Will definitely make again. Deb, have loved your blog for years and some of your recipes are my go-tos! So I substituted cocoa (6 T with 2 T of melted butter). 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. Probably need to stick to 20 min. I bought one and it is very handy. & again the perfect cake to make again the next night when youve been asked to bake it for a friend. So, made this today in honor of my little girls birthday (and of course shes too young for this, thus the in honor part). I was worried that it would be dry as most of the cakes that I make from scratch are, but it isnt at all. Made at 9:30 at night and it baked perfectly in 25 min. Thank you very much on the fantastic recipe! (and tastes great). Im making this for my friends birthday which is tomorrow so this is kind of urgent haha. Hey Deb This looks marvelous! Thanks again for your wonderful recipes, they never cease to impress me. 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. I mean, you can have a slice but after that you have to go home and make your own. I love your recipes! My son requested a chocolate-chocolate cake for his 4th birthday so I doubled the recipe and got 3 6-in. Forgot to add I only put in 130 grams of sugar because of marmalade. 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 followed the instructions and used exactly the type and amount of ingedients called for. You can drop the sugar a little, but too much and it wont be thick enough as a frosting. Yay! Thank you so much for this Christmas gift. Thank you for not making this any harder then it needed to be, I could not have handled it. Cupcakes Usually bake for 17 to 20 minutes. Its my goal as a parent to make cake often and large cakes take too long and end of going to waste (very sad!). Is it very winey? Directions. Want to make this for my husbands birthday and he is a big fan of cream cheese frosting! P.S. Yield: 1 generously frosted 88-inch cake, which we cut into 16 small squares. Totally respect that! But I found it to have a slightly grainy texture. 3/4 cup banana + 1/4 cup buttermilk. I am going to try and bake this cake. Thank you. I baked for exactly 22 minutes in two little pans. Making this as cupcakes for my sons birthday party, but do I need to adjust cooking time or oven temperature?? I add the frosting inside the cupcake and on top. 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). It was a hit. What shall I do? Will try a better quality cocoa powder next time tho I used Ghiradelli. The dreamy frosting covers a multitude of floury sins, So I made this yesterday, and it was delicious. I LOVE your recipe blog!! Deb, seriously why do ever try another cake recipe that isnt from your site? This cake was fantastic and was so easy to put together. I wisely made 1/2 batch of frosting which was for me the perfect amount. Sally Usually in the fridge for a day does the trick. A combination of too much flour, too little cocoa and too much heat or time in the oven will certainly dry out baked goods. Thank you! I didnt even notice. But frosting in a food processor? No particular comment on this cake (although it looks UH-MAZING), but I love you and I appreciate your blog so much. pps, is there a softening butter hack? I guess I wasnt in the mood for sticky buns last week, or I would have been up on all the news, but I didnt know about the baby! My son is attending college on the opposite coast from mine. It feels suspicious to me. Im terrified of failing the first test and having to take the dreaded 24 hr one). Can I use cake flour instead of all-purpose? Hypothetically, if you wake up early in the morning to make this cake for a co-worker celebration and, in a sleep deprived state, add two cups of flour instead of oneyou can convert this recipe into chocolate cake cookies! If youre used to canned or standard back-of-the-box powdered sugar and butter frostings, it should be less sweet, due to the very bitter unsweetened chocolate thats used. Not related to this awesome looking cake, but since you are the queen of all things brown butter- have you tried making Brown butter scones? I love the pasta and chocolate dietJust add wine and espresso and Im all set! So moist and chocolatey. Not sweet-sweet, as in my younger kid will eat it, but I would like a lesser amount to suit adult (our) tastes. It may not be important, but Im still wondering: have you adjusted the baking powder since posting this recipe here? whole wheat chocolate oat cookies. You have given me inspiration to make this chocolate cake. happy days all the way from Ireland. I had no buttermilk so substituted Greek yogurt. This is heaven and all my friends love me now. There is a Pin icon at the bottom of each recipe, where it says DO MORE: It will allow you to Pin just that post/recipe. The batter was pretty salty with 1/2 teaspoon table salt. Delicious!! YUM. So good! Two years ago: French Onion Tart Im using a Williams-Sonoma Gold Touch 88 here. Keep up the sharing! My solution was: I didnt frost the cake after baking but kept the frosting in the fridge and the cake on the counter in cling film . blonde brownies,pumpkin brownies,caramel brownies,chewy brownies,peppermint brownies,dark chocolate brownies,hot chocolate brownie,chocolate caramel brownies,homemade funnel cake,funnel cake with pancake mix,twice baked potato casserole,pork steak in oven,bakers chocolate brownies,shrikhand,snickers cheesecake,snickers pie,bake from scratch,apple pie a la mode,strawberry gelato,milk bar . dont quit your day job I doubled this recipe using the weights instead of volume measurements and it turned out great. I followed the baking instructions in the 2nd cook book to bake it for 38 minutes. Have never liked chocolate cake (other chocolate things -oooh yeah,) but the color of this one (soooo dark), has me wondering if this will be the one that changes my mind. The tart cranberries helped to cut through a bit of the rich chocolate and the frosting was smooth and creamy with just a little bite of ginger. Delete the baking power and increase baking soda to 3/4 teaspoon. I need enough frosting for a three layer cake 8 inch rounds. Do you think it would work if I cut the two tablespoons of granulated sugar? Will the N years ago parts be automated after that? I had a rather sad brownie experience last night and I am so appreciative of how consistent your blog and the results one gets from it are. I never would have thought of that combination. its very hot here today so unfortunately i had to refrigerate it, much to the detriment of the cake. or a combination of stout/buttermilk? There is a print icon that leads to a print template at the bottom of each recipe, where it says DO MORE: You can also click CTRL or + P [on desktop] from any recipe post and it will take you to a streamlined print template. Thanks for all the great recipes! Thank you. Thank you! It took about 28 mins to bake the cake and my batter was a thin due to being overly enthusiastic w/ vanilla and coffee extracts (I always add coffee extract to chocolate cakes). Thank you for this recipe, I made the cake last night subbing in slightly thinned soya yoghurt for the buttermilk and sunflower spread for the butter as my daughter is lactose intolerant, and it worked beautifully! Deb, I love your recipes and we just made this cake delicious!! How much should I decrease the sugar if I use the semisweet chocolate I have? Mel For a whiskable frosting, well, its all about how strong your arms are. probably if i had filled them closer to 2/3 i could have gotten 16 altogether. Is this the type of cake that is great 2 days later? I just made this today and it is solid! Love the looks and sounds of this cake! ;). My larger offset languishes in the drawer unused except for sheet pan spreading jobs. Works perfectly! Cool slightly. Hi- Do you think whole wheat pastry flour would work in this recipe? This comment is years late but I made this today and thank you for the easy frosting recipe! I make my vanilla one in the food processor too. No one goes without at least a two layer cake for their birthday now. At seven weeks (for the third time), I both totally understand these intense cravings and cant tell if I actually want this cake or not. HIGHLY recommend a mix of strong coffee and yogurt in place of the buttermilk, per the notes. I am also trying to prep for a busy birthday weekend.. (twin boys who want DIFFERENT cakes. Also, the when you make a cake, they will come rule totally applies to this cake. :/. Soft and moist. Thanks for the spot-on recipe and the best chocolate cake Ive eaten in a long time. Yummy! Not fancy or perfect, but just right for the occasion. The cake was delicious and the frosting was AMAZING!!! After seeing your video, besides wondering if you could be any more adorable, Im curious if this could be baked in a 99 metal pan? How I like to swirl frosting: I always use a small offset spatula (have I convinced you to buy one yet? I made this cake and it was pretty much the best cake I have ever eaten. Used oil instead of butter (a scant 1/3 cup) and got great results. The baking time was a bit of a problem! SO GOOD. I love baking (and eating) cake, but Ive never liked chocolate cake! Thanks a lot Deb! Theyre about the same area (63.6 vs 64 square inches) but will it affect the baking time at all? Everyone, Deb is right, get that small offset spatula. That extra 1/2 cup of powdered sugar didnt really hurt the flavor, its still very chocolaty, just not as bitter. 1 tablespoon / 13 g granulated sugar Pati Sorry, Im completely unfamiliar with this. Recipes. Not sure I would make this cake again. Youll want to make 4x this recipe; it makes 1 dozen. 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. Special equipment: A pastry bag fitted with a star tip. I find they have a great range of those clamp-top canning jars. No, the recipe is correct and what youve written is not. Two of them (one spare) were slightly bigger than the others, but not that much. Thanks for sharing! Thank you! Close ad . If i wanted to omit the chocolate from the frosting (as Im picturing blue frosting for a deep sea themed cake) and added some blue colouring, Would that work okay do you think? I halved the frosting but I really liked it. 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. Delicious! We will definitely make the button easier to find when we next redesign. The sugar is a bit much so the salt balances the sweetness a bit and enhances the chocolate flavor. The frosting came out awesome. I tried to make this one today and it burnt to a crisp, even with my oven at the right temperature. Plus, if its sitting under frosting the whole time, the frosting will slowly soak into the cake. Has anyone baked it in form of muffins/ cupcakes? I like a center filled with frosting, which is one reason I have never been enamored of cupcakes either. This is the Cake! I made it yesterday and it was easy and excellent! Deb, you so perfectly describe what I experienced with food when I was pregnant!! I dont know how youve done this for the past few months with morning sickness. (but we still found the cake delish . This cake always comes out perfectly for mejust made for the tenth time! Thanks Deb! It baked in 20-25 minutes. The cake was delicious! (I still have a slice left and am having it tonight, in defiance of the only eat food that was cooked less than 24 hours ago rule.). Two notes: I baked the cake for 27 min and it was a teeny bit dry watch carefully as it gets close to being done. Thank you so much for reminding me of this wonderful cake just in time for my brothers birthday tomorrow!! I added on at least another 5 minutes, and maybe more, for the baking time. I turned this into a dairy-free, stacked birthday cake with the following adjustments: -doubled the recipe Or should I just give in and go to the store? 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. I promptly stopped at the store for ingredients and spent my free afternoon making this yesterday. Id use flour or cornstarch instead of cocoa (or half of each) and white instead of brown sugar. The kitchens not too hot, and its snowy outside. G-d!!!!! I made this yesterday and it was delicious! Am I always Overbaking by a few minutes? Im sorry. I decided to look at a recipe anyway. My hubby loved it for his decadent birthday surprise! Deb this is just. Had to bake a lot longer than called for, but still yummy! This cake is a delight. Line a 15cm round springform tin with a circle of parchment paper. 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. :). Can I frost them while they are still frozen? Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Smitten Kitchen Every Day: Triumphant and Unfussy New Favorites - Brand New at the best online prices at eBay! 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. and the flavour oooft! Youre kind of my hero. I need chocolate cakeNOW!! But yes, you can always eat the frosting by itself! Directions. I am making a cake this weekend and was planning on doing the golden cake from your cookbook (which always turns out perfectly!)