My son is attending college on the opposite coast from mine. 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. This year he wants colored frosting. And I love the suggestion of sour cream thinned with coffee sounds like my kinda cake!! ( thanks to the hereditary sweet tooth). Thanks for a perfect chocolate cake recipe! Incidentally, this is only a couple of steps away from my go-to brownie recipe. So in the batter went, and crossed the fingers were. I also did simple chocolate ganache instead of buttercream frosting. I have been really successful in recreating this recipe( without a mixer too Infact). Its 2023 and this cake is still very important to me! And Im a sucker for any cake with those confetti sprinkles on it. Pizzas, red wine and, to finish off the carb load, this chocolate cake. You can find it under Sugar and Sprinkles > Assorted Shapes. If so, then it was the decrease in sugar. ice cream cake roll. 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt mine clocks in at 5 grams vs. the 6 grams of table salt. Its so rich and silky smooth I wanted to just forget the cake and eat the icing. I made this recipe into cupcakes, doubled, 3 times today. Followed the recipe exactly as written. Add cocoa powder and whisk until mixture is smooth. This looks like heaven! HOLY HELL, its fantastic. Even bought the special spatula. Or, what I do more often is if youre using a stand mixer anyway, just cut it into chunks and let the paddle soften it. Obviously the sizes are different, but is one more chocolaty, moist, etc? This cake fed 6 adults and 4 children with two small slices left over, perfect for breakfast the next morning with strong coffee :P. Crystal Im not sure how is the temperature control in your toaster? I swapped the icing for dark chocolate ganache with whisky, and topped it all with toasted hazlenuts. Thanks for the clarification. I wisely made 1/2 batch of frosting which was for me the perfect amount. Thank you! Its been a pretty miserable week, and this cake is exactly what I need. Maybe this is a good thing! Next time, Ill add those adorable confetti sprinkles! Shouldnt matter, right? This cake lives up to the title! I would halve the sugar in the frosting for next time-I havent tried the cake itself so do not know if it is equally as sweet. It turned out rather thick, but spreadable, and so delicious. 6 tablespoons (85 grams) unsalted butter, at room temperature I would like to order it. What a great idea. -replaced the buttermilk with red wine The perfect antidote to absolutely needing a chocolate fix. I usually hear about substitutions with flax eggs, but nobody has mentioned doing so here yet in the comments. No one wants a dry cake! I just bought Dutch process thinking, I dont know how this cake could be any better, but Im in! to make a rerun on Sunday. Thanks for the fantastic recipe. Im salivating. Can I frost them while they are still frozen? Just watched you make this on YouTube and immediately felt compelled to make it happen in my home. Not too rich. You read my mind! I really hope I can replicate that crazy looking icing. ), I decided to make this cake instead! I just made your best birthday cake with the addition of chocolate chips for my fiances birthday, and he requested a chocolate buttercream frosting. Seriously good. It came out perfectly baked, not very risen. Stephanie i usually just stick the butter in the microwave for 10 seconds (not more), Deb, I recently bought your cookbook here in Dublin (Ireland, not Ohio), and it looks so, so great. If so, how would I defrost? And its not a large cake which might be helpful for some readers here. Excellent, reliable cake. :). Thank you!! Thanks! 1 / 4 cup / 21 g dutch-process cocoa Or eaten. I just made this on Friday after hearing about it on Call Your Girlfriend. 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. Perfect size cake for two people. Joining the gym after New Years so this is the week for this cake again. Definitely needed the extra time, I was closer to the 35 minute mark than 25. @smittenkitchen smitten kitchen . How do you make the frosting look so swirly and delicious? weight gain which I finally lost, literally, three weeks before this second pregnancy. This frosting looks deliciouscould it be piped, or will it not hold its shape? I know someone have asked about multiplying this recipe, I made it in a regular cupcake pan. Its a winner. Thanks for the craving, Deb! The Delicious taste of chocolate ahaha. The added T. of cocoa and 1/2 t. instant espresso granules, didnt help. If I double the recipe and make it a 9 by 13 pan,do I need to increase cooking time? Its one of the only ingredients I splurge on; I ruined myself by trying it in the first place. Thank you! Really this is so good! Did you use Dutched cocoa? Youll want to make 4x this recipe; it makes 1 dozen. Do let us know how it goes, if you can. I am not a baker and yet this turned out perfectly. Thank you Smitten Kitchen for previously suggesting the usefulness of a 6 inch round pan. Unfortunately I cant tolerate buttercream, though I love it the taste and texture it makes me sick for days. I was going to guess at it but you have saved me a bit of worry. This cake is delicious and a great size if someone does not want to make large cake. Thanks. The color was beautiful and the taste was rich and chocolately in the best possible way. This cake is perfect! I hope I can get to the bottom of it. Hope that helps and works! I doubled the cake recipe and it made a perfect amount of cake in a buttered, bake and serve 9 x 13 glass pan. Chocolate yummy!!!!! I used a hand-held mixer, and made the frosting the same way, so not only did I not have to clean the food processor, I had the beater blades to clean. Love the photos of this oneI can smell it and taste it! Love this website. This is one of my favourite recipes from my mom! Thanks in advance! And not too huge so we didnt get sick of it. 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. Blueberry Boy Bait is an all time comfort food around here oldie but a goodie. Weve made it dozens of time as an 88, but Id like to make it as a 913 sheet cake for my daughters birthday. Sophie You can make your own baking powder. Haha, Deb, I love your enthusiasm and urgency for cake in this post. Lynda. 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.) Hi Deb! Love love love it! hs code for cadbury chocolate; multi tenant architecture cloud computing; two-piece shiny loungewear of the 1980s; microsoft gaming services halo infinite; stabbings in london statistics; 19 metro bus schedule cincinnati; room service madison ms menu; velocity credit card application; grade label of coca cola; ridge vineyards sonoma Such a perfect moist crumb on this cake it must be the buttermilk! I also went to NY Cake Shop on 22nd st and they were really nice, helpful and had hundreds (no exaggeration) of sprinkle choices- will definitely be going back. Still delicious baked on Friday, refrigerated till Sunday am, served Sunday @ noon. The cake came out too salty and I really like salt! (Or, Id have done it already. :;>, I actually made this last night and frosted it this morning for a 20-yr-olds bd. Did freezing work well?? This is calling my name. 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 . 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!!!! I actually made the frosting last night with 70% Green & Blacks dark chocolate, and it actually came out almost savory! It's extraordinarily loaded with apples, like a pie inside a cake. But I wonder if thats more due to my mixing by hand than to inherent flaws in the recipes. I may treat myself to your cookbook for my birthday. But so thick that the cakes moist crumb couldnt hold up to it. Thank you for doing this. Four-year-old grandson adds the rainbow sprinkles and heartily endorses it. Is that the route we need to take in order to PIN a recipe? Youre not tired of it by the time its gone. Then yesterday I made it again with mini 6 cake rounds. thank you, deb, for the small chocolate cake! I highly doubt it would stay out long after cutting it. Both the cake and frosting are delicious, and are relatively simple to make with basic ingredients. (P.S. The cupcakes baked for 17 minutes to perfectionSO GOOD. 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. Thanks. Deb, yes, I will be another one of those commenters that tells you I made this recipe and then explain how I jacked it up. Add the egg, yolk and vanilla and beat until combined, then the buttermilk and mix again. I made this cake (assuming its also the one in SK Everyday) in a double recipe for 23 cupcakes (one was victim to an unstable parchment paper liner. I wanted to eat it all. I need chocolate cakeNOW!! Now I have a recipe. I like a center filled with frosting, which is one reason I have never been enamored of cupcakes either. I was attempting to recreate the birthday cake my boyfriends mom made him growing up: a chocolate cake mix+pudding mix based recipe. It was a hit. I agree with Aunt Vixen. I halved the sugar in the icing. One question I dont have a mixer or a hand mixer (I knowI know) I normally do everything by hand and I dont think Ive ever made icing before so I havent yet found something I couldnt do by hand. Deb, I love you. This looks so good and I know my little girl would love this. My sister cooks a lot and makes good cakes. Still on the search for a perfectly moist chocolate cake. :) (Also, see Joannes comment!). Post was not sent - check your email addresses! An exceedingly cute mini-cake! Deb, you are my shero! My child decided against buttercream or unicorn sprinkles so we just had it plain tonight (may do a frost-your-own-slice pudding tomorrow as we have guests) and I have to say she liked it way better than a brownie. And congratulations! And the cakes seem so smallwho needs to work out?! Congratulations and prayers for much joy, many full nights of sleep, and lots of laughter and cuddles! are the measurements the same? But frosting in a food processor? Sorry for the late response, even after such a nice comment! I had the great idea to make this today. Is this the type of cake that is great 2 days later? Just made this cake & your perfect birthday cake for a friends 1-year old party. Turned out great! I love that this recipe is for a small-ish cake. Confetti sprinkles: I got mine from New York Cake on 22nd Street but, of course, Amazon sells them as well. I need to get some to keep them in reserve for when I want cake (which is today and always). The combination of butter, sugar, sugar, cocoa, buttermilk, cream, and sea salt all in quick list read effectively slayed my weak will power. How can I fix this? Hi Deb! 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/. Hi- Do you think whole wheat pastry flour would work in this recipe? Did in a 9.5 pie pan, which alters the edge texture a bit, but that was what was on hand! Its the perfect little chocolate cake! I was just about to make a batch of chocolate fudge, but now Im torn. Hi Deb! What do you think? We used m&ms instead. Thanks! I kept going, because you cant waste eggs in a pandemic, but a little worried if its safe to eat? I love reading your recipes, etc, and often print off the recipes. Well, I only made the frosting, not the cake (I put this frosting on a box yellow cake) but this is truly the best frosting I have ever made. whole wheat chocolate oat cookies. Brisa I havent tried it but I feel like this recipe should be okay with the adjustment. Looks incredible. (Ive mostly cut out eating sugar but this cake looks like it has little enough of it that it would be good when I want a treat!). Wipe clean, wash, and dry your electric beater (s), and beat egg whites and salt in a separate bowl until firm peaks form.