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! (I might as well admit that I lost my train of thought a few times while writing that sentence and just thought I want chocolate cake. I think youre rubbing off on me :) ). b.) I live at 6000 feet. It was awesome!! I made the same cake recipe with their dark chocolate salted pudding buttercream, and it was UNBELIEVABLE. On an I.V. Deb, re: your comment to me above, I may have been a little hasty in my judgment as the first taste while mixing hadnt had time to settle in with all the sugar and butter so the flavor was still overwhelmingly bitter. Cant wait to give my kids a treat!!! Im also using your instructions from the confetti cake to make it an Elmo cake. Amazing. 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. My sister cooks a lot and makes good cakes. OMG. Not fancy or perfect, but just right for the occasion. anyway I came here looking for the fudgy chocolate cake recipe, that I used for cupcakes a couple months ago. Note to self: Keep cake ingredients and directions separate from frosting info. I dont have any dutched cocoa but used regular ghiradelli coca and it came out just fine (threw in a handful of extra chocolate baking chips for good measure). Thank you so much for this Christmas gift. This recipe will do nicely while the bender is ongoing! I was going to pick something more complicated, but it is great I did not because: Its weirdly labourous but worth the time. Thank you, Deb, for all you do! Am I always Overbaking by a few minutes? Chum Yes, it would be delicious. In thinking about cutting and layering..? But! Beat it on high, scrape down the bowl, beat it some more, etc, until its mixable. It was a small miracle when I received your weekly newsletter including small celebration cakes on the same day as my partners birthday. It is so not fair that you gave me this craving this late in a very long day. What is you favorite kind to eat? I thought that I might use this for a birthday cake. The five-year-old said, as I was cutting, make sure that I dont just get a sliver!. Thank you. I havent made one since a family birthday version last summer, but this looks awfully tempting. Hello! So, 913 = 117, 99 = 81, 88 = 64, 9-inch round area = 63.6, i.e. I made this yesterday and was so pleased by the result. Yes I always make it as cupcakes. Or just double the frosting? Im torn b/w this recipe and the Homemade Devil Dog SK recipe. This cake would feed one of them, maybe 2 if they were forced to share. Can I halve this recipe to fit a round six inch cake pan? Think of it as my New York Sheet Cake, intense (the impact of cocoa and unsweetened chocolate should not be underestimated), rich (butter, in all of it), tiny (one-eighth of a sheet, to be particular) and quick to make, so you can just because you want it but not have it stay long enough to cause any permanent damage. Older one is old enough to be helpful, and old enough to go to school while you have lots of time (and naps) with the new one. Wow, have I been missing out! I go through a lot of butter I love baking and cooking and its expensive so whenever I can take a shortcut I will. Its the perfect little chocolate cake! I cant wait to make this. You have given me inspiration to make this chocolate cake. Huzzah for cake. This is the Cake! The cake itself isnt very sweet, in hopes to provide contrast. I do know that I want this cake RIGHT NOW! So good though for such a quick cake! I went to 6 stores in my neighborhood and couldnt find sprinkles. I spread it thick on an 88 pan of brownies and sprinkled peppermint bits over the top. Did I need to do that? My larger offset languishes in the drawer unused except for sheet pan spreading jobs. I didnt use a sifter, but I did mix dry ingredients sperately. It was still speckled. Thank you! Youre not at a higher elevation, are you? Not sure if you still think this would be worthwhile, but if you were to do it, I would -totally- use it. This was my first experience with Valrhona cocoa power. 1.5 Years Ago: Key Lime Popsicles (still a favorite!) Because baking soda (not baking powder, which has cream of tartar as an acid) needs an acidic ingredient to activate it, there is some concern that the using Dutched cocoa in a recipe only leavened by baking soda will be a problem. :). The cake came out too salty and I really like salt! Yield Serves 8 to 12 Prep time 10 minutes Cook time 25 minutes to 35 minutes Show Nutrition Ingredients 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder, natural or Dutch-process 1 cup granulated sugar 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt 1/4 teaspoon Melissa Yes, double the ingredients, including the frosting if youre looking to cover the sides as well. Ive made your version of this food processor frosting a bajillion times and its amazing. No buttermilk or baking soda (and white sugar instead of brown) in the batter and less butter in the frosting. When reviewing the recipe I realized I should have lowered the amount when not using sea salt. Every year I make my kids half a cake for their half birthday and this made a PERFECT half double layer cake. Vegetable oil can give it a more plush crumb, so its not a bad move. Thank you. Thank you for posting! My son is attending college on the opposite coast from mine. I love your description of your food cravings; theyre contagious! If you double a 99 in a 913, its less of perfect match; the cake might end up 1.5x thicker. Can I do part yogurt and part coffee? I have some red wine to use and i would try making this cake with it. Now I have a recipe. Total score, thank you! Flourless Chocolate Cake Recipe - Food Network Kitchen The frosting was also too sweet for me and the kiddo, but my sister and brother-in-law didnt think so. :) Yes, that was what I meant by uneven. Thanks Deb! Yay! Hi Deb, Hey Deb This looks marvelous! Quick question! Thanks so much! We opted for a few fresh strawberry slices on each little square and it was just right. 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 need this cake in my life, and I need someone else to make it! I only got ten cupcakes. I needed a piece of chocolate cake so badly that I began to regret every cupcake shop Id ever walked past and not gone in during the height of the mid-aughts cupcake craze. Really happy to find a chocolate cake recipe thats not overwhelmed by so much sugar. That extra 1/2 cup of powdered sugar didnt really hurt the flavor, its still very chocolaty, just not as bitter. They are all gone now and left everyone (all adults) with smiles on their faces. Ive tried adding back the sugar in the hopes it will fluff but alas, no; its an oily albeit fudgy/tasty mess. We celebrated National Chocolate Cake day with this recipe, and it did not disappoint! Except the word wanted doesnt accurately describe the craving; it was suddenly everything. Thank you! Fingers crossed! Everyone commented how fudgey it was. But why did I have little bits of chocolate in the frosting? 450g mascarpone cheese 280g icing sugar Pinch of salt tsp vanilla extract Method Step 1 Preheat your oven to 160C (fan 140C/gas mark 3). Yes. Also I need the cupcakes to rise above and not be flat will these rise? Did you see the Tasting Table chocolate cake recipe from a few days ago? I wisely made 1/2 batch of frosting which was for me the perfect amount. If I double the recipe and make it a 9 by 13 pan,do I need to increase cooking time? Thank you! You can find it under Sugar and Sprinkles > Assorted Shapes. belgian brownie cakelets. I was generous with the icing, which brings this cake together. Hi, I really want to make a chocolate orange cake. Thanks for all the great recipes! The first time I doubled the recipe and baked it in a 913 pan baked for about 30 minutes. blood orange, almond and ricotta cake. Hi Deb: I am definitely making and eating this on the weekend. Can you file it under I at least? 1/16th of the scrolling is comments. I so want a slice of chocolate cake rightthisinstant. Im trying to print some recipes, but the print recipe links that appear are not working (I use Google Chrome). Im planning to make this into cupcakes for a birthday party, but Ill need to make at least 4 dozen, and have only one pan. And Im a sucker for any cake with those confetti sprinkles on it. 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!) Chocolate cake, with rainbow sprinkles, is simply the best thing ever. I actually wrote about making it that way over here. No one goes without at least a two layer cake for their birthday now. Recipes. Is the swap 1:1 with buttermilk? Could also be scaled and stacked as a birthday cake. I just wanted to correct you because I dont want you to accidentally mess up anything you bake in the future as you would be using way too much butter. What do you think? I love how moist it is, deep chocolate flavor, keeps well (if you dont eat it in one sitting). Not as moist as I thought it would be or very chocolatey. I have one of these babies in the oven right now, perhaps the 6th one in a month. There are others like us. Delicious. Delicious!! And for perfect timing! In the book, I have a section with different flavor cakes and frostings built off of this one, including a vanilla-vanilla. I plan to make all your chocolate cake recipes (your triple berry bundt cake is a huge hit with my family & friends) from now through Sept. Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake - Barefeet in the Kitchen Especially how there was so little to clean up, and how all the ingredients came nicely together :) My friends all enjoyed it immensely too and they all said the icing went really well with the cake. Thanks, Deb!!!!!! Perfection! The sides have cooked but the center hasnt. Do you think I could skip the cocoa and/or replace the weight with more powdered sugar? happy days all the way from Ireland. Whisk . Or have them page by page. :). Additionally, I have baking powder but not soda might I somehow be able to work with one? Sneha If the knife isnt batter-free (i.e. Love this recipe as my go-to birthday cake. The chocolate cake by which all other chocolate cakes are judged. Needless to say, I wont be making this cake, but Ill stay tuned :). I had to laugh at your comment about sweet potatoes. I will try that recipe for sure. (easier to mix oil batters by hand than to cream butter and sugar properly). My mind is blown! Writing with another substitution! ps: your banana bread recipe CHANGED MY LIFE. The 'I Want Chocolate Cake' Cake | Smitten Kitchen with Deb Perelman Meanwhile, Im also making Ovenlys Chocolate Stout Cake with Salted Caramel Buttercream have you seen their cookbook? Its heavenlythank you for this great recipe! For a cake like this, thats flexible, you can use either what you get in volume (from your 1/2 cup) or weight (145 grams) and youll be fine. This is the easiest; its quite chocolaty, a little fudgy, not firm but holds together well. In 2008, when Smitten Kitchen was still an infant in blog years, I shared a recipe for my mom's apple cake. ahh, you just need to adjust it this way: the speckling is a *feature* rather than a detriment. How well do you think it would hold up in a totally round pan (like the Wilton Sports Ball pan)? FWIW, I first peeked at the cake at 20 min, then it took three more 3-minute timers till finished. 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. It might have needed less baking time; it can happen. I baked this beauty of a cake this evening for a welcome home dinner tomorrow, and didnt really think through my process made the frosting while the cake was baking, but think it might be best to wrap the cooled cake and make some fresh to frost with tomorrow. Ill put it this way: I, too, am obsessed with layer cake moisture but since I got this configured exactly the way I like it, I havent made another chocolate layer cake. Should the butter quantity for the frosting be 1/2 cup or 4 oz? I use a timer, but I really rely on the old toothpick test, which rarely lets me down. Please, please tell me this doesnt mean you were still nauseous in week 16? (The frosting, of course, is very sweet. Happy baking. :) This looks amazing; cant wait to try it! So we havent had The Birthday Dinner (budget about $30 and just a _bit_ more than 16) yet. But frosting in a food processor? I will absolutely make this again. If you follow the instructions TO THE LETTER and mix in the drys just until everything is wet, you end up with a thin batter with tiny butter/sugar capsules distributed throughout. You cant beat chocolate cake and this one looks incredible, Deb. I have been refreshing your blog all day ever since you said on instagram last night that youd be posting the recipe today. Thanks! but because when I found my perfect one-bowl chocolate cake (which weve made as an everyday loaf, then riffed as a fudgy layered sheet cake and red wine chocolate wonder, I promise, I can stop anytime) and ridiculously easy fudgy chocolate buttercream, there was no need to keep looking. Do let it clabber for 10 to 15 minutes for a thicker texture. We did not make it to the grocery store until after we were both done with work and because its COVID times our trip took two hours so I started this cake at 7. I ended up snagging a more squared-off metal 88 while out running errands today, so thin-cake crisis averted. Deb, I love you. And you delivered! Used oil instead of butter (a scant 1/3 cup) and got great results. Next time will try with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Looks great. Any other ideas? Magda I dont have the functionality at this time, but Id love to get it if possible. Toni Yes, same as the Monkey Cake. Reasons for this: the pickled onion recipe should be on my fridge, the sweet tart recipe I use with everything, etc. I baked it in a 8 square glass pan for 25 minutes. My favorite kind of cake is chocolate. In your opinion, is there a great deal of variation in the taste of the different brands available? He tested covid +Ve and he is completely asymptomatic. I love that this is an eight inch square; such a perfect size. My main purpose in commenting, however, is to commend you on your perfect parenting skills. I used the old lemon juice+milk trick as a buttermilk substitute and it came out great. Ive just made this and I find the frosting ridiculously sweet-I dont think I am even going to put it on the cake :-( I think Australian tastebuds must be a lot less sweet. I want it. But my batter didnt seem as thick as in the video and it also didnt rise very well (or as much as yours). Thanks, Deb! Two of them (one spare) were slightly bigger than the others, but not that much. I still have half of your Moms apple cake in my cake caddy so this will probably have to wait until the weekend but I am definitely making this! This one looks like a keeper for any midnight cake treat. What do you use? LOVE this cake! boyperson also always complains that our apartment is coldi hadnt noticed until i realized the butter on the counter wasnt soft. My husbands birthday is this week. I regretted not licking every beater of chocolate buttercream that had ever crossed my path when I worked at a bakery in high school. I made it in a regular cupcake pan. Mine came out fluffier than I wanted what should I adjust to get it fudgier? Your email address will not be published. I want to dive into that swath of icing. And so easy to make. I feel like Im talking to a celebrity!! I stuck the unfrosted cupcakes in the freezer. I mean, us. Love this cake and its counter part in the party cake builder section of your book!! Sometimes you just have to have a chocolate cake, right?! When I made it entirely with runny yoghurt the sugar amount seemed ok, but with coffee replacing some of the sugar it is a tad too sweet. I thought Id try a different blogs cake this year, dumbest idea ever! Im the only one here! Thanks! with chocolate buttercream, but lets be real. Ill be as surprised as everyone else. Man, Deb I have made this cake about 5 times in the last two months. 4 oz is 1/2 cup (or 1 stick), 8 oz is 1 cup (2 sticks) if you arent using US-sized full sticks of butter then disregard that number, but the weight and volume remain the same. Not sweet-sweet, as in my younger kid will eat it, but I would like a lesser amount to suit adult (our) tastes. .And P.S. And not too huge so we didnt get sick of it. Bottom line, it needed to be made well enough in advance to get to the best consistency and flavor. Immediately. I just popped by as many bloggers dont respond to questions. Coffee does rank about 5, making it an acid. had seconds. Stir one-third of egg-white mixture into chocolate mixture. I swapped the icing for dark chocolate ganache with whisky, and topped it all with toasted hazlenuts. Took more like 42 minutes to cook all the way and I was worried it was going to be dry but ended up still very moist! I have never made a vanilla buttercream that I liked, and Im scared to try a meringue-based frosting. I assume it will be shorter? Is this the type of cake that is great 2 days later? Ive been reading your blog since before he was born and have cooked my way through a lot of what youve written about. 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract. I kinda wish I had seen this last night, I was looking for some easy, yummy, recipe to make on the quick, where I actually had the ingredients on hand already, and this totally would have fit the bill. Thank you! But at some point, why not just eat the frosting by itself? Too late. Classic Chocolate Loaf Cake by smittenkitchen - The Feedfeed Like eat-one-square-in-two-bites perfect. Hope thats an ok combo. Ive often had more success with the oil-water chocolate cakes than with the butter-based ones (in general I mean; I havent tried your butter-based chocolate cakes). Any thoughts about what Im doing wrong? I took these to a party and they received rave reviews! Im making these for my daughters birthday. I, uh, use Valrhona. Thanks for a perfect chocolate cake recipe! It was DELICIOUS! Any suggestions on the dryness? I love your recipes! I have two boys, almost exactly five years apart, and its (mostly) a really good gap. I guess Ill be investing in a thermometer! Thanks and happy early Mothers Day to you! Hi. I agree. My name for this cake is Why Havent You Baked Me Earlier Cake. Hi Deb! Wow. The Best Smitten Kitchen Recipes, According to Eater Editors 1 cup (125 grams) all-purpose flour 1/4 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon table or fine sea salt Frosting 2 ounces (55 grams) unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled 1 1/2 cups (180 grams) powdered sugar (sifted if lumpy) 1/2 cup (4 ounces or 115 grams) unsalted butter, at room temperature Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Spray a 9 by 2-inch spring form pan with nonstick spray. Really this is so good! I made this in a 6 inch pan as a two layer cake as someone else mentioned. Eek! I am going to try and bake this cake. So moist and chocolatey. 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. I cant see the notes regarding the buttermilk options. The cake is dense, rich, and not super sweet and the sugary, buttery icing balances it out beautifully. But if youve been there, youve felt this, this is for you. Thats what I usually have on hand. (The taste test tomorrow) simple and easy to follow recipie (im addicted to your Instagram too!). In my house, we are, most regrettably, gluten free, dairy free, soy and egg free. Seriously, we love it so much!! Did you use Dutched cocoa? Do you think it would work if I cut the two tablespoons of granulated sugar? Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. This also worked well when I took some to my parents house since it was easy to transport separately. 6 tablespoons / 73 g dark brown sugar I needed a quick chocolate cake, without leaving the house for ingredients. 1 teaspoon (5 ml) vanilla extract I love bittersweet chocolate, but nothing much sweeter than that. Or should I just give in and go to the store? Raspberries & chocolate- what could be bad? Truly next level. Thanks again! :) Do you have a suggestion which of your fabulous chocolate cakes might best survive the two-day mailing across country? Thanks for the craving, Deb! This was SO my recent pregnancy (baby is 10 weeks). Hmm. Mission accomplished. Not sure what else I could do if I sifted the sugar and it was still chunky! So much inspiration on here. This is my sisters oven, so I am just learning how it bakes. Actually, Id probably keep 1/4 cup buttermilk, just so the batter wasnt too thick to work with. Checked it at 22 minutes and then after 5 more and 5 more after that so next time Ill likely check it at 33 minutes. Hi Deb! I used a full fat cream-on-top plain yogurt from Trader Joes in lieu of buttermilk. (See here.) Coconut oil works great here so I hope this helps someone else in the making. Butter two 9-inch round cake pans, and line them with circles of parchment paper, then butter or coat with nonstick cooking spray. 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. Came out perfect! You could just heap it like a bakery does. I wish this had been in the notes! It's a great cake and I know why we love it so much: It's huge. This is the fudgiest, most delicious chocolate cake Ive ever experienced. I have saved the recipe and make it some time soon, for the moment I am enjoying some chocolate covered digestive biscuits to cure my chocolate cravings. I have bittersweet baking bars and cocoa powder. I look forward to trying it again with regular Dutch process cocoa. Ive made it many times and its definitely become a family favorite. I add the frosting inside the cupcake and on top. They die for chocolate but dont care for overly sweet frosting. Turned out, really, really well. So glad I didnt read the few negative comments. Also, make sure you dont over-mix your batter, that would make it very tough! Youre not tired of it by the time its gone. Gonna save this one :). Ill definitely stick to the stand or hand-held mixer when making frosting in the future. What I loved about it is that it was not too sweet which made the frosting necessary and special. My almost perfect holiday baking seasonThis cake is lovely & easy to make & bake & eat. Fabulous. So the question of saving it for later doesnt even arise! Letting the batter sit hasnt been a problem for me. Is it possible for the machine to heat up just enough to melt the butter? If I double the recipe, would a bunt pan be appropriate? It reminds me of childhood parties and I can just imagine how it tastes my mouth is watering just looking at the pictures! I want cake now! Well, it is a sign from above, so now this cake is definitely getting made today. I have already made this cake (in almost all of its versions! The cake was a little dry. Smitten Kitchen's cake, which is baked in a single layer in a square pan, met a similar fate. Joining the gym after New Years so this is the week for this cake again. My husband promised my kids dessert last night, and it was up to me to fulfill this promise. :(, So sad, but the frosting is the best i have ever tried and made so far. It is now known as The Cake in our house. I think you have to buy 6 at a time. So tummy and satisfying. I halved the sugar in the icing. If small squares, 16. Tonight! Even bought the special spatula. What do the chunks seem composed of, does it seem like sugar or chocolate? I didnt measure the exact amount, just eyeballed. and it isnt that difficult to make with that machine. This is the first time Ive heard someone else refer to this saying. Yes, but it is not needed to make this cake tender/plush. Ive made this recipe so many times- just wanted to share that it makes perfect cupcakes too! i got 12 standard size cupcakes plus one bigger one, made in a custard cup. I shop there because they have EVERYTHING FOR BAKING but.they arent the most pleasant peeps Ive come across. Thank god for that frosting, because it turned out the ratio and the richness of the frosting balanced with the sturdy, deeply chocolate-y cake that was barely almost a smidge over but not too badly. 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. 2 tablespoons (25 grams) granulated sugar I love that I dont have to go to five different grocery stores to find the ingredients. (Although Ill need to squeeze in a hamentashen session at some point as well.) Wonderful cake!!! Hi! Can I make this in a miniature bundt pan? Okay, Deb. 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? The results were excellent. I found that the coffee version took slightly longer in my oven, but produced the most delicious moistness. Notes: Made this twice! Or is there a list? Whipped this up during nap time, adding a handful of chocolate chips to the batter. Moist, flavorful and absolutely a winner every time I have made this. Holy stinkin cow this cake is GOOD! I am having trouble printing the recipe. At last I have a chocolate cake recipie that tastes of chocolate! I dont even like frosting but Im drooling at the sight of yours! Seriously. In any case, it is excellent. p.s. <3 <3 <3, Deb, your advice on raspberry buttercream was perfect. Upon reading this post I immediately began craving chocolate cake. We had one at Tilth up here in Seattle this last weekend- it had buttermilk, browned butter, hazelnuts and currants and I want to eat there everyday just for this one scone! Hey Deb! Sometimes when I really need chocolate cake I cant find this recipe! Wow theses foods look so amazing!! Has it been six years? No extra dish, too. best chocolate cake ever! Making this cake right now for my sons 16 bday. I decided to look at a recipe anyway. NO- Im at work right now and cant immediately make and eat this. :), I doubled the recipe in a 913 pan for a birthday at work. Free shipping for many products! If I wanted to make this into a double layered round cake, would you just double the recipe and do in two 9 inch rounds? Thank you! Yum! (I did not add the meringue powder, which was optional.) I doubled the recipe (cake and frosting) and it made 24 perfect cupcakes. This was my first butter-based cake, and I think it turned out quite well! Could it be that I used salted butter??! This is the perfect week-night treat.