It worked, and the toddlers had no problem with it. handfulofshadows I actually continually tweak this cake, but I tend not to edit the earlier versions because they work and everyone is happy with them. If you suggest it, I make it. :). If square, 300 to 325%. This cake looks so incredibly delicious and I adore the rainbow colored sprinkles thank you for sharing:). You can bake this into 10 to 12 cupcakes! Have a great weekend! Hi, I just wanted to know if I could substitute the dark brown sugar (I only have light brown muscavado sugar, demarara sugar, or granulated sugar). I made this cake tonight for my daughters 3rd birthday and it came out PERFECTLY. I have this leftover buttermilk, so clearly I need to make the cake again, right? Truly a fast cake to whip up!! How? The frosting was delicious but I didnt find using a food processor to be convenient powdered sugar clouds poofed out and it was difficult to wipe down the bowl to get everything evenly incorporated. Thanks yet again, Deb! And, you my dear, are apparently my enabler! 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. I also just oiled the pan well (no parchment), and I got lucky and it dropped out onto a plate after a couple seconds of patience (also my first time trying to get a cake out of its pan whole.) Sad but true. Start with 25 mins, then check every couple of mins, depending on the done-ness of your cake. She insists on a layer cake and since we are all social distancing I don`t want to double the recipe. My three year old and I are going to make this cake for him. Enquiring minds want to know. Very good. This looks like heaven on earth I think I might need to run to the grocery store and bake this tonight!! I decided it was fate and made it. I made cupcakes for my daughters birthday. I just made this! . The cake was a little dry. Absolutely delicious it is now my go to birthday cake! Love this website. (Keep 1/4 cup buttermilk so youll have an acidic ingredient to wake up the baking soda.). But now I want to make this cake again and again I am in a chocolate cake loop. 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 has a tender crumb and is definitely fluffy and tasty (especially with chocolate frosting) but still kinda of sticks in the mouth. a simple three layered birthday cake? Do I defrost 4, decorate them tonight and frost the rest just before serving on Sunday? Anyway, DELICIOUS and for sure my new go-to one bowl, easy-as-can-be, need it now chocolate cake. And you delivered! So for my oven it will need 35 minutes or maybe more! You want to make sure this gets really blended/whipped, so youll probably want to scrape down the bowl and blade a lot. I used King Arthur Double Dutch Dark cocoa, which gave the cake wonderful color and flavor. Ive made this multiple times before and its my definitely my go-to chocolate cake but I want to make it tomorrow for my birthday and I dont have any unsweetened chocolate. I made this and used the measurement for table salt. How did I even miss that! Mmmmmmmm. I highly doubt it would stay out long after cutting it. We opted for a few fresh strawberry slices on each little square and it was just right. I will be making this soon! Unfortunately I cant tolerate buttercream, though I love it the taste and texture it makes me sick for days. I want chocolate cake! lol j/k :). This looks wonderful! He even drove the train around the tracks. I found it on the website and then also in her second cookbook so I figured it was a winner from the get go. Good lord, cake. Snow day chocolate cake! I MUST HAVE CHOCOLATE CAKE. My son is 7 months old and the craving still pops up now and then. Can I make this in a miniature bundt pan? My husband is back in NY right now (he speaks german) and im lost with a 2 year old and google translate on my phone at the grocery store (getting ingredients for this cake as a surprise)! Line the bottom of an 8-inch square cake pan with parchment paper, and either butter the parchment and exposed sides of the pan, or spray the interior with a nonstick spray. I made the chocolate buttercream with 2 tbs of melted butter and 6 tbs of unsweetened cocoa powder to sub for the unsweetened chocolate and it worked beautifully. They love it and I love that its simple and doesnt leave me with heaps of dishes! And I love the suggestion of sour cream thinned with coffee sounds like my kinda cake!! Ill be making this cake again, post haste, but next time with the proper frosting. Space Station Mir Hilarious. Hooray for frosting! Very observant! (My co-workers very kindly said that unless the cake leapt up off the plate and attacked them, they were going to love it but I was worried about the texture.) How is Jacob so grown up? 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! Pizzas, red wine and, to finish off the carb load, this chocolate cake. We will definitely make the button easier to find when we next redesign. Dear God. Kate I havent done it, but if I were going to, my approach would be to replace the buttermilk with 3/4 cup mashed banana. Also, the when you make a cake, they will come rule totally applies to this cake. Also, for the buttermilk, I mixed 1/2 cup black tea with 1/4 cup yogurt, and that worked really well. At grocery stores, I find Droste to be very solid for a dutch-process. Maybe tonight?! Second. And as a fellow pregnant lady whos had these chocolate cravings I totally feel you. It was pretty powerful at first while mixing, so I wont go by first taste ever again!). I find it can easily get lost in cakes but in a vanilla or brown sugar cookie, is easy to taste. Fold the remaining two-thirds in gently, trying to keep the batter as light as possible. Works perfectly! a.) 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. Love love love it! It baked in 20-25 minutes. Theres enough baking powder in the recipe that Id bet the acid/soda balance is not super-critical. Sally Usually in the fridge for a day does the trick. Love your site your writing, approach and photography are all just superb, and I appreciate your sense of humour and real-life tips. I so want this. Looks yummy. First piece I had with chocolate milk, the second with scotch. Everyone commented how fudgey it was. I have made this cake dozens of times, it is easy and delicious. That and maybe set it in a bowl on your warming stove!! But fresh sounds lovely too. kids loved it and so did parents who couldnt stop having seconds. Did you watch the clock and take out the cake when it was barely finished? OH.MY.GOD. :). Follow. Love the single layer recipe. ;) But, I whip whipped cream by hand all of the time. Finally made this cake for my mother-in-laws birthday last weekend. Or maybe get one of these? Didnt bother to sift even though cocoa was lumpy and it was fine. I asked if she trusted you enough to plow through and make as directed. One of the easiest and most satisfying chocolate cake recipes ever. Chocolate cake with chocolate frosting would definitely be an understatement! Can anyone help a lady out on how long I should bake standard cupcakes? Made it with a plainer dark baking chocolate tonight (OK OK it was Cadburys!!) Ive never made a red wine and chocolate cake, but it sounds super yum how does it change the flavour? Im not much of a baker. At this point, its usually cooled to lukewarm. So the amount was great for us, but obviously you could also double it if you wanted. P.S. 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). Love your recipes:) I just moved a few weeks ago from Brooklyn, NY to Germany and I wanted to see if you had any insight on the baking soda/baking powder issue. I posted picture on Instagram. It added up to a 65 lb. The second batch was even better than the first. Pamela I mention concerns about Dutched cocoa under the recipe. Chocolatey, soft-textured but not crumbly, sweet but not overpowering. A chickpea flour cake? I noticed that you put less white sugar in this than your Everyday chocolate cake (which I adore). 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. Deb this cake looks great and just the type of thing I want to make, but dont want my husband to realize I am capable of making, lest the requests come non-stop! OXO Good Grips Large Offset Spatula $10.94 Amazon Buy Now Save to Wish List I was hoping it would work with the quite sweet yellow cake my husband requested but I was to worried about it to wait and see. Making a commenting account just to say this is now my favourite chocolate cake recipe. Deb, the worst thing about this recipe is that at the drop of a hat you can make a delicious chocolate cake (for those of us who do not need more cake!). Do you have Smitten Kitchen Every Day? I remember those strange feelings of strongly disliking (yes, they know what they did) familiar flavors and textures. Great little cake, so nice to have something smaller and delicious! Worked fine. Hey Deb, Sorry about that Deb. I will never go back to regular. and it was AMAZING. I so want a slice of chocolate cake rightthisinstant. Still, much better by then. So, here is the promised Oh My God, Is That Chocolate Cake? For anyone who, like me, likes their frosting darker chocolate-y and less sweet, I melted an additional 1 oz of unsweetened baking chocolate and added that to the frosting. 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. Coconut oil works great here so I hope this helps someone else in the making. Holy stinkin cow this cake is GOOD! @smittenkitchen smitten kitchen . On the third round I added a 1/4 cup additional buttermilk to the batter. It came out and was amazingly not burnt (I suspect my oven is a bit underpowered.) Youre not at a higher elevation, are you? And the frosting is superb and so quick. Deb, 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. Life changing! Your recipes are so easy and relate-able, and yet so novel, and your photography is scrumptious. I made it for my moms birthday and everyone was really impressed. I would buy anything those swirls were trying to sell me. Normally I cook in vast quantities (no idea why, its just me and hubbymaybe I was the mother of 8 in a past life?) 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. 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!