This is my go-to site for recipes. This is how I feel about chocolate on a regular basis. So good! I kept going, because you cant waste eggs in a pandemic, but a little worried if its safe to eat? Congratulations! I was a bit worried when I added the buttermilk and it went quite lumpy, but I guess thats what you meant by uneven. Im thrilled on both counts. i always leave some out in case of a sudden urge or need to bake or for bread buttering needs, and while its not fridge hard, it is not at all baking soft/room temp. Thanks Deb!! Will definitely make again. I didnt even notice. My larger offset languishes in the drawer unused except for sheet pan spreading jobs. I, uh, use Valrhona. Definitely needed the extra time, I was closer to the 35 minute mark than 25. Can you file it under I at least? I need to make a nice tall chocolate cake for my daughters birthday this weekend. Slightly adjusted ingredients, same effect. In the book, I have a section with different flavor cakes and frostings built off of this one, including a vanilla-vanilla. Thank you! Thank you! Is the replacement 1:1 with buttermilk? I made if for my daughters third birthday and it was a hit among kids and adults alike. It still looks pretty and the thought that counts :). I just wish I could make my frosting swirls as pretty as Debs. I could kick myself for not getting one ages ago. Grad school is sometimes miserable but also wonderful. 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 so want this. Make these for someone you love today! Funny, I am so the I need chocolate cake now kind of person, and it has nothing to do with hormonal cravings. There was no glaze but they served it what I think was more slathered brown butter. blueberry crumb cake. And its the perfect size to not hurt yourself :). I just made this on Friday after hearing about it on Call Your Girlfriend. Made it with a plainer dark baking chocolate tonight (OK OK it was Cadburys!!) Me: Wow, how did she know I would think this?) I thought of making two 9 cakes using this recipe, filling with vanilla whipped cream and cubed strawberries and topping with chocolate ganache. My question with brown butter in baked goods is always the same: can you taste it? ;), THANK YOU for this recipe I made it yesterday its delicious. We celebrated National Chocolate Cake day with this recipe, and it did not disappoint! I might have eaten what was left straight out of the bowl with a spoon, but we wont ask too many questions, right? Even my usually anti-cake husband liked it, which is saying a lot. Ive made this recipe so many times- just wanted to share that it makes perfect cupcakes too! I bought a six inch cake pan last year, and thought Id try halving this recipe to make one six-inch layer. Thanks again! Just made this and cant wait to dig in! This frosting looks deliciouscould it be piped, or will it not hold its shape? anne I think stout would work just fine. It is the PERFECT cake to take around to friends places when catching up with Game of Thrones (you know, in preparation for season 5!! To make the soft gooey layer, in a small bowl, whisk together the corn syrup or golden syrup with the milk or cream, and vanilla. This resulted in thick, tall slices of cake with still a substantial but not ridiculous amount of insanely rich frosting. Your suggestion to cut it into 16 pieces was hard to obey, but I did. Ive heard mayonnaise suggested before has anyone tried that? Post was not sent - check your email addresses! (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.) I got back from work at 8pm without a plan for my husbands birthday and managed to bake, cool, make a bodega run for confectioners sugar, decorate, make cacio e pepe, and open a bottle of wine within 90 minutes! The frosting is out of this world amazing, but I thought the cake was not that great. You can make buttermilk by mixing a little white vinegar (somewhere between 1 tsp and 1 Tbsp) and the rest of the cup milk, itll curdle, and then you can use it as buttermilk! 2. I just made this last night. So rich, moist and CHOCOLATEY! We ate cake outside and in the rain because thats how it goes in quarantine. Perfect swirls! I adjusted to the 115 g of butter without adjusting for the extra heavy cream. Thanks for the clarification. . Thank you so much for reminding me of this wonderful cake just in time for my brothers birthday tomorrow!! I dont change a thing about the recipe. And not too huge so we didnt get sick of it. It may not be important, but Im still wondering: have you adjusted the baking powder since posting this recipe here? 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. Do you think this frosting would work to pipe with a star tip? I love your recipes! If it wasnt 8PM right now I would make this cake. 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. Keep up the sharing! I sifted the sugar and the butter had softened all day. So moist and chocolatey. Il try a simple ganache next time i bake it for myself. How can I make this a vanilla version? Or should I just give in and go to the store? Some more info about coffee acidity can be found here. So I added some whole milk until it was smooth enough to spread and then baked it for 25 minutes. If anyone is curious to try, here are the measurements I used for the cake (I used a different frosting recipe- whipped ganache): 3 tablespoons / 43 g unsalted butter, room temperature Can the frosting be made a couple days in advance and refrigerated or is it better the same day? You can bake this into 10 to 12 cupcakes! I suspect the culprit was too much flour, not enough moisture I used whole milk mixed with buttermilk powder, and my cocoa is old too. Had to bake a lot longer than called for, but still yummy! I made this recipe into cupcakes, doubled, 3 times today. I dont want to make too much. Any insight? Thanks! (but we still found the cake delish . The cone shape one? I also have a non-standard oven (AGA). The sugar is a bit much so the salt balances the sweetness a bit and enhances the chocolate flavor. Remove from the heat and let cool. Oh my goodness, this looks heavenly! As luck would have it, my husbands birthday is tomorrow, so Im using this occasion as my excuse! Deb, you are always my go-to! The cake was delicious! No surprise there though, considering the source! (Me: Hmm this looks wrong..its all lumpy. :). Chocolate cake will clearly be my undoing as well. So I substituted cocoa (6 T with 2 T of melted butter). I can already tell by how great the batter is that this cake is going to make the awful week worth it. Cant wait to give my kids a treat!!! How did you stacked cake turn out? Deb, I love you. The batter was so good I didnt want to bake it, and the resulting cake is very rich but still so fluffy and light. Im an (unapologetic) chocoholic. 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? Can I bake this cake 24 hours in advance or does it need to be made and eaten same day? and it was AMAZING. Regarding the time this can be kept: Since my 3-month-old is not ready for cake and my husband was away but I NEEDED to make this I worried it would go bad too soon on the counter (frosting) or get too stale (in the fridge). I just searched your site for the answer! 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. 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). I ordered one for an upcoming birthday party cake, and the instructions say to use a dense cake such as a pound cake. The best looking thing ever. Sophie You can make your own baking powder. i used thinned greek yogurt for the buttermilk. This is the MOST delicious and eye-pealing chocolate cake I have ever seen. Turns out, the 41 grams of butter I used was from the cake recipe instead of the needed 115 grams. Give It To Me Right Now Cake. I agree. Im in week 11 and only the thought that morning sickness is about to end keeps me going! Thank you for your recipes, despite being fussy, they have (for the most part) been delicious. I did not overbake though and it came out moist and perfect. I have this leftover buttermilk, so clearly I need to make the cake again, right? My friend said the word cake to me today and I could not get it out of my head. I need chocolate cakeNOW!! 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! One of Debs many charms is that her recipes are accessible, using easily-obtained ingredients. Alexandra You probably can, but I think youll be surprised at how not terribly sweet this cake is, despite the seemingly large amount. Thank you. I am a big chocolate cake lover, and this looks amazing. Sometimes it comes back for an afternoon but its not like it was. I only got ten cupcakes. This was my first experience with Valrhona cocoa power. It actually tasted like chocolate, unlike most bakery cakes that just taste brown. How did I even miss that! 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! Baking this cake in NZ and looking forward to eating it tonight. Really this is so good! This cake worked WONDERFULLY! However, keep in mind that this is a thin cake layer, a little under an inch. NO- Im at work right now and cant immediately make and eat this. My husband promised my kids dessert last night, and it was up to me to fulfill this promise. 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. Thank you. So easy, I love that its not huge and the batter is deliciousnot that I tasted it ;). I made cupcakes for my daughters birthday. We made this with your caramel chunks idea for the brownies sprinkled in, and added a whipped frosting with cream cheese, walnut, and chocolate chopped in. Holy smokes yall. Probably for breakfast. We have an egg allergy in the family has anyone tried making this recipe with an egg substitute? Gonna save this one :). I prepped all the ingredients for cake and frosting, got the butter, eggs and buttermilk at room tempIm mixing the butter and sugars together, add eggs, buttermilk, and rather than adding the flour mixture next, add the powdered sugar and have to start all over again! Youll have more icing than you need, but of course, need is relative. Lovely, Deb, thank you. I usually bake for around 21 minutes for the regular cupcakes with this recipe. Hi Deb: RW x. Boyfriend is allergic to wheat, so I used brown rice flour (he found out two weeks ago so Im pretty new to this) and I couldnt tell the difference! You cant beat chocolate cake and this one looks incredible, Deb. Just took it out of the oven and I can already tell by the smell that this things going to be good. If you double a 99 in a 913, its less of perfect match; the cake might end up 1.5x thicker. About six weeks ago, around 9 p.m. on a day I had consumed mostly air and maybe a slice of toast because I couldnt for the life of me imagine how food had ever tasted good, without any warning, I wanted a slice of chocolate cake with swirls of chocolate frosting and probably some sprinkles and the sprinkles, so help them, better be rainbow. Looks incredible. Happy baking. I have some red wine to use and i would try making this cake with it. Delicious!! Looks absolutely heavenly, making it today!! THANK YOU!!!! My friends, family and I would like to take this opportunity to thank you very very much :) If you did, always start with the lower baking time and increase as needed. I cant wait to get all the ingredients and bake this cake! The cake is perfect size too, not to big. Surprisingly so. deb, i made this frosting again last week (underneath i confess i made the hersheys chocolate cake recipe as boyperson wanted a more box-mix-like cake), and we ended up not being able to eat the cake right away so we stuck it in the fridge. A happy anniversary, indeed! only asked about the choc sub to see if i could use what i already had on hand. website "Around here, we sometimes make (one-bowl, intense, perfectly crumbed) chocolate cake just because it's Wednesday. 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. Its been a pretty miserable week, and this cake is exactly what I need.