:;>, I actually made this last night and frosted it this morning for a 20-yr-olds bd. Im at a similar stage, due in August, and Ive been equally crazy for chocolate cake and not much else. I put about a teaspoon of cloves into the dry ingredients sometimes. And why I dont have half of these ingredients in the house, RIGHT NOW, I do not know. Except for the recommended 16-small-square servings, which she thought were deprivingly undersized. Pizzas, red wine and, to finish off the carb load, this chocolate cake. Im sorry if all this compare and contrast reminds you of high-school essays (eek!) Chocolate cake. Like pregnancy? Upon reading this post I immediately began craving chocolate cake. Ill be making this weeks pasta you posted as soon as I exercise off the brownies. I am looking for a chocolate cake to make with raspberry filling, because your double chocolate layer cake has inspired me. This cake worked WONDERFULLY! Also subbed 1/2 coffee 1/2 yoghurt for the buttermilk. Im the only one here! Cake keeps at room temperature for a day or two, or in the fridge up to a week, or so Ive heard but never tested out. Thanks for taking time out to respond so quickly, Deb! Looked cute, tasted great and since it was only for 3 people, it was a perfect size. lol j/k :). 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. ;) But, I whip whipped cream by hand all of the time. The icing is to die for and such a snap to make. Ive put it in an 8 inch round, cut in half and created a half layer cake. (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 :) ). So tummy and satisfying. Deb does it again!!! I did have to bake it for almost 35 minutes. For the posts that have multiple recipes is it possible to break up the recipes in the post, so that you can print only one (of say 3?) Ill use this frosting recipe again too: whizzed up this easily in the blender. I can relate, as I was dry sick when growing each of my two little people. It might be worth making another one (oh, the hardship!) Thanks for responding! However, I think I should have creamed the butter and chocolate together before adding the powdered sugar. That doesnt sound good at all. The cake is dense, rich, and not super sweet and the sugary, buttery icing balances it out beautifully. Youll have more icing than you need, but of course, need is relative. I ended up with lots of frosting left over (I should have just made a smaller batch, I knew I didnt want a thick layer) but my biggest issue was that I ended up adding an additional 8-10 minutes to the baking time. Thank you. I add new plugins and make changes here all of the time.) Yum! How much should I decrease the sugar if I use the semisweet chocolate I have? I have this leftover buttermilk, so clearly I need to make the cake again, right? My daughter wants cupcakes this year, how long do you recommend baking for as cupcakes? My. I was just wondering if you could double this recipe to make a two-layer cake? 5 minutes outside on a winter day, its good to go. Thank you eight thousand times. How could you switch the cake to a vanilla cake? perfection. I thought Id try a different blogs cake this year, dumbest idea ever! The cake was good too. Quick and easy for a last minute crowd pleaser. to the bakery across from my office for a chocolate piece of cake. Ill be as surprised as everyone else. I think that I would like chocolate cake better if it were significantly less sweet. Its hot and humid where I live so maybe the weather helped. Thank you!! Make the frosting: Place frosting ingredients in a food processor and run machine to to mix. Thanks for posting- I love your recipes, and especially enjoy the baking ones :) I keep running into the same problem with cake baking though, and I wanted to ask for your advice. Cupcakes bake for 14 to 18 minutes. Your safest bet might be more of a ganache, which doesnt need to be whipped, only stirred. Hi Deb. I just want a few slices of cake, enough to last in our house for two or three nights, even when there is no birthday or holiday or cause for celebration in sight. I messed up the icing (used four tbsp of butter instead of 8?! Thank you for posting the time you cooked the cupcakes! 1 / 8 teaspoon baking soda Holy smokes yall. In the recipe it states that 1/2 teaspoon sea salt is equivalent to 1/2 teaspoon table salt. Looks fabulous cant wait to try this cake as soon as I can get the ingredients together. A button to press? This cake is delicious and a great size if someone does not want to make large cake. Delicious! 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. Great little cake, so nice to have something smaller and delicious! I see you doubled this using the 913 like I did. -replaced the buttermilk with red wine Worked perfectly! Easy and yummy, thanks. I decided it was fate and made it. The frosting is awesome as well! I should have listened to your original notes and checked it a few minutes sooner it was a tad dry, which was completely my fault. Is it very winey? 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! This is a great recipe. Thank you for sharing a great recipe! thanks! I mean, us. I did not double the cake this time, I just baked it in an 88, but I have before to make a layered sheet cake.). Made this cake last night. Free shipping for many products! Sometimes that mixture is too thin, but in this case, it was fine. Thanks for so much deliciousness! Ive taken to drive thrus lately because I can decide what I want, not be involved in cooking it, and eat it five minutes later hopefully all before I change my mind! Cake notes: I didnt have buttermilk so I used 3/4 cup thinned (with water) whole milk yogurt. Also, I doubled the cake recipe to make a 139 cake but did not double the frosting recipe; it covered it just fine. Its amazing on this cake and thinking of using for other chocolate cakes or yellow cake. Not coconutty tasting at all. That said, if you dont have Dutched but only a regular or natural cocoa, I havent tested this cake with it but suspect that youll be just fine, although the cake may be less dark in color. Same for apple cinnamon cake good luck with pregnancy! 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 like the ease of this cake; every now and again I too just crave something like this mid-week, but dont feel like making a whole thing out of it. We opted for a few fresh strawberry slices on each little square and it was just right. Cost to Make: $6-$8 Calories: 275 Servings: 12 cupcakes Ingredients 1 cup unsalted butter, softened 3 cups confectioners sugar 1/2 cup unsweetened natural cocoa powder 3 to 4 Tbsp heavy whipping cream 2 tsp pure vanilla extract 1/4 tsp salt US Customary - Metric Instructions What I really want is chocolate on chocolate. We love so many of your recipes in our housewe literally make your Favorite Brownies at least a few times a month (my husband somehow remains just as excited every time). Love your Im pregnant recipes! You can bake it in a 9-inch round. Hi! I saw the title and that you started yours really late in the day too. even a day later (made it on day one, frosted it day two) it was starting to dry out. I made this last night and it was delicious! Really like that is was not too sweet. And as the cake was baking in the oven, I discovered I did not have any unsweetened chocolate. I want it. It smells like heaven, and is exactly the kind of evening we needed. Thanks in advance! It still looks pretty and the thought that counts :). Well, this looks just perfect. I used a full fat cream-on-top plain yogurt from Trader Joes in lieu of buttermilk. Thank you for this recipe, it was PERFECT and so easy. I plan to make this for a birthday party, and do a double layer 913. I actually had to be super careful plating it to frost. Delicious. Sometimes it comes back for an afternoon but its not like it was. Im not normally a chocolate cake person, but Ive been crazy for it this week. It traveled well unbaked in the loaf pan, then brought to room temp and baked the next day, it turned out perfectly. -made an orange cranberry filling For a 4 tiered cake, says triple the recipe but what about when Oops! My mind is blown! Im not sure whats been happening with my cakes but would love ANY advice or ideas! and then your post came to my email box. Thank you! Delicious ! 1 1/2 cups (180 grams) powdered sugar (sifted if lumpy) Worked perfectly. I made this and I just wanted to say that it was so good. But fresh sounds lovely too. I subbed joghurt for the buttermilk and reduced sugar to 100 g (sorry my German taste buds cant handle the original sweetness ) and used white spelt flour instead of wheat flour. This cake was a hit! I have extra and my kids dont care for pudding so trying to figure out what to do with it. Made this and it was bone dry and crumbly. 1/2 cup (41 grams) Dutch cocoa powder 1/2 cup (4 ounces or 115 grams) unsalted butter, at room temperature Its a very moist cake and keeps well (if you hide it hahahaha). I finally made this cake today (despite having seen the recipe many times) after being enabled by the Cup of Jo post. Surprisingly so. I halved the sugar in the icing. This is now our go-to recipe for any kind of chocolate cake. At around 25 weeks with my son, I suddenly craved chocolate after many months of guac, almonds and popsicles. Beautiful, btw. I will force feed it to my colleagues tomorrow. Additionally, I have baking powder but not soda might I somehow be able to work with one? I did use butter and sour cream in the recipe, so I guess it is primal, not paleo. So easy, I love that its not huge and the batter is deliciousnot that I tasted it ;). It was GREAT! Its cooling but Im so nervous its going to be dry, *swoon* How hard was it to take those gorgeous pictures of the finished and then sliced cake without pouncing on them first?? I shop there because they have EVERYTHING FOR BAKING but.they arent the most pleasant peeps Ive come across. I did increase to 1/2 tsp of baking soda because I used Hersheys (not Dutch process), but kept a 1/4 tsp baking powder because it was GF flour. Thanks for the recipe! Do you have a recommendation for a less sweet chocolate frosting? I mean EVERYONE commented on it. Ok the cake itself is delicious :-) Next time Id cut out the granulated sugar and cut the brown down to 100g or even 80g (I find less than the flour is generally a good amount) to make it a little less sweet. (See here.) Two years ago: French Onion Tart . Its a recipe like this that makes me want to brave the snow and go to the grocery store to get the ingredients. @smittenkitchen smitten kitchen . Yes, although you wont need much to thin it. Megan You could halve this in a 6-inch round. I was going to pick something more complicated, but it is great I did not because: Hooray for frosting! Sometimes when I really need chocolate cake I cant find this recipe! I used a whisk to mix the not really lumpy cocoa. That frosting is to die for!! Not sure how much it holds, but probably. I just made this using a homemade paleo mix of almond flour, arrowroot flour and coconut flour (in a 3:2:1 proportion I did 300 gm almond flour, 200 gm arrowroot flour and 100 gm coconut flour to create the mix, then took the exact amount of flour in the recipe). Im nervous about its moist crumbliness, though, and would prefer frosting to ganache. How I like to swirl frosting: I always use a small offset spatula (have I convinced you to buy one yet? 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. Ive been dreaming of my late mothers chocolate cake lately (yes, dreaming!) I made this with a mix of yoghurt and single cream, light brown sugar instead of dark, and caster sugar instead of granulated. Cut into squares and prepare for your family/roommates to completely freak out when they spy it on the counter. Even the first piece of cake, which was shortly after icing it, the frosting was still very soft and the flavor was intensely bitter chocolate. Chocolatey, soft-textured but not crumbly, sweet but not overpowering. Its our family favorite birthday cake. Love the single layer recipe. How do you make the frosting look so swirly and delicious? And the cardio/working out/yoga that followed. My husbands birthday is this week. I followed it exactly. website "Around here, we sometimes make (one-bowl, intense, perfectly crumbed) chocolate cake just because it's Wednesday. My 13 yo son baked this for our Sunday dinner dessert. But yes, you can always eat the frosting by itself! I read a comment on how to get the swirls and Debs guidance was spot on!!! It was still speckled. Haha, Deb, I love your enthusiasm and urgency for cake in this post. The cake is perfect size too, not to big. blueberry crumb cake. I decorated mine with Smarties! I have made this cake dozens of times, it is easy and delicious. Stir one-third of egg-white mixture into chocolate mixture. Didnt bother to sift even though cocoa was lumpy and it was fine. This is the third time Ive made this cake since you posted this recipe. Thank you so much for this Christmas gift. next year I am making this chocolate cake. So glad I didnt read the few negative comments. I made it for my moms birthday and everyone was really impressed. It worked, and the toddlers had no problem with it. Does it give a tighter crumb for it? I have made this several times and absolutely love it! For once the internet has failed me and I would love to see a video of your technique!!! The cake turned out very moist, really delicious. Note: when I do pack it and weigh it, 145g actually comes to a little over 1/2 a cup of brown sugar. That can greatly affect baking, as well. The added T. of cocoa and 1/2 t. instant espresso granules, didnt help. 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? HOLY HELL, its fantastic. Dear Deb, Ultimately it was a success! Hi Deb, Letting the batter sit hasnt been a problem for me. Let the pound cake cool completely. Your one-bowl chocolate cake is PERFECTION. As for a brand I find more often in grocery stores, look for Droste. I used plain Hersheys un-Dutched cocoa, water and a teaspoon of vinegar in the cake batter; it was very dark, and rose fine. 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 am making a cake this weekend and was planning on doing the golden cake from your cookbook (which always turns out perfectly!) I think you could go as far as to triple this but as quadrupled, it would be crazy tall. Category Chocolate. I call it my short on time, big on love cake, perfect for celebrations. The knife comes out with chocolate on it. This cake is just gorgeous! Want to make this for my husbands birthday and he is a big fan of cream cheese frosting! Its wonderful. not sure what I was thinking) and spent a bunch of time probably twenty minutes until I realized my mistake. :). Thank you! But Deb, thats how much you inspire me! FWIW, I first peeked at the cake at 20 min, then it took three more 3-minute timers till finished. Absolutely its intended a building block. I always have cocoa on hand, but rarely unsweetened chocolate so I always go this route and it works well. i used thinned greek yogurt for the buttermilk. Recipes. Will try a better quality cocoa powder next time tho I used Ghiradelli. Bonus: I saved buttermilk last time I bought it by freezing it in ice cube trays 2 tbsp per cube so that made impulse cake making that much easier. If you suggest it, I make it. 1 1/2 cups (195 grams) all-purpose flour 3/4 cup (60 grams) unsweetened cocoa, any variety, sifted if lumpy 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt 3/4 cup (150 grams) granulated sugar 3/4 cup (145 grams) dark brown sugar 1/2 cup (120 ml) olive oil 1 1/2 cups (355 ml) water or coffee This cake was really delicious and quick to make, which I appreciated. Im using a Williams-Sonoma Gold Touch 88 here. This was so good. I processed the next batch just until fluffy and spreadable looking and it turned out great. So good! Reminiscent of the store bought frosting in the tub but way way better, Good golly but this is fantastic, Deb! I know this recipe is going to be fantastic. Your recipes are so easy and relate-able, and yet so novel, and your photography is scrumptious. I hope you guys enjoyed this as much as I did (and still do!). Id still frost it! I am allergic to dairy what substitute do you recommend for the buttermilk? But, what a lovely thing to have a perfect recipe to get to play with. I do know that I want this cake RIGHT NOW! I was sick for the first four or five months and couldnt really eat anything that wasnt starch plus dairy (mac and cheese, cheese enchiladas, etc.) Spinkle on powdered sugar if desired. How did you stacked cake turn out? I havent tried it in a bundt at all, but I think doubling it would be correct. I must admit, we had already finished off your raspberry buttermilk cake over the weekend, so the birthday boy got two cakes this year! No one will know that there are a few pieces missing, right? It is my new go to cake whenever someone in my house is craving chocolate cake. Im making this now for my little girls second birthday. I can already tell by how great the batter is that this cake is going to make the awful week worth it. I recently tested this doubled in one cake pan it works but it will go over the top a bit which can be unnerving. I am also trying to prep for a busy birthday weekend.. (twin boys who want DIFFERENT cakes. while at target i found star sprinkles for a buck as part of an easter baking end cap display. In terms of the icing, the same thing happened to me as with Erin, the icing became oily. Im here to tell ya, the frosting totally makes the cake! Thanks. What a difficult choice ! the choc. Mel For a whiskable frosting, well, its all about how strong your arms are. Not sweet-sweet, as in my younger kid will eat it, but I would like a lesser amount to suit adult (our) tastes. When you call for 3/4 of packed brown sugar (or 145g), if I am using a scale can I just dump the brown sugar until it reaches 145g? Did I let it get too cool before I used it? What a treat for a weeknight! Deb, you are my shero! The batter (just made a single batch this time) filled three 6 rounds perfectly and baked for about 18 minutes. I try to give credit to stores where I buy things, and not just Amazon all the time, but I cant help if their site doesnt have permalinks in the year 2015. Made at 9:30 at night and it baked perfectly in 25 min. My son is attending college on the opposite coast from mine. Its moist and rich, but not too sweet I may just have some for breakfast tomorrow! 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? On the third round I added a 1/4 cup additional buttermilk to the batter. This one will cause quick a bit of excitement, I can tell. It may not be important, but Im still wondering: have you adjusted the baking powder since posting this recipe here? I only had black cocoa and not regular Dutch-process (apparently black cocoa is very heavily Dutched) and it was super chocolatey and a big hit, even with my 4 year old. I might have eaten what was left straight out of the bowl with a spoon, but we wont ask too many questions, right? Even if this recipe is similar to some youve posted in the past, Im glad you did just to see the beautiful pictures. I mean, just look at this cake!! anyway, this is my go-to frosting recipe from now on! You cant beat chocolate cake and this one looks incredible, Deb. This recipe looks fantastic!! ), I decided to make this cake instead! I will be making this soon! Im thrilled on both counts. I also recently had a strawberry buttercream that was delicious; I suspect they just took a quick vanilla buttercream and beat in a spoonful or two of strawberry jam. :). 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 saw this recipe and I wanted that chocolate cake for my birthday. Also the fact that its delicious and practically gone doesnt hurt! So, tomorrow is my birthday, and Im already planning to make David Lebovitzs salted butterscotch pudding, BUT we are also getting a decent snowstorm, so I think the weekend might require this chocolate cake as well! Thank you so much. chocolatey without being overwhelmingly rich (and thus, every excuse for a second slice ;-)). Oh and happy 2nd baby on the way to you! Thanks for this recipe! In my defense, I ate most of it over the course of a whole weekend, standing up with nary a fork or plate in sight. Theres enough baking powder in the recipe that Id bet the acid/soda balance is not super-critical. Thank youit looks so good though! Lifes too short to do that. Thank you so much for sharing!!! How is Jacob so grown up? Wow, made it, it came out perfect. This is the perfect size, too. Thanks again for your wonderful recipes, they never cease to impress me. Did not have the right size pan so baked 6 delicious cupcakes. If it has larger pockets, just needed more mixing of the leavening before adding the flour. Leti My favorite is from Valrhona. Please send help. Making a commenting account just to say this is now my favourite chocolate cake recipe. Hi Deb I tried decreasing the sugar to 1 cup and replacing it with 1/4 cup cocoa. best birthday cake; best chocolate pudding; best cocoa brownies; best hot fudge sauce; better chocolate babka; bittersweet chocolate and pear cake; . Does the baking time need to be adjusted? Five years ago: Thick Chewy Granola Bars and Arroz Con Leche (Rice Pudding) . I may be making it (again) for our Faculty heads birthday next week, as a quick have cake! morning tea Im thinking about using little DINOSAUR sprinkles as well as Stars (my usual go-to sprinkle) because they would just be too CUTE. I know you have other vanilla frosting recipes but I love making this one in the food processorso easy and the texture is great. Deb, as far as the buttermilk subs. I just made this on Friday after hearing about it on Call Your Girlfriend. thanks again, all! I am off to the store to get the ingredients I need right now. 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! Is it my oven or did something get lost when transferring the Fahrenheit to Celsius degrees?Anyway. . 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. Tried to read most of the comments but mostly the conversions were for 913 or cupcakes. I did have to make the substitution of sour cream thinned with milk for the buttermilk, but it was still a fantastic cake! OMG. If only I had enough patience to wait to make a cake until today. . The Double Chocolate probably is more chocolaty, but I hardly notice. This cake is perfect! Beat butter, powdered sugar and salt, if using, in a large bowl with an electric mixer until fluffy. 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. No more babies, here, but this winter calls for all manner of treats! Melt semisweet or bittersweet chocolate and espresso powder in a double boiler until smooth. Im not sure which area I am suppose to add the 1/2 tea of vanilla too. This also worked well when I took some to my parents house since it was easy to transport separately. Thank you! Step 4. Except my chocolate cake was a bacon cheeseburger. I have a question about the frosting. Beautiful cake, thank you! 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 sounds like Natron is indeed what baking soda is sold as in Germany. I tried it and it turned out superbly.Im going to tell just about everyone about your recipe,its too easy and decadent not to. Space Station Mir Hilarious. (Im an exile from New Mexico living in Vermont and I need my chilies.) 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. Ive made it in an 8-inch round pan two years in a row for my husbands birthday. Have just put this in the oven. 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. Looks yummy. I doubled the recipe and baked it in a 913 for 40 minutes, came out perfect. What I loved about it is that it was not too sweet which made the frosting necessary and special. Very easy clean up. 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. Doesnt have to be a quick buttercream but I would prefer not to do a ganache. Are you clicking the print icon below the recipe? Deb this is just. Generally, once you add your dry ingredients, only mix until its only just combined. Its especially lovely with 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon as well. :-)). ice cream cake roll. Elaina Baking time for cupcakes is less; I usually start checking at 15 minutes. Frosting in the food processor?!!! Love the looks and sounds of this cake! Whisk flour, sugar, baking soda, and 3/4 teaspoon salt in large bowl to blend. You also ruined me with Dutch processed cocoa. Making my husband eat it instead of me. It worked really well. 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). LOVE this cake! Can I halve this recipe to fit a round six inch cake pan? Thank you! Seriously, $4. One block (1/5) of the 9.7oz bar of chocolate is a touch less than 2oz. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Thank you!! This is the first time Ive heard someone else refer to this saying. Now Im craving chocolate cake! We were at the cabin so this was going to be a hand-mixer + $5 ikea-cake-pan-smeared-with-whole-cow-of-butter kind of a job. I will never go back to regular. 1/2 teaspoon table or fine sea salt, Frosting I thought that coffee was acidic in itself. The baking time was a bit of a problem! The icing was fluffy goodness perfectly spreadable, delightfully lickable. Regrets: I have many. To make the homemade version I used this recipe with sour cream, 1/3 cup coffee liquor, and added chocolate chips to the batter. Thanks a lot Deb! Thanks so much! it really cuts the sweetness and just has the most awesome texture a solid lid to the cake but that still can be cut through, and so creamy. Its possible the book version has a tiny bit more airiness to it, but nobody has ever complained here. Could I sub cake flour for ap flour? A combination of too much flour, too little cocoa and too much heat or time in the oven will certainly dry out baked goods. SOS i have my boyfriends bday coming up and I know thats what hed love! Thanks so much! Delicious and quick. Is this the chocolate frosting that was on the Monkey Cake, because that was amazing, and got rave reviews at my sons birthday party! I made this pretty much as per the recipe (which is quite unlike me, but I had all the correct ingredients) and as a Scot with a love of chocolate, but who finds some American recipes very sweet, I found this was just right. I made this cake tonight for my daughters 3rd birthday and it came out PERFECTLY. Im making a double layer cake for my daughters birthday with 8 inch rounds. It was DELICIOUS! Also, the when you make a cake, they will come rule totally applies to this cake. I used coconut sugar in place of the brown sugar here, and about 40g less, it works great! You read my mind! If small squares, 16. Would that work? Raspberries & chocolate- what could be bad? Did you watch the clock and take out the cake when it was barely finished? Wow, have I been missing out! It looks so generous. Well see if the cake it too salty or not. This is my go-to site for recipes. I backed it 28 min because 20 min wasnt enough and it became a bit dry. Deb, the cake sounds fabulous, but I have to tell you, your introduction had me laughing out loud. I used the alternative to buttermilk she mentions and used 1/2 cup strong coffee and 1/4 cup whole fat Greek yogurt (though doubled in my case, and the cake was deeply chocolatey and moist. Finally, a SK cake! I want to serve some (about 4) tomorrow and the rest on Sunday after a long car ride. (and tastes great). This is something that a chocolate lover should try! Gathering the ingredients now, I need chocolate cake! Just so happens I made the everyday chocolate cake in the loaf pan over the weekend for my dads birthday. Its been a pretty miserable week, and this cake is exactly what I need. best chocolate cake ever! This one is almost brownie-like (especially on day 2) but definitely still cakey and has a great chocolate flavor. The icing is just divine. Once I found it, I saw no reason to keep looking. Any reason I need to pack it first and then weigh? Ye gods all I want is that chocolate cake now (hello final month of pregnancy, so lovely to finally meet you).