Q&A: Any recipes for an awesome tasting chocolate cake?
Question by *genius*: Any recipes for an awesome tasting chocolate cake?
I need a really good recipe for a chocolate cake. I’m having a few friends over and I need a good cake recipe. If you give me a recipe please make sure you have tried it before please.
Best answer:
Answer by Patty1313
1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) unsalted butter, plus more for pans
3/4 cup Dutch-process cocoa powder, plus more for pans
1/2 cup boiling water
2 1/4 cups sugar
1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
4 large eggs, lightly beaten
3 cups sifted cake flour (not self-rising)
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
1.Heat oven to 350 degrees. Arrange two racks in center of oven. Butter three 8-by-2-inch round cake pans; line bottoms with parchment. Dust bottoms and sides of pans with cocoa powder; tap out any excess. Sift cocoa into a medium bowl, and whisk in boiling water. Set aside to cool.
2.In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream butter on low speed until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in sugar until light and fluffy, 3 to 4 minutes, scraping down sides twice. Beat in vanilla. Drizzle in eggs, a little at a time, beating between each addition until the batter is no longer slick, scraping down the sides twice.
3.In a large bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, and salt. Whisk milk into reserved cocoa mixture. With mixer on low speed, alternately add flour and cocoa mixtures to the batter, a little of each at a time, starting and ending with flour mixture.
4.Divide batter evenly among the three prepared pans. Bake until a cake tester inserted into center of each layer comes out clean, 35 to 45 minutes, rotating the pans for even baking. Transfer layers to wire racks; let cool, 15 minutes. Turn out cakes, and return to racks, tops up, until completely cool.
5.Remove parchment from bottoms of cakes. Reserve the prettiest layer for the top. Place one cake layer on a serving platter; spread 1 1/2 cups chocolate frosting over the top. Add the second cake layer, and spread with another 1 1/2 cups frosting. Top with third cake layer. Cover outside of cake with the remaining 3 cups frosting. Serve.
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Chocolate Zucchini Cake
Chocolate Zucchini Cake
This cake is super moist and chocolaty and you can pretend its healthy with all the zucchini in it. This is another recipe from my mom, a cook who used what she had and always made it great.
Ingredients:
1/2 cup margarine or butter
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 3/4 cup sugar
2 whole eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 cup sour milk (you can sour your own milk by adding 1/2 tsp. of vinegar to 1/2 of milk)
2 1/4 cup unsifted flour
4 Tbsp. cocoa
1/2 tsp. Baking powder
1 tsp. Baking soda
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. cloves (powdered, not whole)
2 cups of finely diced zucchini (or shredded)
1/4 cup chocolate chips
Cream the margarine, oil and sugar together. Add the eggs, vanilla and the sour milk and beat it all with a mixer. Next, mix together all of the dry ingredients and add it to the creamed mixture and beat well with a mixer. Stir in the zucchini. Spoon the batter into a greased and floured 9x12x2 inch pan. Sprinkle the top with chocolate chips (You don’t have to do this, but it really does taste good and looks good too). Bake the cake at 325F degrees for forty to forty-five minutes, or until a toothpick or cake tester comes out clean and dry. You do not need to frost this cake as it is moist and very tender, but you can if you wish once it has cooled. It tastes good with chocolate or fudge frosting, but it is also good with cream cheese frosting. Usually, I don’t frost it. I just sprinkle the chocolate chips on the top.
Written by AnnieHintsala
Freelance writer, artist, teacher, mommy, harpy
Categories: chocolate articles, chocolate recipes Tags: Cake, CHOCOLATE, Zucchini
Q&A: i need a really good tasting chocolate cake recipe read details below please?
Question by bball_plyr_11: i need a really good tasting chocolate cake recipe read details below please?
i don’t want dark chocolate though just regular and have it easy to make so in the end its very moist and good tasting
also would like a good chocolate frosting on top
please and thank you :]
Best answer:
Answer by TIGGA
Easy Chocolate Cake
(Scandinavian, medium dark)
Yield: 12 servings
Ingredients
1+¼ cup (170 g) all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder (dutched/dark)
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 pinches salt
1 cup (200 g) sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla essence
½ cup (1.2 dl) milk or water
½ cup (1.2 dl) vegetable oil (flavorless)
2 eggs
Ingredients for frosting
2/3 cup (1.6 dl) heavy cream or whipping cream
9 oz (260 g) semisweet chocolate (40-50% cocoa)
Method
1. Preheat oven to 350 deg F (Gas mark 4 or 180 deg C)
2. Grease a 9 inch (23 cm) cake tin.
3. Mix flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, salt, sugar and vanilla essence in a bowl.
4. Add milk/water, vegetable oil and eggs.
5. Mix everything together until smooth, either by hand or by using an electric mixer at slow speed.
6. Transfer to bake tin and bake at 350 degrees until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, approximately 35 to 45 minutes.
7. After the cake has cooled, slice the cake through the middle to make two layers (easier if the cake has been in the fridge).
Frosting
1. Heat 2/3 cup (1.6 dl) of heavy cream or whipping cream in a sauce pan.
2. Remove from heat, add 9 oz (260 g) of finely chopped dark semisweet chocolate, stir until smooth, and let it cool until in thickens, if needed in the fridge.
3. Use one 1/3 of the frosting between the two layers, 1/3 on top, and the rest around the cake. Put the cake into the fridge for one hour or more to harden the frosting.
4. This cake should have room temperature when served.
Variations
1. You may substitute 1-2 tablespoons of cream with rum for the frosting.
2. You may cut the top of the cake to make a flat surface before adding the frosting.
3. If you are making it for someone’s birthday I would suggest doubling the recipe because this recipe makes for a short, thin cake (suggested by Cyrus, August 2008)
4. If you prefer a slightly sweeter frosting you may add a couple of teaspoons of honey to the frosting (suggested by Debbie Evans, August 2008)
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How do you make chocolate cream icing, for chocolate cake?
Question by Anony Mouse: How do you make chocolate cream icing, for chocolate cake?
I LOVE chocolate cream, and tried to make it once, in order to put it on a chocolate cake, but it came out all buttery and no joy, and tasted rather horrible.
Does anyone have a surefire way or recipe to make proper, tasty, rich chocolate cream/soft icing?
Best answer:
Answer by ♥Ms.Suz E.HomeBAKER♥
If you’re referring to chocolate ganache icing, here’s a tried and true recipe. http://www.dianasdesserts.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/recipes.recipeListing/filter/dianas/recipeID/366/Recipe.cfm
If it’s buttercream, here’s another recipe.
http://www.dianasdesserts.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/recipes.recipeListing/filter/dianas/recipeID/645/Recipe.cfm
http://www.dianasdesserts.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/recipes.recipeListing/filter/dianas/recipeID/201/Recipe.cfm
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Categories: chocolate questions, chocolate recipes Tags: Cake, CHOCOLATE, cream, icing
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Chocolate Part 2, All About, Cake to Nutrition to History to Trivia & Interesting Facts
Chocolate Part 2, All About, Cake to Nutrition to History to Trivia & Interesting Facts
Psychetruth team brings a three part series videos on facts about Chocolate.
Music By Jimmy Gelhaar
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Chocolate Part 1, All About, Cake to Nutrition to History to Trivia & Interesting Facts
Chocolate, All About, Cake to Nutrition to History to Trivia & Interesting Facts
Psychetruth team brings a three part series videos on facts about Chocolate.
Music By Jimmy Gelhaar
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http://myspace.com/bonjimmy
http://youtube.com/jgelhaar
This video was produced by Psychetruth
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This video maybe displayed in public, copied and redistributed for any strictly non-commercial use in its entire unedited form. Alteration or commercial use is strictly prohibited.
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