Chocolate cake recipes anyone?!
Chocolate cake recipes anyone?
I have been wanting to bake a cake, but I don't know any good recipes? Can anyone tell me a really good chocolate cake recipe. And not one you just buy at the store.
Answers:
Mucho-Mocha Cake:
1/2 cup Crisco
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
4 tbsp. cocoa
4 tbsp. prepared coffee
1 7/8 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
1 cup buttermilk
1 tsp. vanilla extract
Cream Crisco and sugar until light and fluffy. Add in eggs one at a time until fully incorporated. Mix cocoa and prepared coffee in a separate bowl to form a paste and add into the creamed mixture. Sift flour with salt. Add baking soda and vanilla extract to buttermilk. Add flour mixture alternately with buttermilk mixture, beginning and ending with flour. Pour into two greased and floured cake pans with parchment paper rounds on bottom of pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool on racks for 10 minutes and remove from pans to cool completely.
Mocha Frosting:
1 stick butter, softened
4 tbsp. cocoa
4 tbsp. prepared coffee
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tbsp. milk
1 box powdered sugar
Cream butter thoroughly. In a separate bowl, make a paste of cocoa and coffee and add to creamed butter. Add in box of powdered sugar, vanilla, and milk if needed. Mix well. You may need a few more tsp. of coffee for spreading consistency. Ice your cake and enjoy!
Okay, this is a partial cheat but let me tell you, it makes a great cake. Take a store-bought chocolate cake mix, add a box of INSTANT chocolate pudding (even if there is already some in the mix), and an extra egg. This makes the cake SO rich and good. Bake according to package directions. For the frosting, use one envelope Dream Whip, one box of chocolate pudding and 1- 1/2 cups of milk.
Trust me on this one. It's always good and works with vanilla just as great as chocolate. This is the only cake I ever make anymore!
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Look at the back of the hersheys cocoa can. It's something like "old fashioned" or "classic" chocolate cake. it takes like 2 cups of hot water.
The batter is like water, but the cake is SOOOOO moist and rich and CHOCOLATY
It's definatly the BEST.
Let me know if you try it!
Chocolate Tray Cake (Large Oblong Container)
A truly delicious moist cake.
2 cups self raising flour
8 Tbsp Cocoa Power
1/2 tsp Salt
2 cups sugar
1 tsp Bi-carbonate of Soda
Mix all these dry ingredients together in a bowl.
1 cup milk
1 cup Vegetable oil
1 Tbsp Vinegar
1 cup warm water
1 Large eggs
Beat all these ingredients together thoroughly.
Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients. DO NOT OVER MIX
Bake 180 deg C for 40 minutes.
Icing
1 cup of icing (confectionery) sugar
4 Tbsp Cocoa Powder
2 Tbsp Warm Milk
50 grams melted butter.
Beat together until rich and creamy.
Frost the cake when it is totally cool.
Enjoy.
I vote for the hershey's box recipe. it is great. otherwise check out the chocolate praline cake at southernliving. it is the worlds best cake but takes 4 hours to make. go ahead and do the bourbon glaze with it. it will put it over the top.
Three Layer Chocolate Cake Recipe
3 cups
1 1/2 tsp
3/4 tsp
1 1/2 tsp
2 2/3 cups
1 cup + 2 Tb
1 cup + 2 Tb
1 cup + 2 Tb
5 Large
3/4 cup
1 1/2 tsp
Frosting
1 box
3.4 cup
1 tsp or so
1 1/2 cup
All purpose flour
Salt
Baking powder
Baking soda
Sugar
Cocoa
Water
Canola oil
Eggs
Water
Vanilla
Powdered sugar
Unsweetened cocoa
Liquid flavoring, vanilla, rum, or cognac
Butter, firm, not cold
Oven Temp ~ 350° Baking Time ~ 25-35 Min.
Pan Type ~ Three 10" cake pans
Preheat oven, grease and flour pans.
In a large bowl, sift or whisk together flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, sugar, and cocoa.
Add 1 cup and 2 tablespoons of water and 1 cup and 2 tablespoons of canola oil. Mix for 1 minute.
Add eggs, 3/4 cup of water, vanilla. Mix 5-6 minutes with a whisk, 3-4 minutes with a hand mixer.
Pour into pans, bake, test by placing and removing a toothpick through the center at 25 minutes. When toothpick comes out clean, loosen from pans and then put back in the pans. Let cakes cool for 15 minutes. Keep in the pans, wrap in foil, and put in the freezer for at least 2 hours.
Frosting
This part is a little harder as it is really done to taste.
Put powdered sugar and 3/4 cup cocoa into a blender, mix until blended.
Drizzle in, until about the consistency of firm butter, several tablespoons of flavoring liquid (water if you aren't looking for flavor beyond the cocoa and butter). Do not put in too much liquid, but if you do, add cocoa or sugar. When the flavor and consistency is right, add 1 1/2 cup of butter (firm, not cold and not too soft). A good rule of thumb is that both the butter and the sugar mixture should be slightly firmer than you would want it to be to spread it, since the mixing action of the blender will warm it slightly. Mix until blended.
Assembling the cake:
Remove the cakes from the freezer and from their pans. Stack, frosting each layer as you go. Let sit for an hour before serving.
This is the best chocolate cake recipe ever. if you love chocolate you have to make it
get a box of brownie mix,chocolate pudding in the cups, a box of devil's food chocolate cake, chocolate frosting, hot fudge, and a toblerone bar(Alberton's or Target)
cook brownie in pan and chocolate cake in another pan the same size. the brownie is the bottom layer than put the chocolate pudding as the middle, than the chocolate cake, frost and put frosting a little higher than the top to create sides. pour hot fudge on top to make a pool of it(frosting on side edge will keep hot fudge on top) then put toblerone shavings on top. decorate words and things with any frosting( strawberry is a good one)
everyone who has had this cake likes it even my brother who is not a big chocolate cake person(he'll eat it but it is not his fav) loves this cake
FUDGE PUDDING CAKE
1 cup all purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons melted butter
3/4 cup chopped nuts
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1 1/4 cups boiling water
Combine the flour, baking powder, sugar, salt and 2 tablespoons of cocoa powder into a 1-1/2 quart baking pan or casserole dish.
Stir together the melted butter, water, and vanilla. Pour into dry ingredients, add the nuts and mix well.
Add the 1/4 cup of cocoa powder remaining to the brown sugar and combine, then sprinkle over the batter mixture. Slowly pour the boiling water over the top of the batter in a thin stream. DO NOT STIR!
Bake in a pre-heated 350 degree F oven for 40 to 45 minutes. Serve with ice cream or whipped topping.