Chocolate Birthday Cake
This tender, dark chocolate cake, layered with a fluffy, not-too-sweet, white Ermine icing, also known as boiled-milk frosting, is inspired by the memory of a Chuck E. Cheese chocolate birthday cake from the early 1990s. This style of devil’s food cake is also a staple of the refrigerated cases in supermarket bakeries, and starts […]
Chocolate Bundt Cake with Dark Chocolate Glaze
This Bundt cake, adapted from a recipe in “Cheryl Day’s Treasury of Southern Baking," the latest book from Cheryl Day, co-owner of Back in the Day Bakery, in Savannah, Georgia, comes together with just one-bowl and no mixer, but is deliciously rich, moist, tender and deeply flavored. It’s terrific unadorned and without any embellishment, but […]
Italian Cream Cake
Chockablock full of nuts and coconut, this gorgeous Southern layer cake isn’t as well known as it deserves to be. It’s time to spill its secrets.We loved the idea of loading this layer cake with coconut and pecans, but the added bulk spelled destruction for the tender crumb and didn’t enhance the flavor. Toasting the […]
Chocolate Layer Cake Rounds
“Blooming” the cocoa powder in boiling water and adding instant espresso powder to the batter produce deep chocolate flavor. Sour cream adds moisture and tang. This recipe is very versatile—change up frostings and fillings to produce all sorts of different cakes.
Creamy Eggless Chocolate Frosting
At last, a thick and creamy chocolate frosting without eggs or powdered sugar!This rich and creamy frosting is essentially our eggless chocolate mousse finished with butter instead of cream. Its flavor hinges entirely on the deep, dark flavor of top-notch Dutch cocoa, so don't expect the same results from a low-fat brand.Why It WorksUnlike […]
Upside-Down Pineapple Cutout Cake
Don’t let the fresh pineapple deter you — it can be prepped in less time than it takes to preheat the oven. Just follow my lead and slice it vertically, then cut each slab with your favorite cookie cutters, a personal touch that lets you customize the look for any occasion. The cake itself is […]
Epic One Bowl Chocolate Cake
Birthday? Anniversary? Going-away party? This super-easy, one-bowl layer cake is the perfect dessert for any gathering of chocolate buffs.