Comments on: lighter-than-air chocolate cake http://smittenkitchen.com/2007/03/the-best-chocolate-cake-expletive-free/ Tue, 22 May 2012 14:25:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: cathy http://smittenkitchen.com/2007/03/the-best-chocolate-cake-expletive-free/#comment-1826180 cathy Wed, 02 May 2012 11:57:02 +0000 http://smittenkitchen.com/2007/03/the-best-chocolate-cake-expletive-free#comment-1826180 Thank you so much for this recipe. I cannot bake to save my life. Every cake flops, whenever I try to bake slices, sweet foods it is a disaster. You have given me an answer to my prayers. I fed 18 people at a party with this cake and they were begging me for more. I no longer feel like a consistent failure! Fabulous! Thank you so much for this recipe. I cannot bake to save my life. Every cake flops, whenever I try to bake slices, sweet foods it is a disaster. You have given me an answer to my prayers. I fed 18 people at a party with this cake and they were begging me for more. I no longer feel like a consistent failure! Fabulous!

]]> By: Stassia http://smittenkitchen.com/2007/03/the-best-chocolate-cake-expletive-free/#comment-1770484 Stassia Wed, 11 Apr 2012 21:35:08 +0000 http://smittenkitchen.com/2007/03/the-best-chocolate-cake-expletive-free#comment-1770484 Hi Deb, I was thinking of making this cake for someone who can't stand chocolate - is it possible to make it lemon poppyseed instead, without sacrificing the quality of the cake? Hi Deb,

I was thinking of making this cake for someone who can’t stand chocolate – is it possible to make it lemon poppyseed instead, without sacrificing the quality of the cake?

]]> By: celesul http://smittenkitchen.com/2007/03/the-best-chocolate-cake-expletive-free/#comment-1761490 celesul Sun, 08 Apr 2012 16:54:21 +0000 http://smittenkitchen.com/2007/03/the-best-chocolate-cake-expletive-free#comment-1761490 I made this for a seder. It was a huge hit! The cake received applause, thumbs up, recipe requests, and netted me a (joking) marriage offer! I suspect I will get many requests for it in the future. My dad helpfully cleaned off the cake platter (with my dad, who needs a dog? Dogs can't eat chocolate anyway...). It also looked gorgeous. I'll admit, it wasn't my favorite of the pesach desserts, although it was good. I adored your raspberry coconut macaroons and the amaretti cookies. Every now and then I make a cake or cupcakes because they are so incredibly pretty, but every time I remember that I'm just not a huge fan of cake. This was much better than most cakes though, and everyone else absolutely adored it. I made this for a seder. It was a huge hit! The cake received applause, thumbs up, recipe requests, and netted me a (joking) marriage offer! I suspect I will get many requests for it in the future. My dad helpfully cleaned off the cake platter (with my dad, who needs a dog? Dogs can’t eat chocolate anyway…). It also looked gorgeous.

I’ll admit, it wasn’t my favorite of the pesach desserts, although it was good. I adored your raspberry coconut macaroons and the amaretti cookies. Every now and then I make a cake or cupcakes because they are so incredibly pretty, but every time I remember that I’m just not a huge fan of cake. This was much better than most cakes though, and everyone else absolutely adored it.

]]> By: Hfg http://smittenkitchen.com/2007/03/the-best-chocolate-cake-expletive-free/#comment-1761471 Hfg Sun, 08 Apr 2012 16:41:10 +0000 http://smittenkitchen.com/2007/03/the-best-chocolate-cake-expletive-free#comment-1761471 Wanted to let you all know that I froze the layers (see above post) until Friday, then frosted each layer (while frozen), put together the cake and kept it in the refrigerator until Friday night - and the cake was fantastic!! Will do it again now that I know I can do it in advance. On another note, just in case the frozen layers would not have worked out, I decided to make the cake roll on Thursday night. The chocolate sheet cake looked great and I rolled it up in a towel until Friday afternoon. When I gently unrolled the towel, the cake was all stuck to the towel and totally fell apart! Should I have used parchment or waxed paper instead (?) or maybe I should have put a greater amount of cocoa on the towel, or posslibly sprayed the towel with Pam? Not sure what went wrong, but then I mixed the crumbs with the whipped cream and it became too thick...probably should have just layered the crumbs with the whipped cream in a trifle.... Anyway, thank goodness the 4 layer cake worked and tasted fabulous!! Thank you Deb! Wanted to let you all know that I froze the layers (see above post) until Friday, then frosted each layer (while frozen), put together the cake and kept it in the refrigerator until Friday night – and the cake was fantastic!! Will do it again now that I know I can do it in advance.
On another note, just in case the frozen layers would not have worked out, I decided to make the cake roll on Thursday night. The chocolate sheet cake looked great and I rolled it up in a towel until Friday afternoon. When I gently unrolled the towel, the cake was all stuck to the towel and totally fell apart! Should I have used parchment or waxed paper instead (?) or maybe I should have put a greater amount of cocoa on the towel, or posslibly sprayed the towel with Pam? Not sure what went wrong, but then I mixed the crumbs with the whipped cream and it became too thick…probably should have just layered the crumbs with the whipped cream in a trifle….
Anyway, thank goodness the 4 layer cake worked and tasted fabulous!!
Thank you Deb!

]]> By: Lora Shiman http://smittenkitchen.com/2007/03/the-best-chocolate-cake-expletive-free/#comment-1759448 Lora Shiman Sat, 07 Apr 2012 18:30:25 +0000 http://smittenkitchen.com/2007/03/the-best-chocolate-cake-expletive-free#comment-1759448 Fantastic recipe!! It was inhaled at Seder!! Fantastic recipe!! It was inhaled at Seder!!

]]> By: Stacie http://smittenkitchen.com/2007/03/the-best-chocolate-cake-expletive-free/#comment-1759367 Stacie Sat, 07 Apr 2012 18:12:07 +0000 http://smittenkitchen.com/2007/03/the-best-chocolate-cake-expletive-free#comment-1759367 Deb- my cake fell apart! Any ideas why? I baked for about 20 min and the tops where puffed then cracked...froze for over an hour and when I went to stack it, it broke and all my efforts to piece it together failed. Thanks. Deb- my cake fell apart! Any ideas why? I baked for about 20 min and the tops where puffed then cracked…froze for over an hour and when I went to stack it, it broke and all my efforts to piece it together failed. Thanks.

]]> By: deb http://smittenkitchen.com/2007/03/the-best-chocolate-cake-expletive-free/#comment-1756819 deb Fri, 06 Apr 2012 18:10:20 +0000 http://smittenkitchen.com/2007/03/the-best-chocolate-cake-expletive-free#comment-1756819 Hi Hfg -- That sound like it would work just fine. You can fill them while they're still frozen and they'll defrost in the fridge. Hi Hfg — That sound like it would work just fine. You can fill them while they’re still frozen and they’ll defrost in the fridge.

]]> By: deb http://smittenkitchen.com/2007/03/the-best-chocolate-cake-expletive-free/#comment-1756788 deb Fri, 06 Apr 2012 17:59:15 +0000 http://smittenkitchen.com/2007/03/the-best-chocolate-cake-expletive-free#comment-1756788 Hi Joanna -- It should be just fine for that length of time. Hi Joanna — It should be just fine for that length of time.

]]> By: Joanna http://smittenkitchen.com/2007/03/the-best-chocolate-cake-expletive-free/#comment-1749803 Joanna Wed, 04 Apr 2012 11:40:09 +0000 http://smittenkitchen.com/2007/03/the-best-chocolate-cake-expletive-free#comment-1749803 Hi! This sounds delicious and I want to make it for a Seder, but I'm not sure it will work for me. I have to make it and assemble it, have it keep in the refrigerator for two hours. Then drive for more than an hour and then refrigerate for 4 hours before dessert. Is this too much time? Will the cake get soggy? And will the whip cream last? I so want to make this but want to be sure it's not a flop! Thanks so much! Hi! This sounds delicious and I want to make it for a Seder, but I’m not sure it will work for me. I have to make it and assemble it, have it keep in the refrigerator for two hours. Then drive for more than an hour and then refrigerate for 4 hours before dessert. Is this too much time? Will the cake get soggy? And will the whip cream last? I so want to make this but want to be sure it’s not a flop! Thanks so much!

]]> By: Hfg http://smittenkitchen.com/2007/03/the-best-chocolate-cake-expletive-free/#comment-1748269 Hfg Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:20:42 +0000 http://smittenkitchen.com/2007/03/the-best-chocolate-cake-expletive-free#comment-1748269 great, thanks so much for getting back so quickly! So I should take them outof freezer Friday morning, whip/frost them then and then keep in refrigerator until friday night? great, thanks so much for getting back so quickly! So I should take them outof freezer Friday morning, whip/frost them then and then keep in refrigerator until friday night?

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