Chocolate Devil's Food Cake #CakeSliceBakers

This month I spent a snowy morning baking the Chocolate Devil's Food Cake.  If you are in need of a good chocolate cake recipe, this is it. The recipe calls for adding strong coffee and a bit of rum or brandy to enhance the chocolate flavor of the cake.  For those concerned that you might end up tasting the add-ins, I can assure in my family noticed even a hint of coffee or brandy taste.  What we all did notice was the intense chocolate flavor encased in a moist cake.

The frosting recipe had me shaking my head a few times.  It starts with melted butter, something I've never seen before.  At one point, it was grainy and not very appetizing, but I just followed the instructions and added a bit of heavy cream, and the frosting smoothed right out.  Even then, I could not see how the concoction in my mixing bowl would turn into frosting, but when I started applying it to my cake, magic occurred.  It thickened up into an amazing fudgy frosting that perfectly complemented the cake.



I chose to bake a single layer, square cake which produced plenty of leftover batter that I turned into cupcakes.  I got 12 cupcakes in addition to the cake itself.


 





Each month The Cake Slice Bakers are offered a selection of cakes from the current book we are baking through. This year it is Zoë Bakes Cakes by Zoē François. We each choose one cake to bake, and then on the 20th - never before - we all post about our cake on our blogs. There are a few rules that we follow, but the most important ones are to have fun and enjoy baking & eating cakes!

Follow our Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest pages where you can find all of our cakes, as well as inspiration for many other cakes. You can also click on the links below to take you to each of our cakes. If you have a blog and are interested in joining The Cake Slice Bakers and baking along with us, please send an email to thecakeslicebakers at gmail dot com for more details.

The Cake Slice Bakers also have a new Facebook group called The Cake Slice Bakers and Friends. This group is perfect for those who do not have a blog but want to join in the fun and bake through this book.





It is a new year and a new book - Zoë Bakes Cakes - and our choices for February 2022 were ~


Black Forest Cake

Chocolate Devils Food Cake

Raspberry Charlotte Royale
  • Note: No group member choose this cake to bake

Comments

  1. KarenFebruary 20, 2022 at 10:17 AM

    I'm going to have to try that frosting just for the experience of magical transformation! Great idea making cupcakes on the side.

    ReplyDelete
  2. A Day in the Life on the FarmFebruary 20, 2022 at 11:23 AM

    My mother in laws buttercream frosting starts with heating the milk and butter and it always turns out perfectly. I don't like frosting but my family loves it.

    ReplyDelete
  3. SusanBFebruary 21, 2022 at 7:41 AM

    Love the chocolate shavings. Tried to make them for mine, but didn't look quite right!

    ReplyDelete
  4. All That's Left Are The CrumbsMarch 20, 2022 at 6:12 PM

    Your cake looks so good. I made this one too and I found that both the cake and the frosting had me questioning the recipes until everything all magically came together. I love your shavings too and I think I need lessons from you.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Tart Cherry Almond Cake #CakeSliceBakers

Image
 The Tart Cherry Almond Cake starts with an easy almond-flavored cake batter that you then fold in tart cherries. Once it comes out of the oven and cools, it gets a soak in an almond simple syrup and then topped with a thick glaze and a sprinkle of slivered almonds.  The only problem I had with this recipe is that the cherries all sunk to the bottom. The recipe says you can use either fresh or frozen tart cherries. I had a couple of jars of tart cherries in my house, so I decided to use one of those. The note at the top suggests placing half the cherries on top of the batter if you're using frozen, which I did with my jarred cherries. But they all sunk anyway. With the cherries all clustered at the bottom, I had to work to get a proper taste of all the components. And while the iced cake was good, and the cake-encased cherries were good, the cherries with iced cake was perfection. If I were to make this cake again, I would cut the cherries into fourths, and I might even opt to coat
Read more

Chamomile Cake with Honey Creme Fraiche #cakeslicebakers

Image
For my May Cake Slice Bakers bake, I chose the Chamomile Cake with Honey Creme Fraiche.  I had my doubts about it when I chose it; it was chosen mostly for convenience and not out of excitement, but I was wrong.This cake was delicious!  The cake was light and flavorful. The icing was the perfect complement.  Everyone in my family enjoyed it. I used chamomile tea bags instead of dried chamomile as that's what I had on hand.  Creme Fraiche is not sold in our local store, and given the current pandemic conditions, I did not think I should go shopping about for it.  The internet had several suggestions, but one was familiar to me from other icings I've made and present in my refrigerator - plain, full fat Greek yogurt.  Add some honey, whip it up, and it was a great substitute. Each month The Cake Slice Bakers are offered a selection of cakes from the current book we are baking through. This year it is The New Way To Cake  by Benjamina Ebuehi. We each choose
Read more

Crumb Cake #CakeSliceBakers

Image
 My March bake for the Cake Slice Bakers was a crumb cake.  While I've eaten plenty of packaged crumb cakes, I had never made one myself.  I can't imagine why it took me this long.  This recipe is easy to follow and produced a cake that was flavorful and not oversweet. Definitely a cake we'll make again and again. Each month The Cake Slice Bakers are offered a selection of cakes from the current book we are baking through. This year it is Little Everyday Cakes  by Candace Floyd. We each choose one cake to bake, and then on the 20th - never before - we all post about our cake on our blogs. There are a few rules that we follow, but the most important ones are to have fun and enjoy baking & eating cakes! Follow our Facebook , Instagram , and Pinterest pages where you can find all of our cakes, as well as inspiration for many other cakes. You can also click on the thumbnail pictures below to take you to each of our cakes. If you have a blog and are interested in
Read more