I will make it long beyond our isolation period! Looks fine, tastes fine, but no alluring drips off the sides. I let it cool, spread a layer of seedless raspberry jam over it, then frosted with a whipped ganache (next time Im going to put fresh raspberries on it). This looks simply divinejust what I was looking for today. Perfect in my book, even without the glaze. Thanks for the recipe! I therefore had to substitute a square tin (my usual brownie tin) and it turned out perfectly. Around the rim of the apricot, sprinkle a ring of coarsely chopped walnuts, And then gilding the lily to great affect! Oooooooooohhhhh! Scarlett's Pasta (AGLIO E OLIO) Roast Mojo Pork. Separately, someone told me about his familys go-to chocolate cake thats made for every birthday thats plush and perfect and never fails. I used the weights given rather than measuring, not convinced they are correct? I added 2 TBSP of corn syrup to the glaze. So yummy, and so easy, and so quick (which is what I needed it to be with two small kids and a 9 am deadline). After reading many of the comments from people who tried this cake, I made it today (with my kids) for my sons 5th birthday. Not sure where you live but golden syrup is great. Big fan of wacky cakes, KAF has several variations. It depends on your altitude. This recipe is already mostly allergen free and it works beautifully with gluten free flour. Im pretty sure Ive always used just cocoa powder, but would love to know what was intended. The frosting was not runny enough to pour over the cake, so the whole thing was an epic fail. I have no idea how anyone made this recipe work and I do think this recipe needs to be re-tested. Because if there are people out there whose Tuesdays are not improved by a thick slice of perfect chocolate cake, well, I havent met any. Also, even after 10 minutes of cooling time, I had trouble removing the parchment paper because it wanted to rip off a thin layer of cake! * corn syrup I didnt have corn syrup at hand, so I subbed in a dark buckwheat honey. Instructions Make The Cake Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. I havent tried it but here is a comment from a person who has: https://smittenkitchen.com/2017/10/chocolate-olive-oil-cake-more-book-tour/#comment-984159 (She said it sank. I love that you brought peg bracken and this cake back into my life. No problems whatsoever. Thanks again . High elevation baking typically needs a bit more flour or less leavening, I think. Its great to have such an easy vegan pudding up my sleeve. Thank you! Im making your brown butter coconut cookies foe my cousin at her request ( people are nuts about those cookies) now I need a excuse to make this! This was great, though the glaze turned into more of a thick hardened frosting rather than a glaze, especially by next dayseems odd. And just abt perfect! Black Pepper. Her recipe does not call for coffee but I have used that instead of water and it really does add to flavor. How high is your 9 pan that you used? My mom made Wacky Cake a million times and never had that sinking issue. This recipe is wonderful! Whip 1-1/4 c heavy cream, 2 T sour cream, 2 T sugar, 1 t vanilla till firm. Maybe because it is COSTCO olive oil and not a distinctively flavored olive oil it seems to make no difference. Some posts said to reduce the baking soda but her recipe called for 1 tsp and we are at sea level so it cant be altitude either. I brought the leftovers in to my office and people are raving about it, and its not just because the cake has caffeine in it :-). Dust (Shigaraki Rap) [feat. Its moist and rich and just delicious for vegans and omnivores alike. I use espresso powder. It also darkens the cake (mine is almost black). Again, thanks for this recipe. So make sure your pan is tall! Thank you! The cake never even got close to setting. So amazing. It shouldnt crumble the cake is tender but doesnt fall apart when I make it but its important to adjust our expectations when making an egg-free cake. I just made the cake after work today. Anyway, another olive oil + chocolate cake combo I adore is from Tara OBradys Seven Spoons cookbook. I read the comments and put some of the extra batter in a small dish so it didnt overflow. The texture is perfect, just the right amount of sweetness. Ive been an avid reader for the better part of a decade plus (and was even an EV neighbor for awhile!) A whole aged Manchego bought in Spain is of the Costco price in the US! Oh, I also dropped the baking soda to 1 tsp, rather than 1 1/2 tsp. Just forwarded the chocolate cake recipe to an old friend who suddenly developed lactose intolerance. I made this today following the recipe exactly, using coffee as the liquid. I will start by saying I love your recipes and you are my go to blog. It was so yummy and loved by the entire family. I didnt make the glaze because I prefer a dusting of powdered sugar or whipped cream. Does it need more cooking time? Preheat the oven to 325F. I made this for my daughters birthday because I wanted a simple recipe I can make with a toddler and a baby to take care of. My two year old and I quickly threw this together at 4:30 for guests who were coming at 7:30. WebThe Chef Show Chocolate Olive Oil Cake Candace Nelson : . Or try another liquid sweetener like honey. cutting 2 Tbs. I just said to my husband that I really want chocolate cake or brownies and, once again, you come through for me! I moved recently and my oven and I do not get along at all. Gosh that looks insanely good. Ive made this cake successfully several times in a rectangular glass Pyrex baking dish and its come out great, and is more portable for taking somewhere else. This recipe looked good, but I live at high altitude, 6,800, so the cake fell badly. The cake would not set up! Does anyone know if this cake will suffer if I bake it, leave it overnight, and only glaze it the next day prior to serving? Its not an ingredient I use and Im not keen on buying a bottle just for a Tablespoon of it in this recipe.. Thank you!! grate a good-quality, SALTED, 65-75% bittersweet chocolate over the apricot, covering it with a thin layer that obscures the apricot altogether except for a shine here and there. I didnt love the glaze on its own but it was perfect with the cake, though I also loved it without it. I also added a splash of vanilla because Im obsessed with vanilla. What would you recommend for baking time if I want to make cupcakes? Went about 8 minutes beyond the 35. This is easy to make, looks beautiful, and tastes amazing! Just wanted to sympathize with you re: behavior after disappointing recipes. What a nice treat. Swap out frosting recipe for a more traditional version too. Without the glaze, should freeze just fine. I will definitely be making this again! My biggest hope is that Deb adds more vegan cake recipes as good as this one to SK like a vanilla cake or a lemon cake or coconut! I had never heard of a wacky cake. Next time.. It should be a very liquid batter regardless of weights or cups. This cake is so good. I made this the past weekend and the kids as well as myself LOVED it. However, I routinely get a sunken middle. I wonder what went wrong. I put the glaze ingredients into a bowl right after the cake went into the oven (and covered the bowl with cling wrap), and my cake took hours to cool so it took awhile until I microwaved the glaze, but I had no problems with that it was almost melted together after the initial 30 seconds so I just microwaved for 15 seconds more and then used it. Today. Between the coffee and the cut sweetness, Ive been considering it a breakfast treat. It spilled out of the pan in the oven, and had to then be surgically removed from the pan. I think this cake only works with mild, light olive oils. Would you double the recipe and bake in a 810 rectangle? I didnt know how much it would rise so I ended up with a lot of overflow that was (luckily) caught by the cookie sheet I placed the cake pan on top of in the oven. I usually end up scraping the remaining moist, dense crumbs along with that amazing frosting with a fork to get EVERY LAST bit before the pan gets washed. ), I made the recipe with coffee and no corn syrup and it all worked out beautifully! I used those dark baking chocolate discs. Oh my goodness, this is a keeper. I only wish I had recognized the potential of my humble pantry ingredients a long time ago. Two questions: 1 will this work in a standard bundt? THANK YOU! Love the deep chocolate flavor and the soft texture. My vegan uncle is going to love it. This has been my go-to recipe for many years, for my once highly-allergic-to-eggs- and-milk toddler, starting 30 years ago. Let melt then smear it all together until totally mixed or leave it streaky. (BTW, this only works when the cake top isnt too domed, which has happened to me once or twice.) Thank you! The cake is moist and tender, and wonderful! I tried it 3x because of course I thought operator error and had the same problem each time. Correction, rather that one POINT five cups of water. The only thing I changed in the recipe was to use some blueberries as decoration I really liked the freshness of the berries against the sweetness of the chocolate. Success!! Deb! Im going to the use 1 tsp as Deb recommended the next time I make this. Im sorry it was such a mess for you. My new fav chocolate cake! Time to begin again! I used a cup of cold pressed coffee concentrate, a little less than a half cup of water, and added a teaspoon of Mexican vanilla. A crowd pleaser for sure. I never quite get that beautiful liquid, shiny consistency. I picked chocolate chips for shopping ease, not any structural reason. Made this last week with red wine instead of water in the cake, and a blend of milk and white chocolate for the glaze (what I had at hand), and it was incredible- definitely ADULT, though, so keep that in mind! Being too lazy to brew regular coffee, I had a stroke of genius: I used some decaf Starbucks Via I had on hand! Listen to Joestar (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) [feat. This looks delicious, I made two cakes, stacked and filled with raspberry jam, and frosted with the recipe from the I-want-chocolate chocolate cake (using vegan butter substitute for the buttercream). Europe is, as you might know, a collection of very diverse countries. Do you think it would work as a bundt cake? Still tasted good but very not pretty. I came looking for a chocolate zucchini cake, and came out with a Principal Trunchbull, make all my chocolaty cake dreams come true kinda cake. My glaze thickened slightly as Ive read others doing. Anyway, this turned out SO WELL and Im already excited about some tweaks I want to make!!! I currently live outside the US and grocery stores here dont really offer corn syrup. Thanks for the tip! Ive made this twice, following the recipe exactly, and each time, its been a total mess! For this of us relying on this to be vegan, could you substitute the chocolate in the frosting with carob chips? The cake was a success rather similar to Margaret Foxs Amazon Chocolate Cake. (Weve made another red wine chocolate cake here.) I havent made them but would expect it to work just fine; same temperature, check in at 15 minutes. (I think at least 70% of my cooking repatoire is SK at this point). BOY-O-BOY did that do the trick! Google tells me that I opened the oven before the cake set, the cake didnt go into the oven as soon as the mixture was made (I had a 3-5 minute lag), or too much raising agent. I was worried but forged on it took 10 minutes longer in the oven and came out with a fudgey-cake texture. Made it as mini cupcakes. Web1. Half coffee/half water and red wine vinegar rather than white vinegar. I only cooked it 30 seconds in the microwave and then stirred, stirred, stirred, so thankfully I had no burnt chocolate chips. It was moist and delicious and made for a great breakfast too ;). not the best presentation. It still tasted great once I cleaned up the mess and finished baking it in my other oven. Thank you so much, Deb! Even tho you glued it together with ganache (YUM! I made it with raw cocoa powder; also may have added a little more coffee than 1.5 cups which made my batter a bit runny; it took about 7-8 minutes longer to bake but came out just fine. SO FAST! Rich, intensely chocolatey with a light crumb. The only problem I had was with the glaze icing once it cooled. I had already baked 40 dozen various kinds of cookies and mini tarts for Sukkot and 2 upcoming bar mitzvahs. Probably could have used 5 mins more. Ok. Do not know what happened here. Seven Deadly Sins (from "Seven Deadly Sins") None Like Joshua. Cake came out super good and icing even without corn syrup is really shiny. Used 1 tsp baking soda as Deb and many commenters suggested, and used 1 c coffee + 1/2 c water. I probably could have split it between two 9-inch pans or at least made a few cupcakes out of the extra batter. Any other liquid suggestions? Even better after being left out for a day! Had the depression also but when topped with the glaze you cannot tell. I personally would hesitate to pour it over a out-turned cake, because the warm glaze is runny and copious. It has nothing to do with diet or lite. Temp registered about 200-205F in the middle. I took this out at 33 mins, when it was springy and a knife came out clear. I had zero issues! I even won a 4-H ribbon with that recipe! The center did not sink and the cake did not overflow the pan. Made with GF flour, Pamelas all purpose, and worked out great! I havent doubled it but its a finicky cake and I cannot promise it wont cave if you do. In college I worked in a restaurant where we made a couple of double sheet cakes of essentially this same recipe daily for sack lunches (plain oil, though). Thanks! Thank you for inspiring kitchen confidence!!! Now weve got a 1st bday coming up and the V+GF mama has requested this, but with a white/vanilla frosting. Forever grateful for this recipe! Yours was the first blog I read regularly, and ever made more than one or two recipes from. I made this with King Arthur Gluten Free flour and it did not turn out well, I actually had to throw it away. Intrigued what, pray say, is Rocky Road Frosting?? That would never happen in my house (maybe 1 day if Im lucky but Id place bets on only 15 hours). Absolutely delicious !!! Absolutely. Must try your version to compare. You have to taste this thing before you die. I think I used the wrong word! NO sprinkles. I used sprinkles this week to divide the chocolate cake evenly, so he wouldnt eat my half. Just some info regarding cake tins: And then you have to make a ganache instead because you give up for the moment and dont want to waste the last of the chocolate you have in the house. It is inspiring me to explore this area a bit more! Should I double? Ive been dabbling in smitten kitchen recipes for years and this is the first failed recipe Ive had! WebPreheat your oven to 350F. I pre-ordered from Barnes & Noble, and Im counting the days until it arrives. It was gorgeous, delicious, and deeply chocolatey, and tasted nearly as good three days later. Thanks! Ok I am NOT a baker. Shwabadi & Connor Quest! Just want to see if I can fancy it up for a birthday. This recipe sounds like the perfect one to try out my new find! What do you suggest? I made this cake for a birthday and it was a bit hit. I added a little orange zest to the glaze, and it worked really well with the subtle olive oil taste.