Today we wanted to face our fear of cake. We started with a Martha Stewart recipe called "Moist Devils Food Cake." We thought this sounded good mostly because of the "moist" part. We have tried cake before and it was pretty awful. Even when our homemade cakes came out okay, they were never moist and fluffy like a box mix is so we have been sort of avoiding cake at all costs.
We started by sifting the dry ingredients together [cake flour, baking soda and salt]. Then we mixed unsalted butter with sugar and slowly added eggs and vanilla. In a separate bowl we sifted cocoa powder and poured in boiling water to create a thick chocolate mixture. We were a little worried about the chocolate mixture because it was soo thick but the recipe calls for milk to be added to it which helped thin it out and make it more of a liquid. The dry ingredients and cocoa mixture is added to the butter mixture slowly to create the cake batter.
The batter was different than any batter we made, it felt really light and fluffy, almost like a mousse. We poured the cake batter into two cake pans and let it bake for about 40 minutes total.
While the cakes baked, we made the frosting. We actually used a different frosting then the one that was used for this particular cake. We used a "Fudgy Cream Cheese Frosting" recipe which contained cream cheese, confectioners sugar, cocoa powder, vanilla, butter, and milk. It came together quickly and was extremely smooth and silky. We put this in the refrigerator until we were ready to use it.
When the cakes came out of the oven they smelled great and seemed to have a great texture; they bounced back perfectly to the touch. The cakes puffed up quite a bit so they were a dome shape. To make them flat [so they are easier to frost and stack] we just sliced off the top to make it even. We were able to sample the cake from the bits we cut off and it was amazing. It was so moist and delicious - dare we say it… it tasted just like a box mix [or even better!!!]
We frosted the first layer and then topped it with the second cake [they two cakes weren't exactly the same size for some odd reason but we were able to work with it]. We frosted the entire cake and it looked great! Can't wait to have our families try this later tonight!!
Stay tuned for next week :)
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