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"Chocolate Blackout Cake," from Make It Like a Man!

Chocolate Blackout Cake

March 23, 2020December 21, 2022 Jeff the Chef

Chocolate Blackout Cake is three layers of buttermilk-chocolate cake, interspersed with a luscious, chocolate pudding. Beautifully decorated in cake crumbs.

Smith Island Cake

Smith Island-ish Cake

November 25, 2019December 4, 2024 Jeff the Chef

A Smith Island Cake consists of many, thin cake layers. It looks like a crepe cake, but the layers are made with from-scratch cake batter. This chocolate fudge version is ultra traditional.

Red Cross Cake

Ron’s Friend’s Red Cross Cake

July 8, 2019December 21, 2022 Jeff the Chef

Ron’s Friend’s Red Cross Cake is a chocolate genoise filled and frosted with strawberry whipped cream.

"Chocolate Raspberry Sour Cream Cake," from Make It Like a Man!

Chocolate Raspberry Sour Cream Cake

April 1, 2019December 21, 2022 Jeff the Chef

Dark Chocolate Cake with Raspberry Buttercream and Sour Cream Chocolate Ganache: a 9-inch layer cake fit for the most extravagant occasion. It has many secrets: sour cream, bittersweet chocolate, and buttermilk among them.

"Dark Chocolate, Burnt Orange Cake,'" from Make It Like a Man!

Dark Chocolate, Burnt Orange Cake. Plus, a discussion of magic strips.

May 29, 2018October 17, 2024 Jeff the Chef

Part 2: last week’s chocolate-orange fantasy continues. In this post, you’ll learn how to put this four-layer, ganache-drenched, silk buttercream-filled, Dark Chocolate, Burnt Orange Cake together.

"Molten Chocolate Cake," from Make It Like a Man!

Molten Chocolate Lava Cake:
Ooey, Gooey, and Double-Baked

April 18, 2016December 21, 2022 Jeff the Chef

This molten chocolate cake is the final post in our three-part chocolate cake binge. It’s intensely chocolaty: melted chocolate compounded with a ton of cocoa. It’s best freshly baked, but you can easily re-moltenize the lava, as it reheats well in the microwave.

"Chocolate Baileys Surprise Cake," from Make It Like a Man!

Chocolate Birthday Baileys Surprise Cake

April 11, 2016December 21, 2022 Jeff the Chef

Chocolate Birthday Baileys Surprise Cake, is a Dutch-process, hot water chocolate, four-layer cake with an espresso-laced Baileys filling and a triple cream (sour, cheese, whipping) frosting. Buttermilk makes it rich, oil (rather than butter) makes it moist, and dark, dark cocoa gives it its profound flavor.

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