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"DIY Heart-Shaped Chocolate Cake," from Make It Like a Man!

DIY Heart-Shaped Chocolate Cake with Cherry Mascarpone Frosting

February 14, 2022December 21, 2022 Jeff the Chef

DIY Heart-Shaped Chocolate Cake with Cherry Mascarpone Frosting: from-scratch layers, a luscious whipped cream frosting … Happy Valentine!

"Old-Fashioned Chocolate Layer Cake," from Make It Like a Man!

Old-Fashioned Chocolate Layer Cake

May 11, 2020December 21, 2022 Jeff the Chef

Old-Fashioned Chocolate Cake: an excellent buttermilk chocolate layer cake with a fantastic frosting, from Amerca’s Test Kitchen.

"Lemon Layer Cake," from Make It Like a Man!

Lemon Layer Cake

March 23, 2020March 12, 2023 Jeff the Chef

Lemon Layer Cake: alternating layers of white cake and lemon curd shrouded in a cloud of a feather-weight, whipped frosting.

"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.

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

Chocolate-Covered Banana Cheesecake Layer Cake

April 9, 2018April 14, 2025 Jeff the Chef

Chocolate-Covered Banana Cheesecake Layer Cake: three layers of fudgy, bittersweet chocolate ganache, two layers of moist, delicious banana cake, one layer of a luscious, New-York-style (cream cheese and sour cream) banana cheesecake

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