Indestructible chocolate cake

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Indestructible chocolate cake
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Sat, 01-13-2007 - 12:37am

1 3/4 cup unsifted flour
2

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Fri, 01-19-2007 - 6:53am
3/4 cup Heshey cocoa


That's baking cocoa, right?


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Fri, 01-19-2007 - 10:04am

> That's baking cocoa, right?

yes

~Susan
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Fri, 01-19-2007 - 7:07pm
Yep. cocoa powder for baking.

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Sat, 01-20-2007 - 12:47pm
Ha ha ha... this recipe is definitely destructible if you leave out the baking soda or powder, right Mom??? Ha ha ha...
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Sat, 02-03-2007 - 12:52pm

YEP, but 3 is a charm, isn't it???

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Registered: 07-04-2003
Sun, 02-04-2007 - 4:16pm

Thanks Susan! I thought it was, but just had to make sure!

I made the cake last night..and it IS indestructible!!!!!
I only had two round spring form pans.. one about 8in and the other 10in..well, they both don't fit in my oven at the same time. So I left the bigger one alone..pulled the smaller one out and divided it up into several small pans and then put them back in the oven. I thought for sure the smaller ones wouldn't like being transfered.. and then the larger one had to deal with me opening the oven for a while to put the small ones in the oven with it. But in the end, they all baked up perfectly and tasted just as good.
Even my DH likes it. :)



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Registered: 02-08-2007
Fri, 02-09-2007 - 12:55pm

CL,
At first glance that recipe is very similar to a cake recipe from a restaurant out in California - not sure they have any elsewhere, or what corporation they are ruled under. They are a chain called "Claim Jumpers." They serve astronical portions of everything including the cake. Not a fan of big helpings - I'd rather have normal or small portions of fantastic food. The draw is that any kids under 12 can eat according to their weight. So if a kids weighs say, 55 lbs., his dinner is 55 cents.

The filling and icing/frosting is somewhat of a chunky ganache. Very rich. When I first tried the recipe, I felt it a very odd way to make cake batter. But the finished cake was moist, light, very chocolately without that cloying chocolate sweetness. I'm tempted to try it this weekend but, my thoughts are of Valentine sugar cookies, and perhaps tempering some chocolate for truffle gift giving.
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Fri, 02-09-2007 - 8:22pm

That recipe is EXACTLY as it was developed by the test kitchens at Hershey for cake decorators.

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Registered: 03-19-2003
Fri, 02-09-2007 - 8:52pm

I'm glad you had good luck with it!

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Registered: 07-04-2003
Sun, 02-11-2007 - 8:33am
Hheheh. I lived in an apartment that had been condemned several times, fixed up just enough to rent again and then rented. The kitchen was at least 6 inches higher then the front room and door. Not to mention the carpenter ants. *shudder*


The biggest thing I loved about the place was my "frog pond" in the drive way.

Ok, so it wasn't much more than a mostly stagnant pool of water coming from the neighbor's higher yard and through the retaining wall..but I loved my frogs and the spring croaking! It was music to my ears and put me to sleep at nights.


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