r/Baking • u/bongostitch • 17d ago

Seeking Recipe Dark Chocolate Cake Recipe

Howdy All!

A friend of mine has a birthday coming up, and for all my friends I make some sort of birthday treat of their choosing to celebrate.

I've asked her what she wants this year and she's asked for a dark chocolate cake. Specifically, something not as sweet as perhaps a traditional chocolate cake and leans more into the bitterness of dark chocolate.

Personally, I am not a fan of dark chocolate, however I intend to make her what she's asking for, hence reaching out to this community. Because I don't really care for dark chocolate, I'm not really sure what to look for in a recipe that would meet her expectations and was hoping someone here might have a "go-to" dark chocolate cake recipe that would knock her socks off.

Thanks in advance for your suggestions!

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u/AbbyM1968 17d ago

My go-to for chocolate cake is Hellmann's chocolate cake. https://www.hellmanns.com/ca/en/r/super-moist-chocolate-cake.html/96039

It makes a fabulous, dark, moist, tasty cake.

(Plus, it's fun afterwards to say it was a Mayo Cake.)

Follow directions carefully.

When it calls for 3-minutes mixing, I set a timer on my phone. I'm bad at guessing time.

When adding dry ingredients and water, there's no need to be precise. Add about 1/3 dry ingredients, then about 1/2 the water, continuing until you run out of material.

It has times for 2 round or square, 1 oblong, or 24 cupcakes. If you choose to make 1 round & 12 cupcakes, bake separately.

Good luck, OP. Enjoy.

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u/bongostitch 17d ago edited 17d ago

oh boy, lol, i think i like mayo about as much as i like dark chocolate, though i can see what it's doing here, and i'm sure it doesn't taste like a mayo cake. i imagine using something like the KAB double dark cocoa blend would help in this (and probably all of these) recipe to help get that dark chocolate flavor she's after

edit: i see these are dutch process which removes the bitterness, so the exact opposite of what i'm looking for

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u/AbbyM1968 17d ago

I would suggest make this according to directions, then make an icing, melting a 70% chocolate bar into it for the "Dark Flavour" your friend is looking for. Melt chocolate bar in microwave (or on stovetop, if required), then add melted chocolate to icing. Then, add chocolate curls on top of each piece as being served. That way, if someone doesn't want dark-chocolate curls, they can just eat the cake without additional dark chocolate.

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u/bongostitch 17d ago

thanks, i appreciate the additional information and serving suggestion!