Chocolate Cake
I’m not ashamed to say it. Actually, I’m very proud to say that I’m a “Betty Crocker” and “Duncan Hines” fan! A total addict! I love their butter cakes, their chocolate cakes, their cookie mixes, their many recipes you can find on their packages…ooh ooh, I love their frostings!!!! I love them! All I needed to do was add the eggs, the butter or oil, the milk…etc., and voilà. A rich and moist cake would come out of the oven! SIMPLE!
However, I don’t live in the US anymore. I live in Europe and lets face it. I can’t find these products unless my cousin sends them to me from the Netherlands (she can go to any military base and get them) or I can order them online and pay 10x of what the original price is in the US, or…I could…
BAKE ONE!…..FROM SCRATCH!
The thought of it sounded scary at first! I know I know, I can’t help it! Something about the flour (or the baking soda) that threatens my capability of actually making a good cake. It’s insane!
Now, finding a true recipe that will make you go bunkers, it’s another story. If you search online for a chocolate cake recipe, you will find millions…tons of different ways to make a chocolate cake… It’s best to narrow it down to your specifics that way the list gets shorter and shorter. In my case, I was looking for the traditional moist and thick chocolate cake recipe I have been accustomed to make with Betty Crocker and Duncan Hines with the exception of using 1 pan instead of making a layered cake. I got lucky! I found a couple of recipes where you can actually do it this way. But the 1 recipe that stood out from them all was from Epicurious!
I do hope you try this recipe for I believe you will enjoy eating it! (not the whole cake, I mean, I didn’t eat the whole cake, did I say I ate the whole cake?….no, no, no…well maybe a couple of slices, but not the whole cake!)
Here are some pictures I took!
And the final product…
It lasted 2 days! Mind you…we are a family of 3!
Here’s a video from you tube of the song I was listening to while making this cake!
