Two layers, a cocoa frosting thick enough to hold its own, and a crumb so moist it sticks to the knife. This is the cake I made for my son \u00c9loi’s birthday, and let me tell you, the little man was pleased! There is nothing complicated here, I promise: whisk the dry stuff, add the wet stuff, pour into two pans and go. No stand mixer, no pastry chef technique, no thermometer. One bowl, one whisk, and a hand mixer for the frosting.<\/p>\n
No stand mixer, no butter to cream, no step where you have to whip anything. You whisk the dry ingredients together, pour the wet ones over, and mix until smooth. Ten minutes and you have two pans in the oven. This is the kind of recipe you can start on a Tuesday night without having thought about it the day before, and that is exactly why it comes back so often at our place.<\/p>\n
This is where a lot of people go wrong. Frosting that is too soft and the two layers sink into each other, leaving you with a leaning cake. Mine is thick, properly chocolatey, and it holds. The secret is not some fancy technique, it is adding the milk one tablespoon at a time and stopping at the right moment. I give you the exact tell below. And no, I did not decorate it: just frosting, lots of frosting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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