Classy Tall Devil's Food Cake
Thursday, May 17, 2012 9:00:43 PM
This is another project that I made in class. A super tall Devil's Food Cake (about 4" tall, not include the decoration on top)with a shiny smooth Dark Chocolat Ganache outside. The cake looks very Classy at the end right? The reason that I made this super tall cake is that my Chef love tall cakes. She made a demo of 4 layers Devil's Food Cake like this in class, but only required us to make a 3 layers (shorter) cake. I prefer the tall one more because I get bored with normal-looking cakes
So I made this Classy Tall Devil's Food Cake to make my Chef more happy when she saw it. Although I mess up with the Ganache a a little bit, my Chef still gave me a perfect 10 (maybe partly because my Cake is the tallest one in class
) The cake itself is very moist and tender. But it's sweeter than my usual taste. So in the recipe below, I reduce the sugar by 2 oz. I don't want to reduce too much because Sugar helps tenderize baked goods, so if I reduced too much, the cake would be as tender as it should be.Ingredients for Devil's Food Cake: (for two 9" cake pans)
12 oz. cake flour
2 oz. dark brown Cocoa powder
0.25 oz. salt
0.375 oz. baking powder
0.25 oz. Baking soda
7 oz. Emulsified shortening, soften at room temperature
14 oz. milk
8 oz. eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
13 oz. sugar (the original recipe uses 16 oz. sugar)
Directions:
1) Sift all the dry ingredients together TWICE to incorporate more air. Transfer dry ingredients to a mixing bowl.
2) Add the soft emulsified shortening to mixing bowl. Mix with paddle attachment at speed 1 for 1 minute. Stop and scrape down bowl
3) Combine all milk with eggs and vanilla extract
4) On speed 1, add all the liquid mixture slowly over a 2 minute period. Stop and scrape down bowl
5) Increase mixer to speed 2, mix 4 minutes, stop and scrape down bowl
6) Increase mixer to speed 3, mix 3 minutes to incorporate a lot of air. Stop and scrape down bowl. The batter will be very light brown and fluffy now.
7) Bake at 320 degree F for 30 minutes
8) After 30 minutes, check if cake is done by skewer test or finger print test. Let cool completely. Depan onto cake board. Wrap tightly and put cake in freezer until semi-frozen.
Italian Chocolate Butter Cream:
16 oz. sugar
4 oz. water
8 oz. Egg whites
28 oz. Soften butter
1 tsp. Lemon juice
1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Unsweetened Chocolate, melt
Combine sugar and water in a sauce pan over stove and bring to boil. Can stir sugar at the beginning to help sugar dissolve better. But DO NOT stir after boiling. Cook sugar until soft ball stage (the candy thermometer reaches 240 degree F). Meanwhile, beat Egg whites on speed 2 until very foamy.
After sugar reaches 240 degree F, increase mixer speed to speed 3 (highest speed) and drizzle sugar over egg whites and whip until stiff peaks form. You will get Italian Meringue. Continue to whip until the meringue cool to room temperature.
Then add half of the butter (soften) and whip until incorporate. Then add little by little until you see the butter cream is light and spreadable. You may not need to add all of the butter. Finally, add vanilla extract and lemon juice. Whip more until smooth.
After you have Italian Butter Cream, melt the unsweeten chocolate and add to the butter cream, little by little, up to your taste to achieve a bitter sweet chocolate butter cream
Cut cake into 4 layers and coat with chocolate butter cream. Then put cake into freezer to freeze cake before pour Chocolate Ganache on cake.
*Note: You may note that the cream between cake layers has darker color than the butter cream coating outside the cake. It's actually the chocolate mousse that stays between cake layers, but I think it's too sweet so I don't post the recipe here. Instead, I would just used Chocolate butter cream in between cake layers.
For the Chocolate Ganache:
8oz. heavy cream
10 oz. finely shaved dark chocolate (70-80% cocoa)( the original recipe uses semi-sweet chocolate)
Heat heavy cream in a sauce pan until simmer. Pour simmering heavy cream over shaved chocolate in a bowl. Cover bowl for 1 minute to let the chocolate steamed a little bit. Then use a whisk and whisk from the center of the bowl and going out. Whisk until all shaved chocolate is melted and combined with heavy cream to create a shiny and smooth Ganache.
Set up a chocolate station and quickly pour warm chocolate ganache over the frozen cake, starting from the center and going around. Tap to make sure the ganache cover all the cake. Wait until no rip, then transfer cake to a nice cake board. Then decorate with chocolate butter cream rosettes and choc. piping decor.
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You know what? This cake also makes the 51st in my photo gallery on foodgawker.com under code #165677. Yayyyyy! Chef Kathy must be very happy when she knows this. Thanks Chef Kathy so much for a wonderful recipe! This is also the first time I love a chocolate cake this much!
Here is the link to see the photo of this cake on foodgawker:
http://foodgawker.com/post/2012/05/18/165677/


Xuân Huỳnhxuanbusnel # Thursday, May 17, 2012 10:27:24 PM
Trang's Kitchentrangskitchen # Thursday, May 17, 2012 11:06:32 PM
CuBi3(Lien)CuBi3 # Thursday, May 17, 2012 11:12:04 PM
Xuân Huỳnhxuanbusnel # Thursday, May 17, 2012 11:13:01 PM
Trang's Kitchentrangskitchen # Thursday, May 17, 2012 11:22:08 PM
Originally posted by CuBi3:
Em co an thu, hoi ngot so voi taste cua em, nen trong cong thuc em da modify luong duong lai, con texture thi rat la moist va tender. Co dieu banh nay phai dunng emulsified shortening, trong lop thi co san de dung, ko biet o ngoai ban o dau. Vi cai loai Crisco thuong gap la All-purpose shortening nen ko thich lop dung cho banh nay
PS: Banh Chiffon gio voi em van dung o vi tri so 1 chi oi. Trong lop co hoc lam chiffon nhung cong thuc va cach lam khac, ko ngon bang Chiffon minh da biet lam hehe....
Trang's Kitchentrangskitchen # Thursday, May 17, 2012 11:24:50 PM
Originally posted by xuanbusnel:
hihi...Hy vọng là blog em sẽ mang lại cho chị những phút thư giản ngọt ngào
Xuân Huỳnhxuanbusnel # Thursday, May 17, 2012 11:29:17 PM
Trang's Kitchentrangskitchen # Friday, May 18, 2012 12:16:15 AM
CuBi3(Lien)CuBi3 # Friday, May 18, 2012 3:41:49 AM
Xuân Huỳnhxuanbusnel # Friday, May 18, 2012 5:03:51 AM
Originally posted by trangskitchen:
Vậy thì chị đánh dấu nhe, sau này em mở hàng đắt đắt cho chi hen
Originally posted by CuBi3:
Hiihiii, chị ơi, trong làng O này ai cũng giỏi việc bánh trái quá, em theo không kịp, chắc em chuyển nghề xem quẻ vì chưa thấy ai làm hết, dễ bon chen hơn chị ah. Mai mốt em có chuyển nghề thiệt, em hú chị nha
Trang's Kitchentrangskitchen # Friday, May 18, 2012 5:55:05 AM
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Trang's Kitchentrangskitchen # Saturday, May 19, 2012 8:45:12 PM
Trang's Kitchentrangskitchen # Saturday, May 19, 2012 8:49:39 PM
Originally posted by anonymous:
Hi Uyen, Sorry em, hong hieu sao nguyen ngay hom qua chi ko tai nao post comment tren blog duoc. Qua blog khac comment cung ko duoc not, ko hiu tai Opera hay vi account cua chi co van de. Rat may la hom nay da tro lai nhu cu! Chi doc comment cua em va cung suy nghi nhieu. Binh thuong o ngoai tiem ho cung dung buttercream thoi, nhung ho cho kem it lam, chi vua du de sandwich 2 cai cookies lai voi nhau thoi. Co the em cho nhieu qua nen luc an kem moi bi phot ra chang? Con ganache cung vay, mot khi ganach de set up thi no se set set chu ko o dang long nua. Chi van thuong dung thickened ganache de viet chu tren banh kem do chu. Em thu dung cong thuc : 10 oz. semi-sweet chocolate + 8 oz. heavy cream (do la ganache ma chi dung trong banh Devil's Food o tren luon ne). Em thu xem co con bi chay va phot ra nua ko nhe.Unregistered user # Sunday, May 20, 2012 12:10:46 AM
tiff Cotiffanyco # Sunday, May 20, 2012 4:59:28 AM
Trang's Kitchentrangskitchen # Sunday, May 20, 2012 7:00:06 AM
Originally posted by anonymous:
hix hix...sorry em, tai ngoai y muon ma, chu chi ma co email address thi chi da gui reply cho em roi. Cu post comment la no bao "Bad Gateway" gi do, chi thu di thu lai hoai ko duoc nen out luon. Hom sau len lai Opera thi moi post comment duoc. Chi nghi tret it, nhung vua du de nguoi ta con thay phan nhan, chu ko phai la ko thay luon, la okay. Con gananche thi mot khi set up roi thi em hay tret lam nhan, no it chay hon nen em tret nhieu mot ti cung okay. Chi thay cac loai nhan bang ganache thi de duoc lau nhat, nhung chi ko thich chocolate lam nen thuong lam buttercream hoac lemon cream cheese frosting (cho co vi chua chua, de an), de cung duoc 3 ngay do emTrang's Kitchentrangskitchen # Sunday, May 20, 2012 7:08:29 AM
Originally posted by tiffanyco:
Em thich banh nhung lai ghet nhung banh qua ngot nen cac ct em post len blog la da gia giam luong duong cho hop voi taste cua minh roi. Vi du nhu banh trong bai nay, ct goc dung 16 oz. sugar thi em chi dung 13 oz. thoi. Con ganache thi thay vi dung semi-sweet chocoalte thi em dung dark chocolate luon de giam do ngot lai cho vua voi khau vi cua minh hon. Vi vay chi cu yen tam ve do ngot cua cac ct ma em post nhe
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Trang's Kitchentrangskitchen # Monday, May 21, 2012 9:16:14 PM
tiff Cotiffanyco # Wednesday, May 23, 2012 5:25:50 PM
Originally posted by trangskitchen:
cam on Em nhe... Dde khi nao Chi co' thoi gian, Chi se lam theo Em..Cung lucky la' Em k co' an ngot..nen Em giam luong dduong lai , nen Em cho Chi hu"o"ng? ke'....hiihi... Chac la' may mon banh Em post dday , k co' ngot lam he' Em...Trang's Kitchentrangskitchen # Wednesday, May 23, 2012 8:18:47 PM
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Trang's Kitchentrangskitchen # Thursday, May 24, 2012 4:03:17 PM
tiff Cotiffanyco # Friday, May 25, 2012 8:10:28 PM
Originally posted by trangskitchen:
Thank you Em gai... HOw's Cali ? Do you like living there? Giong VN qua' phai k Em? chac Em cung co' dip ddi OC he'... Ddi ve ddo' thi co' le Em se k nho" nha' nhieu ddau...
Trang's Kitchentrangskitchen # Friday, May 25, 2012 9:29:24 PM
Originally posted by tiffanyco:
Thuc ra la em chua di OC lan nao chi ah, va khu em o thi van My nhieu nen cung ko giing o Vn cho lam. Moi 2 tuan moi di chO VN mot lan vi lai xe gan 45 phut mou toi ma. Sap toi em chuyen nha thi lai cang xa cho VN va San Jose hon. Bay gio em cung ban di hoc roi ve nha lam viec nha... Va co blog nay lam ban nen cung do nho nha nhieu roi chi. Con chi thi sao? Chi o Austin bao lau roi? Chi co thay thik ko? O Austin vay chi co biet cho My Thanh ko? O do ban do Viet kha la day du dotiff Cotiffanyco # Saturday, May 26, 2012 12:43:37 AM
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baohannv # Thursday, June 7, 2012 4:30:21 AM
Nhan My Linhmelissnhan # Saturday, June 9, 2012 4:16:08 AM
tiff Cotiffanyco # Saturday, June 9, 2012 6:36:18 AM
Originally posted by trangskitchen:
ty Em..Moi co 7 nam thoi...dduong con dai qua...Ban be Chi lay chong som..tui no' co' chau ngoai...con' minh..thi moi co con nhoi nhoc..hihi
.May hom nay Chi busy qua..nen k co' vao...
Xem ra Em ddi hoc gan nha' la' good roi.. O? Cali ddi ddau cung xa het..boi vay Chi k thich song noi ddo' la' vay ddo.. Ra dduong la' gap traffic...met that..Nhung ma' khi hau ddo' mat me? qua' he...Mountian view thi k co' lanh bang SF...nhung ma' cai khong khi trong lanh o? SF co' ve nhe nhang hon phai k Em.. K biet E co' nhan ra ddieu ddo k?
Neu 2 vo chong ddi lam k co' xa thi suong roi...Vay la' wa' good roi he..K sao ddau.. ban be' tu tu thi ho se dden ma'.. Chi o? dday tu 2006 ma Chi ddau co' ban nhieu ddau.. Chi? co' 4 nguoi thoi..hi.. Con' chong Chi thi k co' luon..tui Chi ddau co' ddi ddau choi.. Xung quanh la' My , hay Me thoi ma'...k co' 1 nguoi chau a' nao ddau...Voi lai toi ngay cung busy voi 2 nhoc nho? nen k co'n ranh ddo.. Tu tu Em se quen thoi nha...E se thich ddo...
Trang's Kitchentrangskitchen # Tuesday, June 12, 2012 2:17:58 AM
Originally posted by baohannv:
Ah, em cung biet phim do. Em ham mo banh trong phim do lam lun ah. Em cung mo uoc mot ngay nao do minh lam duoc dep nhu vay
Trang's Kitchentrangskitchen # Tuesday, June 12, 2012 2:21:41 AM
Originally posted by melissnhan:
Lop o giua banh la chocolate mousse em ah. Con choc. ganache la cai lop bong bong bao boc o ben ngoai banh ah em. Don vi oz. doi nhu the nay: 1 oz. = 28.35 gram . Em cu the ma nhan len de doi ra gram nhe. Banh cua chi dung la theo tieu chuan it ngot. phan cot banh cua banh nay chi da giam duong so voi CT goc roi do. Con phan ganache, em dung dark chocolate (70%-80% cacao) di cho no it ngot.
Trang's Kitchentrangskitchen # Tuesday, June 12, 2012 2:23:50 AM
Originally posted by tiffanyco:
Da, em cung hy vong duoc nhu chi noi. Ban be thi that ra cuoi tuan gap cung duoc con ngay thuong thi lien lac qua dt hay facebook duoc roi chu ko can o gan chi nhi. Gio em bat dau tim jobs day. Lo qua!Nhan My Linhmelissnhan # Tuesday, June 12, 2012 1:06:17 PM
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