When a cake's recipe (like Peabody's) requires to add warm water in batter, you'll expect an extraordinarily tender cake... probably due to the heat breaking up the gluten (?). But if you use cake flour or farina 00 instead of plain/ all-purpose flour, I think you should avoid heating up the water, pershaps someone can verify it for me? I've made three alternations from Peabody's recipe... First I used rectangle pan instead of round; second I used Panengeli lievito pane degli angeli to replace the baking powder and baking soda, not surely if it caused the less dark color; third, the cake's layers were filled with manufacturer's chocolate pudding, just to add a variety in the texture. The top was spread with fudge chocolate frosting, decorated with chocolate "fans" made from chocolate. Last but not least, please go see how deeply dark Peabody's cake is, no matter you are devil or not still can't resist this wonderful cake!
Gattina, another 'devilish' cake from you, sinful chocolate cake :)
ReplyDeleteWow! and yum!
ReplyDeletePaz
It is a sin, not to eat that cake !!! Lovely Lovely !!!
ReplyDeleteDear Gatina! what can I say? this cake is GORGEOUSSSS! Teh pictures are fantastic! Compliments and thank you for thinking of me!
ReplyDeleteBaci
Your devil's food cake is absolutely gorgeous and brings one of those instances where I don't feel weird licking my monitor. heee!
ReplyDeleteWow Gattina, marvellous! Another gorgeous cake! And what a name for a cake indeed!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful devilish cake and love chocolate fan there!
ReplyDeleteVery approciate for Halloween without the scares , with only lot of love!!
Gattina, It's Yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm,you always end up tempting me with your lip-smacking delicious pictures.Thanks..:)
ReplyDeletewow, such a beautiful looking cake! yummy
ReplyDeletewhat a yummilicious looking cake!!!!!!the choco fans are really beautiful.i am going to make this soon.
ReplyDeleteLooks wonderful...techincally it is Tish Boyle's cake...not mine :)
ReplyDeleteI am a sucker for anything chocolate and gosh! yours really tempt me.
ReplyDeletegorgeous!! :) I love anything that's chocolatey!!
ReplyDeleteWow !! Wow !!What a fantastic looking cake. Definitely going to try this.
ReplyDeletebrilliant!!
ReplyDeleteyou can try umm.. angel food cake with white chocolate/ vanilla pudding (:
just a suggestion! the two can pit against each other
I love your chocolate fans!
ReplyDeleteWOw...this cake is simply Wowwwww. How do you make the chocolate fans ?
ReplyDeletenice cake recipe...i think children will love this yumy dish...thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteI totally agree about how a name can affect one's perception (from movies to cakes). And deeply dark devil's food cake is a great name for a great cake. Nice job!
ReplyDeleteGattina, this cake looks lovely!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful presentations for such a delicious recipe!
A rich beautiful cake, Gattina.
ReplyDeleteI love how you decorate it with chocolate fans. Did you made them yourself? If so, how do you made them?
Hi everyone, I sincerely thank you all for your encouragements, they mean a lot to me :D :D :D
ReplyDeleteSandeepa and Jacelyn, thanks for your visit! Please see if you can get a book called Cocolat by Alice Medrich from which I learnt making the fans :)