Maybe it’s the Best Chocolate Drip Cake Recipe Ever Ever
My daughter Kelly just created this super moist fun-to-eat cake. The Best Chocolate Drip Cake Recipe Ever…Ever. She mashed together several recipes that she loved and this wonderful, delectable drip cake resulted. After baking two cakes and taking one cake to two parties over the weekend, she (and the cake eaters) deemed the recipe a resounding success.
Check out this video for all the fun details:
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups sugar
- ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1½ teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon espresso powder
- 1 cup milk, buttermilk, almond, or coconut milk
- ½ cup vegetable, canola oil, or melted coconut oil
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup boiling water
- 1½ cups butter (3 sticks), softened
- 1 cup unsweetened cocoa
- 5 cups confectioner’s sugar
- ½ cup milk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 10 oz. (283g) Chocolate (Semi-sweet or Dark) We used Ghirardelli chips
- 10 oz. (283g) Heavy Cream
- Your choice of combination of malted milk balls of varing sizes, peanut butter cups of varying sizes, pirouette cookies (your choice of flavor), wafer cookies, coated nuts, sixlets, chocolate sprinkles, chocolate kisses
- Set oven to 350º F and preheat.
- Ready three 6-inch cake pans by spraying with baking spray or buttering and lightly flouring.
- Combine flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, salt and espresso powder in a large mixer bowl. Use hand or stand mixer to combine well.
- One at a time add milk, vegetable oil, eggs, and vanilla to flour mixture and mix together on medium speed until well combined. Reduce speed to low and carefully add boiling water to the cake batter until well combined.
- Divide the cake batter evenly between the three prepared cake pans.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes, until a toothpick or cake tester inserted in the center of the chocolate cake comes out clean. Do not over bake.
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool for about 10 minutes, remove from the pan and cool completely on a wire baking rack.
- Cut off dome on all the layers so the cake will stack flat.
- Put cake layers in fridge to cool. At this point, you can also store layers in fridge for up to a week or in freezer for 3 months by wrapping each layer in plastic wrap separately.
- Notes: Yes the cake batter is supposed to be thin prior to baking.
- Add cocoa to bowl of stand mixer. Whisk through to remove any lumps.
- Cream together butter and cocoa powder until smooth.
- Add sugar and milk to cocoa mixture by adding 1 cup of confectioner’s sugar followed by about a tablespoon of milk. After each addition has been combined, turn mixer onto a high speed for about a minute. Repeat until all confectioner’s sugar and milk have been added.
- Add vanilla extract and mix well.
- Is frosting too dry? Add more milk, a bit at a time until it reaches the right consistency. Frosting too wet and won't hold it's form? Add more confectioner’s sugar, a bit at a time until it reaches the right consistency.
- On a cake turntable, place a silicone mat on top to minimize the cake board slipping while frosting. Then top mat with a cake board.
- Place dollop of frosting in center of cake board and spread out before placing first layer of (cooled) cake on cake board. This will act as a glue to keep the cake layers from moving around.
- Frost cooled cake with chocolate buttercream frosting. Using a 3.25 oz disher style ice cream scoop (dispenses product quickly and easily by simply pushing down on the side press with the thumb), use one full scoop of buttercream frosting for each frosting layer.
- With a flat or offset spatula evenly spread buttercream out to edges, allowing excess to hang over edge (this excess will be used for crumb coat layer.)
- For top layer of cake, flip layer upside down and stack. This is done to ensure any loose cake is sealed facing the inside of the cake and the clean, flat bottom faces out for a clean finish.
- Crumb coat cake (thin layer of frosting to keep crumbs in) and chill in fridge for 15-20 mins.
- Pro tips: a. If it is hot outside and you have room in your freezer, stick the cake in the freezer instead. This ensures the buttercream will be extra firm and those crumbs don’t come loose. b. Scoop out one scoop of buttercream onto a small plate to use as your well during the crumb coat process. This ensures you don’t accidentally taint all of buttercream with crumbs.
- Take cake out of freezer/fridge and frost outside layer. Use a bench scraper for a smooth finish or a texture comb for a cake with some extra oomph. (If using a texture comb, use more frosting when applying final layer to make sure the comb doesn’t scrape down to the bare cake).
- Freeze/refridgerate entire frosted cake for 20 minutes so you can apply the ganache with confidence!
- Place your chocolate chips into a microwave safe bowl.
- Pour heavy cream over the chocolate and place in the microwave for 1 minute.
- Remove and stir. Microwave for 30 seconds more and when the chocolate has melted almost completely, allow it to sit for 1 minute more before stirring. Stir until you've reached a silky smooth consistency.
- Note: If your chocolate hasn't melted after the 1½ minutes, simply microwave in small 10-15 second increments until it has nearly completely melted. Let sit one minute, then stir until smooth.
- To apply the ganache, use a spoon to make drips along the outer edge. Working quickly, spoon additional ganache to top of cake to cover and spread evenly with an offset spatula.
- Place cake back in fridge/freezer for 5 mins so the ganache firms up and buttercream doesn’t get melted under the heat of the ganache.
- Top your cake with the candy. Make sure to cut some elements in half. Use other elements to create height. You can also place some elements at the base.
- Serve at room temperature. Cake is safe to store on counter-top for 3-5 days. If in warmer climates/summer weather, store cake in fridge for up to a week. When serving, remove cake from fridge 1 hr before to allow to come down to room temp and ensure you don’t serve a sweaty cake. Just like a stick of butter, buttercream frosting needs time to soften to be best enjoyed.
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Jackie says
I would like the David’s Cookies Chocolate Fudge Birthday Cake. My daughter would love it.
Thank you!
Heather B says
Oh definitely the Wilton cake Pan set. I need to replace mine badly!
Julie Bickham says
Would love to have the NEW Kitchenaid Stand Mixer tilt 5-QT Ksm150ps All Metal Artisan Tilt. Could make my cakes and frosting’s a lot faster!
Crystal Rogers Walker says
I would choose the Russian Piping Tips, YIHONG Russian Cake Decorating Kit 44 Piece Cake Baking Supplies with Storage Box-20 Russian Icing Piping Nozzles Pastry Tips+ 2 Leaf because I am just learning cake decorating and I need this set
Kimberly Hilbert says
Omaha Steaks 1 (21 oz.) Chocolate Lover’s Cake I would chose this because I’m not much of a baker, or home cook of any sort. I like them already made. The cake you’re holding looks delicious, but there is no way I’d have the patience for it.
Thomas Murphy says
I want the David’s Cookies Vanilla Birthday Cake 7″
Francine Anchondo says
Wilton 2105-0472 Perfect Performance Round Cake Pan Set because it seems like a good set
Edye says
The mini 3 layer cake! It looks so pretty and classy 🙂
BILL HOFF says
Everybody in the house would fight over the last slice of David’s Cookies Chocolate Fudge Birthday Cake,
BILL HOFF says
We are always looking for different treats to prepare the grand kids…and me!!
Mary Cloud says
Cade Adjustable Stainless Steel Mousse Mould Layer Cake Slicer Kit (Silver)
Shannon says
The David’s Cookies Gourmet Layered and Sliced 10” Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Icing looks wonderful. I love carrot cake.
al says
Pepperidge Farm 3 layer chocolate fudge cake, because we’re not much into baking from scratch.
amanda whitley says
i would get the Sterilite 2008004 Cake Server, White because i always bake things and eat them all in one day because when i try and store them in anything i own they go bad.
Jen D. says
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I would choose this round cake pan because when I bake a cake I like to keep it easy.
Anne Higgins says
There are many products I would choose – and I have purchased many cake decorating items over the years – but I truly don’t have much talent (but still put in the effort!). With this being said, I would choose the Sterilite 2008004 Cake Server, White so as to protect my cakes and take them with me to picnics/bbqs and family fun times. Your daughter has a great name (I have a Kelly too!) and she is very talented (as is my daughter….must be a part of the name and definitely their great upbringing!). Thanks
Terri Quick says
I could really use the Wilton 2105-9104 Perfect Performance Round Cake Pan, 8 by 3-Inch
Cheryl B says
I would like the David’s Cookies Chocolate Fudge Birthday Cake, 7”
Susan Christy says
I’d pick David’s Cookies Chocolate Fudge Birthday Cake. That frosting looks delicious and it’s too hot to bake!
Polly Hall says
I would choose the Cake Boss Flavored Coffee Single Serve Variety Pack, 60 Count I love trying new flavored coffees.