Chocolate Blackout Cake
Pastry star Gale Gand layers her phenomenal, high-rising cake with an intensely chocolaty custard and coats it with cake crumbs. Slideshow: More Classic Recipes to Master
February 2013
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Recipe Summary
Ingredients
Directions
Make Ahead
The chocolate cake can be refrigerated overnight.
Notes
Natural cocoa powder is one of two types of unsweetened cocoa. It’s bitter and adds intense chocolate flavor to the cake. Don’t use Dutch-process or other alkalized cocoa; when combined with baking soda, it can make a cake taste soapy.