{"id":130,"date":"2011-02-23T15:44:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-23T15:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.organicmamacafe.com\/?p=130"},"modified":"2012-08-11T03:04:42","modified_gmt":"2012-08-11T03:04:42","slug":"devils-food-cake-with-chocolate-orange-buttercream-oh-yeah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.organicmamacafe.com\/home\/2011\/02\/devils-food-cake-with-chocolate-orange-buttercream-oh-yeah\/","title":{"rendered":"Devil’s Food Cake with Chocolate-Orange Buttercream – oh yeah."},"content":{"rendered":"

In light of yesterday’s very serious post<\/a>, I decided today should be more lighthearted and chocolate-filled. Hehe. We all need a little chocolate! As I said in my “Death by Superbowl<\/a>” post, chocolate is great therapy when you’re feeling stressed (so is sex – but I digress…)<\/p>\n

For Valentine’s Day, I wanted to make something divinely chocolate. Chocolate may be the food of the gods but I was looking for something that would make me feel a bit on the wicked side! Also, I wanted something homemade because I’d been to a few too many events recently that sported corn syrup and stabilizer filled desserts. So, I pulled out a recipe I’d used from Epicurious.com years ago and had only made once because of the time and ingredients involved.\u00a0 The cake was so memorable family members will sometimes say, “Remember when you baked that chocolate cake?” Then, their eyes get misty and they start drooling as they drift away with the memory.<\/p>\n

Well, maybe that’s a little dramatic. But, my family does remember the cake and they speak of it fondly. It’s a recipe that takes time – melting chocolate over a double boiler and doing everything from scratch. Although my mom was not above using boxed cakes, she taught us to bake from scratch when we were young. I’ve found it doesn’t really take that much more time (usually) and it definitely tastes better.<\/p>\n

The only time this didn’t turn out to be true was when, as a pre-teen, I increased the baking soda in a Texas Sheet Cake from 1 t<\/em>. to 1 T<\/em><\/strong>.<\/span> You can imagine what a dreadful disaster this turned out to be – especially when I didn’t discover it till the party and couldn’t convince the guests to stop eating it. They all gulped it down with pained expressions while assuring me it was delicious (as though I couldn’t taste it). AAHH!! The mortification!<\/p>\n

This cake does take a bit more time than other homemade cakes – maybe because it uses melted chocolate, cocoa nib powder, yogurt & milk & orange zest (you get the picture), but the combination of the ingredients creates a moist, decadent, incredible cake worthy of being called the Devil’s Food. I didn’t use the lavender because it just didn’t sing to me at the time and I didn’t miss it.<\/p>\n

So, the Saturday before Valentine’s Day, I left my girls with Rob and borrowed my mother-in-law’s kitchen. My oven has been running hot.<\/p>\n