Huge success! I made this cake for the third time this past weekend. I made this cake yesterday for my book club today. I dont think it should be an issue with this cake. Ive made it 3 times and can say that using coffee makes it so much more rich but doesnt taste like coffee at all just more intense chocolate. Thanks for another great recipe! It has the flavor intensity of a brownie but lighter in texture. Its one of the easiest and best recipes for chocolate cake, and it whips together very quickly. Next time I will make sure the oven is ready to go when I mix it up. Last night I took it out, put the frosting on, and left it on my countertop overnight. The result was amazing, and I dusted the top with cinnamon, since here in Mexico chocolate is always paired with cinnamon. It is the only cake I can count on to come out great. I find these hard to find. Already pre-orderedlike, on the first day possible. How can you make a chocolate cake with no eggs?? ..and Ill try coconut nectar instead of corn syrup on the glaze with the coconut oil cake; and maybe honey? Perfect afternoon project with toddlers. Find a nice one and take it home. Line bottom of a 9-inch springform pan with parchment paper; butter sides of pan. I had zero issues! Just glorious. I love the apricot glaze with the chocolate the two flavors seem to bring out the best in each other, and ringing the top of the cake with chopped walnuts (toasted) creates a truly magnificent gateau! However, I will be serving this to company at some point. Everyone LOVED it, and even had seconds. This blooms the cocoa, drawing out more of the flavor. Directions. Any adjustments? No kidding! Please check my Blog: Where is the substitution for coffee instead of water? But doing that is not ideal, because cooling completely in the pan only makes it more moist. candace nelson chocolate olive oil cake 27 Feb. candace nelson chocolate olive oil cake. Oh, and come to London!! It looks like the glaze loses its shine if it sits in the fridge overnight. My boyfriend, who is usually very underwhelmed by my baking, now trusts me significantly more. I got a slight depression too which I thought might have been because I opened the oven and tested at 30 mins when the cake was still basically liquid. The third time, it still came out so thick, I could not get it to pour like your photos. The person I bake cakes for has celiac and cant eat dairyso this gets me halfway, Ill be experimenting with the gf part and will report back. But what a treat!! Hi Deb! Its elegant and holds up well too! 2 tsp hazelnut extract (because : ) Havent tasted yet. I recommend it. Yummy cake! The cake is perfectly chocolatey and decadent, and Im sure Ill be making it for years to come! Currently eating a slice from the fridge 2.5 days after it was originally baked, I honestly think it tastes better now than on day one, thanks Deb. I live in Boston so I dont think its the altitude. It was delicious at lunch! But then the whole cake collapsed on one side when I layered it. The only thing issue that I had was a few slight cracks in the top. I was anticipating a pour-able ganache, but wound up with something more fudge textured. Baked in two 8in pans and they were done in about 32 minutes, probably could have used around 35 but I was worried the cakes might be dry. Thank you!! many thanks, Maryam. Please expand the D.C. one too! It also got a bit less crumbly after a few more hours out at room temp. Layered/topped with a whipped frosting made from chilled coconut cream with some coffee, vanilla, and rum flavors. Absolutely wonderful. ;) Be sure to let it cool in the pan until the pan is not hot enough to burn you before you turn it out onto a cooling rack. It seemed to seize up no matter how much stirring I did. Personally, Id rather drizzle warmed pure over the cake slices before serving I get chocolate cake with strawberry puree at a certain restaurant every time I go there and its delicious. (I ate the parts left behind with a spoon, so no complaints there.). Cocoa powder shouldnt have any ingredients other than cocoa there wont be any problem about dairy or nuts. Oh, good idea! USE LINERS. You feel your spouse keeps distance from you. Eating the crumbs out of the pan I was worried I wouldnt like it. Also, I will wait until I can put in the full amt of cocoa pwdr to try this again and probably add a little more sugar than I did this time. (I think at least 70% of my cooking repatoire is SK at this point). I only cooked it 30 seconds in the microwave and then stirred, stirred, stirred, so thankfully I had no burnt chocolate chips. 1/2 C of Herseys cocoa powder Thank you Deb for this wonderful recipe that is easy to make and delicious. What is that chemistry!? More for meeeee! I will make it long beyond our isolation period! I just picked up my first bag of Bobs 1 to 1 and was dying to know whether I should try this recipe with it! oh my! I love this site and have never had a dud, but this cake did not work for me. I took the cake in to the office where my vegan friends are, and we all thought it was tasty. Instead, it was an incredibly moist, incredibly chocolatey cake with just a hint of olive oil flavour. https://smittenkitchen.com/2017/10/chocolate-olive-oil-cake-more-book-tour/#comment-1361032 Line a 9-inch round cake pan with parchment paper, grease with olive oil and dust with cocoa powder. Im sorry it was such a mess for you. More so than an eggs-and-butter cake. hmmm. Do you have a suggestion for turning this into a sheet cake? Looks fantastic and easy! I came across your chocolate vegan cake last week and made it. Clearly, Im not the best at following instructions when it gets late on a work night! I definitely think it would be fantastic with an add-in like crystallized ginger (as another commenter suggested). I realized in baking this cake that my pans are actually 8 inch cake pans, not 9 inch and I ended up with a mass of lumpy cake in the bottom of my oven (whoops!). Thank you for inspiring kitchen confidence!!! I love chocolate cake, but I never tried chocolate olive oil cake. Works great with butter instead of olive oil if a more traditionally tasting chocolate cake is desired. Delicious! How do you think this would hold up as mini cupcakes? candace nelson chocolate olive oil cake 27 Feb. candace nelson chocolate olive oil cake. Thank you Deb. The glaze came out fine in consistency and was even shiny, but the honey taste was strong and distracting, and so I think the corn syrup would result in a purer sweet flavor for the glaze. Put the cake pan on the burner and move it around until the entire bottom of the pan is warm to the touchagain, less than enough to burn you. Lightly grease a 9 square pan. This is by far the best vegan cake Ive tried. It made me question whether it had been completed baked through. 20% reduction shouldnt destroy a cake. Again, thanks for this recipe. What a nice treat. This cake is amazing. I added more oil and pulled from the heat early. For the past 34 years, 20 of which my husband and I lived on a 40 sail boat, my mother-in-laws Wacky Chocolate Cake was my go to cake. I am throwing a bridal shower for my soon-to-be daughter in law. This is an amazing helpful website but I am getting overwhelmed with plugs for the book and other ads. Any thoughts on why this would be? Im not sure I followed you wish to print the whole post including photos and comments? I made this with freshly brewed coffee instead of water. Its moist, and dense, but better than I imagined a vegan cake would be. It is also so easy and quick recipe. Bake time was around 52 mins. I usually make it GF for friends with sensitivities, but the cake I made yesterday for Christmas was with reg flour & absolutely sumptuous!! Thank you! Rosemary and olive oil are a great combo I made shortbread cookies once that were wonderful. I used freshly brewed coffee instead of water and would definitely recommend it. Let it cool in the pan, then removed it from the pan and put it on a cooling rack. 100ml olive oil 200ml buttermilk 200ml warm coffee or water 1 tsp vanilla bean extract or vanilla essence 150g (3/4 cup plus 1 Tbsp) 70 per cent cocoa chocolate, roughly chopped 50g unsalted butter Pistachios and coconut flakes to top, optional Method 1. Me too! You can also skip it. So excited about the book, hoping to catch you in SF in November! I followed this recipe to a T and it came out a complete disaster! Even though I made this on the weekend, I feel like this is the perfect weeknight cake. I used 1 1/2 tsp baking soda and baked the cake for 45 min its certaunly moist! Hi Debbie, I just made this for the second time (my 5 yr old requested it). The cake pan shown with room to spare is 2 to 2 1/2 inches tall, standard layer cake pan depth. Thanks for the recipe :). I need a little help trouble shooting this recipe.it is delicious, but turned out a bit stodgy and gummy I used GF flour 1:1, but then followed the recipe to a T. I did have similar problems to some others with the overflowing and am wondering about just splitting the batter between 2 9 cake pans? How great would that be? So quick and easy to pull together. Are you at altitude? 28 minutes at 350 and it caved in and was like pudding in the center. I was able to perfectly spread over both cakes. As cupcakes made with butter instead of olive oil and used the coffee. It never fails. The texture of the cake was the same as the chocolate version (including the sunken middle). Maybe we can troubleshoot. Ive made this cake twice and it is delicious! Jennifer. However both times my cake sunk in the middle. Just my two bits thoughDeb may know better! It will probably work fine; it can be slightly less acidic but Im sure it could work. Thank you so much for this amazing blog with so many good recipes, many of which work really beautifully in Kosher kitchens! I used white wine vinegar, I wonder if that matters? The bake time is obviously took a bit longer for the thicker cake.. Hope it comes out as stellar as yours looks! Still perfectly moist 2 days later. !.I have used both glaze and butter cream frosting! Both taste equally delicious. This is information that would have been helpful at the start of the recipe. My chocolate icing often comes out grainy. 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