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Double-Chocolate Fudge Cake + Loveless CookBook Giveaway

Friday, November 18, 2011

As promised the first of 3 fantastic dessert recipes is below, this one is the Double-Chocolate Fudge cake, surely a crowd-pleaser. And please leave a comment below for a chance to win a free Loveless Cookbook. **Congrats to Julie Ann Cassidy, winner of the Loveless giveaway

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114 comments 
  • Lan writes:

    i’m most interested in how you were able to make the ganache spill over so wonderfully.

  • Mal @ The Chic Geek writes:

    I’d love to win :-)

  • Jessica Kleoppel writes:

    the cookbook looks fantastic!

  • coasterkim writes:

    OMG that looks amazing!

  • Melissa Martinez writes:

    I want to dive into that cake! I hope to win a cookbook & attempt some new recipes!! Always excited for the next post :-)

  • Josie writes:

    Oh I’d love to win one! I’ve given up shopping for a year so this would be a lovely treat…

  • Maple writes:

    mmm, sounds delicious! would love to win this!

  • Elise / Pennyweight writes:

    yum! born and raised in nashville, loveless has always been a classic! would love to win.

  • Kristy Lynn @ Gastronomical Sovereignty writes:

    um, double chocolate fudge cake??? yes please!

    PS. who doesn’t need more books? I’ll take one of those too ;)

  • Caille writes:

    Pick me!

  • Christine writes:

    Looks beautiful!

  • Kaela writes:

    I am addicted to all things chocolate! That cake looks incredible.

  • linette writes:

    your photography is beautiful and the desserts look sinful! Perfection

  • Meg S writes:

    That cake is mouth watering!

  • Kylie writes:

    Loveless Cafe was the first restaurant I went to in Nashville.I would recommend it to anyone! The deserts were my FAVORITE part! This cake looks so mouth-watering delicious.

  • Hanna writes:

    yum!

  • Cristina Riojas writes:

    Just started learning how to cook (& bake) and I’ve fallen in love with this site! Thank you for all the wonderful homemade recipes!

  • Helen K writes:

    I’m hungry, pregnant and have a sweet tooth. That fudge cake needs to get in mah belly!!

  • Camila Faria writes:

    Amazing, so pretty! I”d love to win this book, my fingers are crossed!

  • Aimee Pan writes:

    I’d love to win this! The ganache looks amazing.

  • JosePhenom writes:

    I like the cake stand too!

  • Jacqui writes:

    That looks like one tasty cake! And beautiful photography as always : )

  • Aelish writes:

    The food and photography in the cookbook look phenomenal! Yum.

  • Lynn writes:

    I’m not sure – is the photography so fantastic that it makes this cake look sumptuous? Or is the cake really that amazing? I think both! Beautiful and so tantalizing!

  • Steph writes:

    I love your work, and can’t wait to see the cookbook IRL. :)

  • Supal writes:

    I would LOVE the cookbook!

  • Valerie writes:

    I could really put the cookbook to good use :) YUM!

  • Sarah writes:

    I would love to win this cook book. It looks gorgeous!!!

  • Nuraan writes:

    Would love a cookbook! and that photo is mouth-watering :)

  • susan hwang writes:

    my my that looks amazing.. would love to win the cookbook!

  • Suburban Prep writes:

    What a wonderful looking cake. It would be such a grand piece as a table scape before eating.

  • Sandra writes:

    I always admire people who can cut a cake into 3 pieces and have them all be even!

  • jonahliza writes:

    beautiful cake… i loved the recipe photos from the book. cant wait to check it out!

  • Lauren writes:

    Oooh, I would love to win! Have been going to Loveless since I was little. Would be awesome to learn some of their amazing recipes!

  • misschels writes:

    Do you deliver?

  • Joe writes:

    Making this tomorrow for a friend’s birthday, and I didn’t even look at the recipe yet. Sold on the picture.

  • dayle writes:

    gorgeous images…that chocolate cake leaves you wanting to reach out & snatch a piece. i am sure the book would be thoroughly used & abused in our home!

  • Naomi writes:

    That photo looks amazing! (I love the chocolate paired with the turquoise cake-stand!)

  • sydney85 writes:

    How delicious does this cake look! I would love to have this cookbook to make lots of recipes.

  • Joy writes:

    this look scrumptious. yay for giveaway!

  • leslie writes:

    holy mother of chocolate fudge cake i need this book! (please?)

  • ashley writes:

    oh my goodness, this looks beyond amazing. i would LOVE to win this cookbook!! thank you!

  • Holly H writes:

    Wow that cake looks amazing! Would love a copy of the cookbook!

  • Emma writes:

    extreme lickability I don’t know how you could stop little ones and big men from walking past and swiping some of that ganache with a fore finger :)

    with chocolate sometimes less is more but of course i would need more of that less

  • Valeria writes:

    I love your cake stand and how it stands out against the brown cake. Of course the cake looks amazing and that ganache is so perfect that it almost seems fake –although I am sure it’s not! I like this pic a lot!

  • Joan writes:

    Now that’s my kinda cake. Would love to win this one.

  • gail {astackofdishes} writes:

    Lovely- looks delicious. I want to bite it!

  • caroline writes:

    ooh, that cake looks so good.

  • cindy k writes:

    i’d love a piece of that cake for breakfast right now!

  • Nicole Franzen writes:

    lovely cake, nom

  • Avanika {Yumsilicious Bakes} writes:

    That is one gorgeous cake. Would LOVE to win the book :)

  • Lauren O'Neill writes:

    I’ll DEFINITELY be making this for the holidays! YUM!

  • roxanne r writes:

    I bet that would be good with some mexican hot chocolate flavors, or chillis.

  • Junita writes:

    I adore Alyssa’s Sky High: Triple Layer Cakes. I’m sure I would love this book too!

  • Hillary writes:

    I love this casually elegant way of frosting the cake, thank goodness I can stop worrying about a crumb coat!

  • Catherine Judice writes:

    Beautiful cake. I would love to win so I can try this and other recipes!

  • Lisa @ Sweet as Sugar Cookies writes:

    That cake is simply stunning!

  • Lisa {AuthenticSuburbanGourmet } writes:

    Stunning photo and delish looking cake! Would be honored to win this lovely cookbook!

  • Christy writes:

    How beautiful!! Thanks for the opportunity.

  • Michelle Girard writes:

    This cake looks amazing, along with the other recipes I’ve read here! I would love a cookbook with such great recipes, I definitely need the cooking help!

  • Natalie writes:

    oh man, i would love to win this cookbook! this photography is so beautiful!

  • Melissa writes:

    Everything looks amazingly delicious!

  • Cee writes:

    We love the Loveless! Thank you for this giveaway!

  • Stephane writes:

    A Loveless Cookbook? How lovely! : )

  • Amanda writes:

    That photo looks utterly delicious.

  • stephen m writes:

    drooling. i.need.cookbook.

  • Kaitlin writes:

    Holy yum! That looks like an amazing cake!

  • Jennie writes:

    The cake looks delicious and the photography is gorgeous!!!

  • Tanvi @ The Hathi Cooks writes:

    beautiful!

  • ikuko writes:

    wow! i would like to get the book for me who has survived in year 2011. (everyone in here is the same as me though :)

  • Gini Freemyer writes:

    Beautiful.

  • Dee writes:

    Thanks, for the recipe. I would love the cookbook!

  • sugarpie project writes:

    triple-layered love

  • Anne writes:

    Beautiful cake stand too!

  • Laura writes:

    i would *love* to be able to recreate the desserts from Loveless – so good!!

  • Soyoung writes:

    The cake looks delicious. I would love to try my hand at all of the recipes in the cookbook!

  • Lesley C. writes:

    I like how the sides of the cake haven’t been iced…love seeing the layers!

  • elle writes:

    I would love this! The photography is wonderful!

  • Pip writes:

    Gorgeous cake!

  • reena writes:

    Yum Yum cake
    reena

  • Emma writes:

    Wow! It looks delicious!!!
    And the picture is really beautiful :)

  • carolyn writes:

    YUM! I’m wishing I had a slice of that instead of breakfast cereal!

  • abby writes:

    gorgeous picture… and who doesn’t love a giveaway!

  • Lizzy Ann writes:

    Love your photography, it makes all these recipes even more exciting to test!

  • Paula writes:

    holy yum now I’m far too hungry to think! I hope I win this cookbook – gorgeous!

  • Juliana writes:

    Beautiful photos! Thank you for the generous giveaway.

  • Kristina writes:

    Um….yeah….this cookbook sounds amazing. I’m always on the lookout for some deelish new recipes.

  • Charity writes:

    yummm….can’t wait to hear more about your cookbook!

  • Adrienne writes:

    The cookbook sounds and LOOKS delicious!! So much decadence…

  • emma writes:

    It looks absolutely delicious! I whish I could take such beautiful photographs!

  • haley writes:

    I’ve been drooling over this cookbook…

  • dana beth writes:

    i LOVE LOVELESS!!!

  • Julie-Anne Cassidy writes:

    I worked at a cookbook store up until recently and loved that book when it came in. I should have recognized your photography, it is so lovely. I remember really liking the photos though. Congratulations, it is a beautiful cookbook.

  • Elizabeth writes:

    Your photography is so beautiful. Thank you for the giveaway!

  • nadia writes:

    It looks fantastic. the pictures are beautiful recipes so inviting.

  • Sue/the view from great island writes:

    We’re thinking along the same lines…I just made a chocolate cake, and I’m having a giveaway as well!

    After I finish my cake, I’ll try yours —Happy Thanksgiving!

  • Fabienne writes:

    I’m pastries French chief . I am able to do “éclair au chocolat” or “mille feuilles” but no these delicious americain desserts ! I want these book ;-)
    I was in NY few weeks ago for the first time and I want to thank you for your amazing adresses . It was just unforgettable… Tanks a lot

  • Janet writes:

    Marvelous looking cookbook. I’m drooling! Happy holidays!

  • Anna writes:

    wow this looks amazing!

  • Allie writes:

    Ohhh I would so love to give this book to my mom for Christmas! We just spent 4 days together in Nashville, and one of our MUST-take stops was the Loveless. Amazing food! And this book is absolutely gorgeous!

  • Alyson writes:

    The cookbook looks delicious; the recipes inside of it are probably tasty too. :)

  • Teslaca writes:

    What a gorgeous cake! That photo is outstanding. Would love to win this cookbook.

  • Monica writes:

    Looks divine… the cake and the book!

  • Asa writes:

    What a yummy looking cake! would love to win the cookbook!

  • Chiara Dowell writes:

    Contented Sigh. Why does chocolate (and pictures of) make for such happiness?

  • Melissa // thefauxmartha writes:

    How beautiful is that cake! Drooling.

  • Millie Stafford writes:

    Oh yum, these recipes sound like Katie Brown! I saw re your blog in Taste of Home and am so glad. I used to watch you faithfully on tv and have missed you. My friend said “how can anyone so young know so much about so many things? !

    It looks like the Loveless cookbook has been won – I sure would have
    liked to be The One.

  • francesca writes:

    chocolate is my weakness, I will have to try this!

  • Jaclyn writes:

    Gorgeous site! Beautiful photographs! Saw you in Better Homes and Gardens, congrats!

  • muriel preston writes:

    beautiful birthday cake idea, love chocolate!
    can you buy your cookbook somewhere?

  • Bonnie writes:

    New to the site — lovely to look at, delightful to read…oh, to have a piece of the cake to enjoy with my cup of coffee right now would be a joy.

    I, too, saw you in Better Homes & Gardens and have marked the site in my Favorites.

  • Sherry Haney writes:

    You made me hungry! Need a ice cold glass of milk and this recipe! Can’t wait to buy this book!

  • Annette writes:

    It is worth planning a party just for the chocolate dessert. Thanks for the recipe.

  • serenity McClure writes:

    I have been looking for a good double fudge cake recipe..found a great one here Thank you so much!

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Double-Chocolate Fudge Cake
Makes a 9-inch triple-layer cake; serves 14 to 16

What’s a pound of chocolate or so among friends? At the Loveless, we can go through one of these tall beauties in an hour without blinking. Because it’s chocolate and it’s three layers high, it makes a great birthday cake for chocolate lovers. And since it is drip-glazed rather than frosted, you don’t need to be a pastry chef to make it look fantastic.

2 2/3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
2 cups sugar
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 ¼ teaspoons baking soda
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
¾ teaspoon salt
1 ½ sticks (6 ounces) unsalted butter, softened
1 1/3 cups sour cream
3 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted and slightly cooled
3 eggs
1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
Chocolate Glaze

 
1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease three 9-inch cake pans. Line the bottoms with parchment paper and grease the paper.
 
2. Place the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt in a large mixing bowl and blend on low speed for about 30 seconds to mix. Add the butter, sour cream, and unsweetened chocolate. Continue to beat on low until thoroughly combined. Scrape the bowl and raise the speed to medium; mix until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the eggs, one at a time. Add the vanilla and mix to blend well. Divide the batter evenly among the pans.
 
3. Bake until a toothpick or cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Let the cakes cool in the pans for 5 to 10 minutes, then turn them out onto a rack and let cool completely.
 
4. To decorate the cake, place one layer bottom side up on a cake stand or dessert platter. Top with 2/3 cup of the Chocolate Glaze, spreading it to the edge of the cake. Set another layer on top and repeat. Set the top layer in place and pour the remaining glaze slowly over the center. Using a spatula, guide the glaze to the edges of the cake as you turn the stand so that the chocolate slowly spills over the sides and drips down the cake.

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Chocolate Glaze
Makes about 3 Cups

1 pound bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, chopped
1 cup half-and-half

Place the bittersweet chocolate and half-and-half in a microwave-safe bowl and heat on the lowest setting or the defrost setting for 1 minute; stir well. Microwave for 30 seconds and stir again. Repeat, if necessary, until the mixture is completely melted and smooth. Let cool until tepid; do not refrigerate.

Melting Chocolate

Chocolate scorches if allowed to heat above 120°F. Even if you are careful, melting it over direct heat can easily cause burns in spots. Chocolate also “seizes”—becomes grainy and tough—if it comes in contact with even a few drops of water. For these reasons, a double boiler is ideal for melting chocolate, because water in the bottom container tempers the heat of the stove while the top container shields the chocolate from any moisture. If you don’t have a double boiler, set a stainless-steel mixing bowl over, not directly touching, a pan of water that is just below a simmer over low heat. The warm bowl keeps the melted chocolate fluid while you add other ingredients and make your batter or frosting.

A microwave is not as reliable for melting because the heat is very uneven and power varies from model to model, making it easy to burn the chocolate in spots. That said, we recommend using a microwave for melting either very small amounts of chocolate or larger quantities with a substantial amount of liquid, such as cream or half-and-half. Place the chocolate and liquid, if using, in a microwave-safe bowl and heat on the lowest setting or the defrost setting for 30 seconds for very small amounts (2 ounces or less) or 45 to 60 seconds for larger amounts; stir well. Microwave for 30 seconds and stir again. Repeat, if necessary, until the mixture is melted, shiny, and satiny smooth.

Excerpted from Desserts From the Famous Loveless Café by Alisa Huntsman (Artisan Books)

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