A Chocolate Celebration Cake from Martha Stewart & Marley Spoon
Do you know... Martha Stewart & Marley Spoon, our time-saving meal-kit delivery service, also offers delicious baking kits?
Our decadent Chocolate Celebration Cake is made with four layers of chocolate cake divided by smooth chocolate pudding and covered in a buttery chocolate frosting. And, just like all our meal-kits, Martha Stewart & Marley Spoon cakes and desserts arrive complete with all the pre-portioned dry ingredients one needs with step-by-step instructions and photos to match. These baking kits can be added to your regular menu boxes to make for those special occasions. We made this cake here at my farm last week to serve at a small dinner party. It was a big hit and so easy to prepare.
Enjoy these photos.
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- Each baking kit includes the dry ingredients and recipe for the selected sweet treat. These are the ingredients for the Chocolate Celebration Cake.
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- While the oven is pre-heated to 300-degrees Fahrenheit, Sarah Carey prepares the eight-inch baking pans with parchment rounds. She folds a piece of parchment paper in half, then in half again, folds it into a triangle twice and holds the folded paper over the pan with the center point over the center of the pan. Then she cuts the parchment using the outer edge of the pan as her guide.
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- Here is the parchment paper unfolded and in the bottom of the baking pan – perfect.
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- Next, Sarah whisks together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
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- Then, she heats up two teaspoons of espresso powder and the cocoa, included in the kit, to just a little more than 3/4 cup of oil.
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- She stirs this until fragrant – about a minute.
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- She adds 1 and a 1/2 cups of water and the chocolate chips and stirs until melted.
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- Here she adds two cups of sugar and continues to stir.
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- She whisks in four large eggs – one at a time.
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- And then adds the flour mixture and stirs until combined.
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- She pours the batter into the pans carefully – it’s just the right thickness.
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- Next, they’re placed in the top rack of the oven and baked.
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- For the frosting, Sarah cobines the remaining chocolate chips, another packet of cocoa, half a teaspoon of espresso powder, and half a cup each of water and sugar. She heats this up over medium-low until it is smooth.
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- For the pudding, she combines two and a half cups of milk with a gelatin, water, and cocoa pudding mixture.
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- Once it is all mixed, it is placed into the refrigerator until cold – about an hour.
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- For the frosting, she beats four sticks of butter, confectioners’ sugar, and the remaining cocoa powder.
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- Here, she adds a tablespoon of milk and a half teaspoon each of vanilla and salt.
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- Look at the rich light brown color – so fluffy.
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- The cakes are done. They are ready when a finger lightly pressed in the center springs back and leaves only a light impression.
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- The cakes will cool and then everything will be assembled. The cakes are halved, and then spread with pudding between each layer and then frosted. This cake is definitely for chocolate lovers.
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- Here is the cake after I frosted it for my dinner party.
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- And look at the inside – so moist and fresh. This cake serves 20. My guests even went back for seconds – simply delicious. Please check out Martha Stewart & Marley Spoon and explore our menu and how it works – there are so many flavorful meals and celebration desserts you can make!
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