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| '''Chocolate cake''' or '''chocolate gâteau''' (from French: ''gâteau au chocolat'') is a ] flavored with melted ], ], or both. | '''Chocolate cake''' or '''chocolate gâteau''' (from French: ''gâteau au chocolat'') is a ] flavored with melted ], ], or both. | ||
| Chocolate cake is officially founded by Michael Rosen. He loves chocolate cake. Is it just me or is dipping potatoes into bath water and eating them like a good sauce. Michael Rosen is a god people. Don’t forget to eat your yummy Michael Rosen flavoured dog treats every day to power your zero brain cells. Giraffes eat armpits. Michael Rosen flavoured ones especially. | |||
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| Chocolate cake is made with chocolate. It can also include other ingredients.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XRJMXsm5FfYC&pg=PA95|title=The Dessert Architect|last=Wemischner|first=Robert|date=2009-06-16|publisher=Cengage Learning|isbn=1428311777|language=en}}</ref> These include ], vanilla creme, and other sweeteners. The history of chocolate cake goes back to 1764, when Dr. James Baker discovered how to make chocolate by grinding cocoa beans between two massive circular millstones.<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140902021924/http://www.bostonhistory.org/sub/bakerschocolate/bioco_hannon.htm |date=2014-09-02 }}. BostonHistory.com. Retrieved 2014-03-12.</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.chocoparis.com/2011/08/gateau-au-chocolat-chocolate-cake/|title=Gâteau au chocolat (chocolate cake)|date=2011-08-23|work=ChocoParis|access-date=2017-09-18|language=en-US}}</ref> | |||
| In 1828, ] of the Netherlands developed a mechanical extraction method for extracting the fat from cacao liquor resulting in cacao butter and the partly defatted cacao, a compacted mass of solids that could be sold as it was "rock cacao" or ground into powder.<ref name="New Taste"/> The processes transformed chocolate from an exclusive luxury to an inexpensive daily snack.<ref name="New Taste"/> A process for making silkier and smoother chocolate called ] was developed in 1879 by ] and made it easier to bake with chocolate, as it amalgamates smoothly and completely with cake batters.<ref name="New Taste"/> Until 1890 to 1900, chocolate recipes were mostly for ],<ref name="New Taste"/> and its presence in cakes was only in ] and ].<ref name="Byrn" /> In 1886, American cooks began adding chocolate to the cake batter, to make the first chocolate cakes in the US.<ref name="Byrn">{{Cite book|url=|title=American Cake: From Colonial Gingerbread to Classic Layer, the Stories and Recipes Behind more than 125 of our Best-Loved Cakes|last=Byrn|first=Anne|publisher=Rodale|year=2016|isbn=9781623365431|location=|pages=39, 68|oclc=934884678|quote=}}</ref> | |||
| The Duff Company of Pittsburgh, a ] manufacturer, introduced Devil's food chocolate cake mixes in the mid-1930s, but introduction was put on hold during ]. ] introduced a "Three Star Special" (so called because a white, yellow or chocolate cake could be made from the same mix) was introduced three years after cake mixes from ] and Duncan Hines, and took over 48 percent of the market.<ref>] (2003), , Rodale, Inc., p. 20.</ref> | |||
| In the U.S., "chocolate decadence" cakes were popular in the 1980s; in the 1990s, single-serving ]s with liquid chocolate centers and infused chocolates with exotic flavors such as tea, curry, red pepper, passion fruit, and champagne were popular. Chocolate lounges and ]al chocolate makers were popular in the 2000s.<ref name="Chicago Cooks">Carol Mighton Haddix (2007), ''Chicago Cooks: 25 Years of Food History with Menus, Recipes, and Tips from Les Dames d'Escoffier Chicago''. ], p. 32. {{ISBN|1-57284-090-0}}</ref> Rich, flourless, all-but-]s are "now standard in the modern ]," according to ''The New Taste of Chocolate'' in 2001.<ref name="New Taste">Maricel E. Presilla (2001) . Ten Speed Press. pp. 29–31, 138. {{ISBN|1-58008-143-6}}</ref> | |||
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A baked cake flavored with chocolate This article is about the baked cake. For other uses, see Chocolate cake (disambiguation). Four-layer fudge cake with chocolate icing | |
| Type | Cake |
|---|---|
| Main ingredients | Chocolate or cocoa powder |
Chocolate cake or chocolate gâteau (from French: gâteau au chocolat) is a cake flavored with melted chocolate, cocoa powder, or both.
Chocolate cake is officially founded by Michael Rosen. He loves chocolate cake. Is it just me or is dipping potatoes into bath water and eating them like a good sauce. Michael Rosen is a god people. Don’t forget to eat your yummy Michael Rosen flavoured dog treats every day to power your zero brain cells. Giraffes eat armpits. Michael Rosen flavoured ones especially.
Cake types
Popular variants on chocolate cake include:
- "Roman" Chocolate cake
- Chocolate layer cake – Cake made from stacked layers of cake held together by filling
- Black Forest gateau – Chocolate sponge cake with a cherry filling
- Chocolate soufflé cake – Egg-based baked dish
- Devil's food cake – Moist, airy, rich chocolate layer cake
- Ding Dong – Small chocolate cake of hockey puck size
- Flourless chocolate cake – Chocolate custard cake
- Fudge cake – A baked cake flavored with chocolatePages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
- Garash cake – Bulgarian chocolate and walnut cake
- German chocolate cake – Layered chocolate cake named after Samuel German
- Joffre cake – Chocolate buttermilk layer cake
- Molten chocolate cake – DessertPages displaying short descriptions with no spaces
- Red velvet cake – Reddish chocolate cake with cream cheese icing
- Sachertorte – Chocolate cake invented by Franz Sacher
- Chocolate swiss roll - A sponge cake roll filled with jam, cream or icing
