I tried this recipe from the Martha Stewart's Baking Handbook. It calls for buttermilk...but I don't keep buttermilk on hand, and going out to the grocery store just for that was out of the question. So it was time to improvise...one thing I have in the fridge for Ella Maria's bagels is cream cheese, so cream cheese was to be used. Instead of the buttermilk I used 2% milk (always in the fridge) and added 50 grams of cream cheese...and well, it worked great.
Ella Maria could not wait for it to cool down..."lets have cake mommy!!!"
When the cake was out of the oven I glaze it with some syrup just to keep it moist...we had it later in the day when it had finally cooled down. It was moist, sweet, chocolaty, and all I had craved for!
And now we are going to have it for mid morning snack...cause just writing about it made me want to have another piece!
Recipe:
1 stick Butter
1 3/4 cup Flour
2 tsp Baking powder
1/2 tsp Salt
1 cup Sugar
3 ea Eggs
1 tsp Vanilla
2/3 cup Buttermilk (or 50 gr Cream Cheese)
1/4 cup Cocoa Powder (dutch process if you have it)
1/4 cup Boiling water
Cream butter, cream cheese (if using it), and sugar until smooth and fluffy. Add eggs one by one, when all incorporated start adding in thirds the dry ingredients alternated with the buttermilk (or milk if using cream cheese). Mix until all well incorporated...boil the water, in a separate bowl mix the cocoa powder and the boiling water...let it cool slightly. Separate one third of the cake batter and mix into the cocoa mixture. In a well greased pan (9x5) arrange the batters in a mixed pattern.
Bake in a preheated 350 oven for 20 to 25 minutes...(for how long chef? Chef: Until is done!!!)
Enjoy!
