The Cake Slice: Mile-High Devil’s Food Cake with Brown Sugar Buttercream
May 20, 2009 at 4:19 am | Posted in cakes & tortes, groups, layer cakes, sweet things, the cake slice | 34 Comments
I liked this. *sigh* I liked this very much…but I’ve gone on before about my feelings for devil’s food cake.
Back when I cooked up Southern Coconut Cake, I found that I could bake half of an 8-inch cake recipe in a quarter sheet pan. Here, I did just a third of the recipe in the same sized pan. The slightly thinner layers made it more “kilometer-high” than “mile-high,” but trust me, I was quite satisfied with the altitude of this moist cake. And the brown sugar buttercream? Well, it is quite a luxury (and one best appreciated at room temperature). It definitely takes this cake from childhood favorite to grown-up delight.
Here’s a printable link to the recipe, courtesy of Gigi Cakes. Better yet, get your hands on a copy of Sky High: Irresistible Triple Layer Cakes by Alicia Huntsman and Peter Wynne. This is now the eighth (actually ninth, but more on that later) cake I’ve made from the book, and I can’t recommend it highly enough! Cruise through the list of The Cake Slice Bakers to check out all of our mile-high cakes this month.
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Hi Steph, an absolutely beautiful cake and light crumbs. Great job on this month’s challenge.
Comment by Jo— May 20, 2009 #
Your cake looks wonderful and so moist and tender. I like the shape you made it and the buttercream looks divine
Comment by Katie— May 20, 2009 #
Funny I made browned butter frosting today but on a vanilla cake, you’re right, its delicious. This cake looks very tasty, well done.
Comment by Sathya— May 20, 2009 #
This is such a gorgeous looking cake. You did a fantastic job with it.
Comment by Eliana— May 20, 2009 #
Wow, it looks so good. I’m making mine tonight (only had dutch processed cocoa).
Comment by Mermaid Sweets— May 20, 2009 #
Wow, that is an absolutely gorgeous cake! I think if I made this I’d eat at least half of it myself – it sounds soooo good!
Comment by Tracey— May 20, 2009 #
Definitely a fav. with me too!
Comment by Rachel— May 20, 2009 #
Hmmm… I’ve never had brown sugar buttercream. Looks delicious!
Comment by Carrie of CKC— May 20, 2009 #
Gorgeous cake. Nothing better than a good devil’s food cake. Well, maybe a good devil’s food cake with a glass of milk.
Comment by pinkstripes— May 20, 2009 #
Your cake came out beautifully!
Comment by Michele— May 20, 2009 #
I love the square cake! Looks so delicious.
Comment by katie— May 20, 2009 #
Wow your cake looks SO moist! This is one of my favorite Cake Slice cakes so far!! 😀
Comment by howtoeatacupcake— May 20, 2009 #
I could totally go for a slice of this right now!
Comment by Meghan Telpner— May 20, 2009 #
What a moist-looking cake! I want to try buttercream with this.
Comment by Caroline— May 20, 2009 #
Wow! This looks awesome! Great photos!
Comment by Treehoues Chef— May 20, 2009 #
Looks gorgeous!
Comment by food librarian— May 20, 2009 #
I wish I had a slice right NOW!!!
Comment by Monica h— May 21, 2009 #
Rich, moist and decadent…….exactly what I want in a cake!!!
Comment by nina— May 21, 2009 #
The cake looks delicious! I tried the link for the printable recipe but it wasn’t up. Could you possibly post it instead? TIA
Comment by Sumayyah— May 21, 2009 #
Sumayyah–Hmmm….I wonder why it’s not showing up for you? I will look into it. Thx!
Comment by steph (whisk/spoon)— May 21, 2009 #
I bet it was delicious, but it looks so wonderful that i could eat the pictures ;)) don’t take me serious, just it looks so great i keep staring at the photos :))
Comment by Ama— May 21, 2009 #
Yummy, this cake looks great, beautiful !!!
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Comment by Pam— May 21, 2009 #
I have got to buy this cookbook! Holy smoke! Amazing photos!
Comment by julia— May 21, 2009 #
Love it! Really love how your cake turned out!
Comment by Holly— May 21, 2009 #
Your cake looks so darn good. Man oh man, so chocolatey, and that frosting. Oh that frosting!! I just want to stick my finger in the cake. I really need to get my hands on this book, but for now, I’m getting that printable recipe 🙂
Comment by Elyse— May 21, 2009 #
Yum! that looks fabulous!
Comment by Tammy— May 21, 2009 #
OK, twist my arm! I have the book, and have drooled over the pictures, but haven’t made anything out of it yet. You Cake Slice bakers are convincing me to bake some cakes!
Comment by Madam Chow— May 22, 2009 #
Your cake looks beautiful (as usual)! And your buttercream looks fantastic! Did you not have problems with it? I had nothing but problems, but it was still delicious!
Comment by Melissa— May 22, 2009 #
See, I need to downsize cake recipes like that too. The brown sugar buttercream sounds deadly!
Comment by Caitlin— May 24, 2009 #
WOW, that cake looks AMAZING! http://www.saucydish.com
Comment by Kelsey— May 24, 2009 #
Your cake looks sooo very moist. I chose not to make the brown sugar frosting but after looking at yours, well, I wish I had.
Comment by JoAnn— May 25, 2009 #
This is a beautiful cake and the brown sugar buttercream sounds really delicious!
Comment by Shelly— May 25, 2009 #
This cake is simply stunning, what an awesome job! It reminds me of Chocolate Ripple Cake, one of my all time favourites and it absolutely has me drooling!
Comment by cherryblossomcupcakes— May 25, 2009 #
ok, so I came on to comment on our TWD recipe…then got to the bottom of your brownie-chipster post and was distracted by this cake! It’s beautiful!! Now I think am I need that triple layer cake cookbook you reference…like…I need to run to amazon.com NOW and go order it…I do so love cakes!
Comment by Lady Baker— May 26, 2009 #