Chef Lena Tries 12 Of The Weirdest Chocolate Cake Recipes To Find The Perfect One
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- Chef Lena is trying 12 of the strangest chocolate cake recipes to find the most perfect, decadent, moist chocolate cake to ever exist. Watch her try chocolate cake recipes that incorporate mashed potatoes, mayonnaise, buttermilk, olive oil, and coffee. For Lena's best-ever, easy chocolate cake recipe: www.delish.com...
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Does anyone think cake pouring is satisfying???
Yas, cause it's a sign that soon you get to lick the bowl!
Yes but not if they don't really really scrape the bowl
@@dQminQ I
I've always loved to stir creamy things, and my whole family thinks that's a little weird. I get a similar feeling watching creamy things pour...looks like I'm not the only one! I wonder what is the deep meaning of this unusual interest! 🤔
Please link the original eggless version on the website!
Am I the only one who prefers a fudgy chocolate cake????
So....a brownie?
Viva la Ra bruh I said fudgy chocolate cake. The video is about chocolate cakes lmao where u getting brownies from
@@elizabethroberts8354 dude I don't know😂😂😂😂😂 see, now reading it back is making me feel like a fucking idiot.
Chocolate cake always seems to be dry so I think leaning towards fudgy makes sense.
Elizabeth Roberts I think they’re saying fudge chocolate cakes are brownies, which actually does partly make sense
The title is a little misleading. She really only tried five or six recipes and the rest were developments from those original recipes.
LOOL
This whole series is nice and fun to watch but like not what they keep titling it
Still recipe evn if u chnge 1 thng its turns into dfer recipe
they are still recipes.... smh
Also, none of these is "weird"...
vanilla, coffee and salt are flavor enhancers. Vanilla and coffee have flavors of their own, but adding a little of them to a chocolate cake recipe will enhance and deepen the flavor.
I thought this was basic culinary knowledge that anybody who bakes knows. What I'm seeing is that she is just a cute girl who happens to know how to follow a recipe.
That said, a lot of recipes vastly overuse the vanilla. So many dessert recipes, especially ones from the US, use so much vanilla that if you’re using good quality vanilla it’s all you can taste in the end. A recipe I use for a local dish uses 1/4 teaspoon of vanilla - my friend in the US made a version with a US recipe that used two tablespoons! You couldn’t taste anything else.
@@tigereyemusic agreed. Usually, if there is vanilla in a recipe, I halve if not quarter the amount I add. It's too much otherwise.
I’m baking your final recipe now but my batter came out a bit thicker than yours. I went ahead and put it in the oven but am wondering if I should have added a little more liquid of some sort to thin it a tad. Your thoughts?
i love baking annd i didnt even know that
Yep.
0:19 #1 family recipe
2:30 #2 with Dutch processed cocoa
3:47 #3 mayo cake
4:44 #4 potato cake
5:35 #5 buttermilk cake
experimenting
9:09 #6 oil and coffee and cocoa
9:25 #7 mix of butter and oil and chocolate
9:46 #8 brown sugar
13:10 #9 less brown sugar, vanilla, not cocoa powder on pan, sugar added as a wet ingredient
14:48 #10 final recipe
Could you, kindly, correct the name? And these recipes aren't even that weird. OK, so mayo and mashed potatoes, sure, but that's just two odd recipes. Where's the ketchup cake? Tomato soup works too. Or beetroot cake? A little bit of chili and cinnamon in the mixture? They say sauerkraut makes an amazingly moist cake.
I like Lena too much to just ignore this. You shouldn't be lying on the name of your video, just to get viewers, because we will quickly learn you do that, and not come back.
Mayonnaise is NOT weird...my family been making and eating Mayonnaise Cake since at least the early '60s.
Fran Garner it’s weird to the people who don’t cook very much, in my experience
@@laurenbi Yes. I cook every day...THE TASTE IS THE QUESTION. AND IT'S GOOD!
I hear Vegemite works great with chocolate too
There are chocolate cake recipes with BEEF in them. These didn't even approach weird.
Also, I agree with the comments about the lack of enthusiasm/description about the final cake.
Well, I was waiting for 12 DIFFERENT RECIPES.
@Beloved One um.... chile anyways so..
@@augustusxxy lmao
Beloved One wtf
Beloved One
Huh?
It's just preachy spam I think... For the record, I expected the same thing Guilherme
Wow I don't really get why the comments are so negative. I thought this was a super great video! It was fun to see the progress of perfecting a recipe, and I made this cake today and it really is fantastic! The best chocolate cake I've ever had. I did add some powdered sugar to the ganache for more structure, but the cake itself is perfect!
So glad to hear it, thanks for watching! :)
Can u give the recepies plss..
@@lena5750 I would definitely want to try baking this cake. Looks amazing!
Can I ask if you used the recipe from the clip or from the link? As they are two different measurements.
@@jacqiejones3145 I used the linked recipe!
New Video Title " Chef Lena experiments with 5 different chocolate cake recipes to find the perfect one!"
You're welcome!
Or "Chef Lena bakes 10 different Chocolates Cakes to Find The Perfect One!
most of these recipes aren't even that weird. i was under the impression she'd try cake with soda or... hot sauce or something.
Same. I thought it was going to be like one of emmymadeinjapan's videos where there are weird or different things added to either a normal food item or something totally bizarre but I guess this was okay too.
sinny k I’ve actually made chocolate cake out of soda (it was an ingredient along with brewed coffee) and brownies out of Oreos (it was the main ingredient with chocolate and water)
Ms. Chin BK Wow, I didn’t know. I haven’t been to prison and I hope I don’t but I made these recipes when I was a kid because I was bored
Chocolate Coca-Cola cake is sooo good if you’ve never had it
@@abbyfreeman3890 It is soooo good but so sweet
Shes all smiles what a sweet heart its adorable to watch her when shes all proud of her best chocolate cake creation
I made this cake last night for friends. It came out sooo good! So moist and not too sweet. Definitely one of the best chocolate cakes I've ever had. Where I live its difficult to find buttermilk so I mixed a cup of regular milk with a tablespoon of lemon juice as substitute. The ingredients mentioned in the video are just for a single layer of cake. For the double layer recipe go to the link in the description box.
Ok, I made this. It’s the best chocolate cake I’ve ever created! I used fresh raspberry as a filling, with whipped cream, and a chocolate & Nutella ganache frosting. It’s to die for! 😻😻
Lena: We've made the PERFECT chocolate cake recipe! You'll never have a better chocolate cake!
Testers: *Chew*
***complete fckin silence***
love how professional this is and then the music takes me to a german club
Fucking seriously lol, like out of eurotour with the dominatrix lol.
german club????
not a great video, just use a real title and then it wont leave every viewer unsatisfied
They really should have provided links to these recipes
I think the second one is tasty recipe from buzzfeed
This is the link to the last cake that looks so good
www.delish.com/cooking/a27750610/homemade-chocolate-cake-recipe/
Weird that the recipe linked to this video doesn't coincide with the actual final best recipe. No brown sugar in the linked recipe and there's sour cream included, which wasn't in the video. Confusing for folks that would like to try the actual recipe.
I did enjoy the video tho, and wondered what y'all did with the leftover cakes. Cake pops perhaps?
@@shelbydaile. I agree. In fact, if you look closely, you'll see it's not even her recipe at all, but someone else's and nowhere near the same. Completely different ingredients.
Was hoping Lena had tested a Sachertorte (Austria) recipe since many claim it's the best chocolate cake in the world. Cafe Sabarsky near Delish serves a good rendition. I had the original in Vienna...don't know if it's the best in the world but definitely super tasty. Love this series. Lena always does a terrific job...and June is a great taster/critic. 😀👍
I lived in Vienna and had the original for a few times. Honestly not the best thing ever to me - quite sweet and so dry! Back home we make very moist cakes, so a dry sponge with a bit of chocolate and marillen jam didn't cut it for me.
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@@nicoleranieri8033 doesn't the original Vienna recipe also use apricot jam? I absolutely loathe apricots in any form. Had a version with a tart raspberry filling, chocolate ganache and moist cake---SO good!!
I'm a tourist guide in Vienna and it's kinda common knowledge among us that the original Sacher cake at the Hotel Sacher is notoriously dry. I haven't eaten it there but another traditional Sacher cake is served at Demels café and I've heard that it's better. I should really go and try, for research purposes obviously!
@pagelen Yes. I had read many reviews prior to my visit to Hotel Sacher indicating the original was *_very dry_* but that was not my experience. I also visited Demel of course and had their apfelstrudel. Quite nice.
She should do fried chicken! Which oil? What temperature? Dredge? Batter? Soak in pickle juice, buttermilk, brine, nothing??? We need to know, once and for all...
just follow chrissy teigen's recipe... you won't need another recipe ever again
6:31 espresso cake
2:30 no butter or eggs, vegetable oil and vinegar. Taste test 6:30
8:25 chocolate cake extravaganza!
or The chocolate cake Experiment?
10:58 if she can taste the bitterness of caffeine, might be a supertaster
14:45 The Finale + recipe
15:41 buttercream
guys mascarpone icing is soo good tbh better than buttercream, esp for chocolate cakes
Agreed! I love mascarpone with fruit too instead of cream.
Mascarpone has strange funky taste to it.
I did this cake today and is delicious cake and my guests love it. thanks for share.
So fun to see all the comparisons! What was the no-butter (vegetable oil) recipe you used on the first day? So hard to find non-dairy desserts that aren't vegan!
I have made this cake twice in two weeks for different occasions ... one, just because.... it is the best chocolate cake I've made and it works perfectly at high altitude.
Your dad's recipe is from The Silver Palate cook book by Julie Rosso and Sheila Lukins.
I saw that and IMMEDIATELY knew. I love that cook book.
You got it!
That’s a great book!
Great video! So interesting to watch someone create a cake recipe. I tinker, but not like this, and to see a yummy cake without eggs surprised me. Would love to see this with a chocolate Swiss Meringue Buttercream. For me, whipped ganache frosting, even with cream cheese, is just too rich. The SMBC is more buttery than it is sweet, and easier than it seems to make.
HelloChef Lena, I was just watching you as you started Flouring your Baking Pans and I was wondering why you use the flour instead of Cocoa Powder? I used to use flour but it made my Chocolate Cakes look discolored after baking . I have since used the Hershey’s Unsweetened Baking Chocolate and my goods look much better.
Have a Great day and a Merry Christmas,
Jilli P From Port Orchard, WA
Mayo cake is my mom's standard chocolate cake recipe, topped with a fudge icing. She has also made, and it is good, a sauerkraut chocolate cake. It works, and it doesn't taste like sauerkraut.
I was hoping for a cake that included stout. I'm going to experiment myself with one that includes mayo, Guinness and espresso.
my favorite chocolate cake ever is Tasty's cake with mayo, stout and coffee!
Find a recipe at America's Test Kitchen were they use good cocoa powder mixed in boiling water and allowed to cool before adding to the cake mix ... this action blooms the chocolate flavor. I believe coffee then vanilla are also added to this liquid. There is butter in this cake as well.
The mayo cake has 3 strengths by adding 1/3 cup of cocoa for a mild chocolate flavor, 1/2 cup of cocoa for a medium chocolate flavor and 2/3 to 3/4 cup for a really strong killer chocolate flavor. You don't taste the mayo, it is there to replace the fat. This is a fun experiment.
I love videos like this because they do all the testing that I don't have the time or money to do myself :)
Depends if you have the same preferences. I for once would go with butter over vegi oil, but still need to taste test both versions for a final verdict. Nevertheless seeing the process of creating different version is helpfull.
@@kinngrimm I get you. For me the video showed me the moist texture that oil offers, but then I think I'd also like the yummy flavour that butter offers. So in my first attempt of my "ideal recipe" I plan to use a combo of both, and then tweak it from there.
@@janiceandthomas :) enjoy!
I like a fudgy cake, but the idea of the diner-style frosting is totally mouth watering you're right!
Thanks Cat!
I like any type of chocolate cake. I even like chocolate boxed cake mix.
Me too
Sometimes I want to try several (top rated) recipes of a certain dish to zero in on the best of the best. But there aren't enough folks around here to eat up all the trials and I don't have the $$$$ to spend on such experiments. So glad to see this done for me and I'm excited to try your final recipe. Conventional assumption is butter makes everything better. I thought so too but not so with chocolate cake . Something about oil just makes for a moistness you wont get with butter.
I have watched this video before, and while it was great fun to watch, I must say that chef Lena's ultimate chocolate cake is not my own ultimate chocolate cake.
Ann Sidbrant well, that’s because she’s a liar. If I didn’t double the entire recipe, I would have had thin, bland chocolate cake. 1 1/2 cups of flower was definitely not enough and neither was 1 cup of sugar
4:13 Vanilla masks the flavour of eggs, so it doesn’t taste well, eggy. It also just generally adds complexity
I don't like vanilla . And to me, vanilla in chocolate cake makes It taste like box mix.
@@marianafares You probably don't like it because most recipes have way too much in them. Pretty much every chocolate you buy on the shelves, high quality or low, has vanilla in it for a reason. They only use a tiny bit though.
I added cocoa powder and espresso powder to frosting, intensified flavor of cake. Cake good but Brooklyn blackout chocolate cake better.
Love that matte black KitchenAid mixing bowl!!
I've tried it...not really a fan of this recipe sorry too much of the coffee..
Edited: it turns out to be super2 good similar like brownies.. I love itt so much.. The first day I can still taste the coffee but then few days after.. It was super moist delicious. Perfect. 👏👏👏👏
Please tone down the music. Great video, but the music doesn’t suit it at all...
Yummy, I’m going to make this cake for sure.
I've made chocolate mayonnaise cake for years, it's my kids favorite!
Great recipe but I'm 100% putting vanilla lol
I’m no chef, but I’ve made my fair share of cakes. I followed the last and “perfect” recipe for my boyfriend’s birthday cake and he said it was pretty dry....and I agree with him.
Edit: The flavors were great! The frosting was amazing. The cake itself was just a bit too dry for my personal taste.
Lmao
I grew up with chocolate mayonnaise cake being a fairly common thing, so the first time I saw someone going "Mayo!? In a cake!?" I was flabbergasted.
Down vote for having a post production staff that doesn't know how to set levels and keeps blowing my damn speakers out with their Euro club mixes
It was fine for me until the end, goodness! Misleading title and uneven audio, not impressed.
Down vote for you.
Add leftover coffee instead of water in the mayonnaise cake. It powers up the chocolate. Moist, delicious and rich!🤗
No vanilla
Hi.. Can i put a fondant on top of that?? Please please I'm a beginner.. I want to learn.. Thanks!
The whipped ganache....sounds super yum😋. Thanks
Mccall’s (magazine)had a cookbook (1950s) that has a Perfect Chocolate Cake recipe. Add the espresso and is great cake
My son was deathly allergic to eggs for most of his childhood. I'm a chef and my first thought was mayo cake! I could sub Vegenaise for the mayo. I have figured better out since then but that was a good starting point.
I think for the potatoe cake the potatoes should be steamed and then riced.It would make for a fluffier product 🤷♀️
I think you just made my perfect definition of a chocolate cake. T.H.A.N.K Y.O.U. Will definitely be making this soon! Love from Naples, Italy!
pinto777mendez no she didn’t. I already made this and it’s pretty horrible
So I made this cake recently. My first batch was a failure. Delicious, but a failure. I don't know what I did wrong. It may have been that i cooled the coffee before adding it, and I added the dry to the wet instead of other way around. So I followed exactly the second time without making assumptions and it was perfect. Do note: if you want to make the two cakes and stack them, then you need to double the recipe. The blog has that specific one, but it's exactly the same only doubled.
When I'm on my deathbed, my final wish is to be put in a tub of that frosting and given a spoon.
Can you share the recipe ...delish removed this recipe
All these were fine, basically all variations of basic chocolate cake recipes, but there is one she never even came close to trying, the depression era "wacky cake", by all accounts it was developed because eggs and butter were so hard to come by so none are needed. It uses vinegar and baking soda for rise, and it is amazing.
I love wacky cake- it makes the best chocolate cake! It's my go- to chocolate cake recipe when I make cake from scratch.
That final cake would probably be so good.. but you should try the Coca-cola chocolate cake also.. it is one of the best I've had.
Thumbs down for misleading click bait title.
Down vote for you from me
Next time try Guinness chocolat cake. It will blow your mind! The beer makes it extra fluffy and the coffee notes in the beer elevates the chocolat flavour! Can you say YUM!!!
Best chocolate cake ever!!
Would you use a whole bottle of Guinness??
U are so good with your recipes chef Lena . Love from India 🇮🇳😘😍
Never used mayo in a cake but I've done one with mashed potato. It was good
Vanilla amplifies other flavors. Just like instant coffee helps chocolate specifically, both make it even better. ;)
I usually use cocoa powder in place of flour in the pan. that way the chocolate cake has no white ring.
Such a fantastic way to develop recipes. Try a few variations, take what you like and build from there. Get ‘your’ perfect recipe! Definitely making this cake.
i will try this recipe looks so delicious. thanks for share
Ok heres the deal.
This cake had been sitting at the back of my mind for a reeeaaaly long time.i was interested to see how the brown sugar and the no eggs would turn out so i looked to the comments for some review.But all everyone had to say was about the title being wrong and how the taste testers at the end were being "helpful" or something. So i ignored this one for the longest time.
Today i was going through the fridge and found some leftover cream cheese white chocolate ganache at the back of my fridge which had been ignored for 2 weeks since a red velvet cake i had made.so i decided that i would use all that up by making this chocolate cake.initially i was doubtful...as i dont get Dutch processed cocoa where i live so instead added a small pinch of sodium bicarbonate to the natural cocoa to substitute. The batter seemed delicious and i baked a half batch in one 6 inch cake tin.i did have to give it an extra 15 min in the oven though to get my toothpick clean.to cool the cake i just let it hang around for 15 min and then i chucked it in the freezer.15 minutes later i took them out of the pan and the crumbs were tearing out easily. I frosted the chilled cake with cream cheese white chocolate ganache from the cupcake savvy's kitchen channel which i have to say is quite runny but really delicious for red velvet tho and to that i put more vanilla and coco powder and salt.when i cut the cake i could really smell the brown sugar and i was like oh nnooooooo.but with the frosting it tasted fine.will try the original one mentioned the next time.the cake is the perfect chocolatiness i have to say.i cant taste the coffee or the brown sugar and im not misssing the eggs but i wish i had given my cake an extra few minutes because the center is still kinda underdone.the cake sticks in my mouth a little .Happy with the results and will try it again next time too.just wanted to be helpful to some people who are looking to the comments for review.but is this the ultimate cake that I'll have to compare this with other cakes side by side.thanks for listening to my banter!happy baking...
Edit :Ok well this cake is not the best. Prolly wont make it again.sorry too dry and crumbly
Mayo in cake makes it sooo moist
A chocolate Swiss meringue buttercream would be heavenly!!
the music was so jarring. i was not expecting it at all. it lowkey felt like i was walking into a club with some rly rly loud intense music
Perhaps watch a different video?
Could you please do this with vanilla cake...thank you in advance 😀
Not "12", not "weirdest", but - at least it was cake.
I have added this Penultimate Chocolate Cake recipe to my envelope of my favorite recipes! My daughter made this for my (G-d willing) future son-in-law when we had him over. I thought your video was so much fun! thanks bunches.
this cake Is amazing thank you for the recipe
My mouth is watering
I have tried 3 different recipes of Chocolate cake and this is the best one I've tried. Thank you for this video and your recipe! My daughter and I love this chocolate cake over the other ones we tried. And it is simple to make too, no creaming of butter, no hand mixer or no sifting. Just a request, kindly don't move the camera too much during filming, for those who have motion sickness, the abrupt camera movement can make you dizzy. Thanks!
You can use cocoa powder to line the pan instead of flour for a more attractive appearance and additional flavor.
I’m not a huge frosting person either and I didn’t know you could make a whipped ganache! Will definitely try it ❤️
Loved your patience and taking time to experiment with different recipes. Ignore negative comments...because at the end of it all...you have almost 400,000 views with 8.9K likes!
Choc cake doesn’t need essence or coffee but they both enhance the flavour. However, taste is a subjective thing so whats good for one may not be good for another. Ganache can and is quite often used for the outside of cakes. My brother’s wedding cake was layered and coated in ganache and it was gorgeous. Unwhipped ofc. Its up to you how thick you make it.
The cake is ok, its not as moist as i would like it to be, but it isnt dry either. You can hear the sponge when you put your fork through it. The chocolate flavor is mild as well. I would add 1 egg, some melted dark chocolate, cocoa powder and extra oil next time i make this.
As for the ganache, i made the mistake of adding it to the cream cheese while it was still warm, which melted my cream cheese and gave me a soupy mixture. I chilled it overnight which looked great, then 20 min at room tempurature its like icing melting in the heat.
I will rate this 8/10
I appreciate all your hard work! I'd love to make this one day
No tomato soup cake? I grew up eating that version of a chocolate cake and it was delish as I remember.
This what we call determination i love this episode thank u for putting the effort and sharing
The easiest way to trim a cake is put it on a cake stand (for decorating, not display), hold the knife stationary and spin the cake stand, slowly pushing the knife further into the cake. Get eye level with it so you can watch your cut. Sawing across it will almost always be uneven and you risk tearing it by making a sawing motion. You can do this to cut layers as well.
Chocolate cake extravaganza
I want to just bake all day, but to also get paid for it 😭😭❤️❤️❤️
I recognized that recipe scan from the Silver Palate cookbook that we used for a TON of recipes growing up and was immediately hooked!
My Fav chocolate cake is from the Hershey's cookbook, "Chocolate Town Special" and I add a few mini choc chips. I like the sound of your Dad's cake, love sour cream.
Baked the cake following this recipe- soft & moist. 😊🎂
The recipe on the link asks for 3cups of flour, the video asks for 1 1/2cup the ratio of dry ingredients to wet ingredients was 2:1
Lena, where can I find your recipe? It looks so good 🍫😊
That cake looks AMAZING ! BUT, After all that ….. you didn't Include the final recipe. ????
It’s in the description!
and in the video..
And on the website
sooo if you make your own buttermilk from non dairy milk the cakes are vegan !! NICE
I was thinking the same thing! And then vegan cream cheese for the frosting too!
2:30
To veganise this is pretty much the Nigella Lawson chocolate cake recipe. Which is the best chocolate cake recipe to I have ever used.
Guysss I did it. I made it vegan for my boyfriend's birthday and it was the best chocolate cake ever! 😭🎂
Okay..I'm puzzled why you used granulated sugar instead of caster sugar in the frosting🤔🤔?? Just thinking of the crunch...crunch of sugar granules with the granulated version.
Chocolate sourdough cake is my family's favourite!
Ooh that sounds amazing!
As much as I hate to say this, my favorite chocolate cake is tasty’s ultimate chocolate cake recipe.
I noticed there are no eggs in the final recipe but the frosting looks great, I think I'm going to try that frosting...i might get adventurous and try the final cake recipe and see just how good it really is because I haven't heard those ladies rave about the final cake..i was expecting changed faces and satisfied sounds coming from them. The most satisfied thing about this video is the cake pouring :)
Right? I'm not a cake girl, but I want to make this for my family members who are into sweets; and for myself just for the pouring lmao
Mine has no vanilla in it, it has buttermilk in it, with Dutch cocoa powder and rich chocolate and I’m dying to make it now. Time to shop
I've made frostings and cooked a lot in my day.....you must try a 7 minute frosting sometime. It's like fluffy marshmello. This is such a cute video, what a lot of work to make the penultimate chocolate cake inspired by family traditions of cake baking.
i just never feel satisfied with her taste test comments, they're alway so simple "it's nice, tastes okay" "this one is not the best" "i like the texture" like what is the point if we can't get a good idea of what makes each new recipe good or bad or great. it's a recipe test show! give us more info about how the recipes differ and taste!!!
Can i add mayonaise?
With the first taste testers, the girl with the glasses on the left really knew her stuff and cared, the girl on the right seems to be like one of those employees who's along for the ride! I really wonder how it tasted without vanilla and without buttercream? I love vanilla and I love buttercream. Probably good and a little fancy, but different. I did not like how those women didn't give feedback on the cake at the end. That's literally their job!
How would we make this recipe for a 10x2 inch three layer cake?